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5 Batters With Most Runs In India vs Bangladesh Tests

Top 5 batters with most runs in India vs Bangladesh Tests (x.com)Top 5 batters with most runs in India vs Bangladesh Tests (x.com)

The India vs Bangladesh rivalry in Test cricket has grown into a fiercely competitive affair, one which tends to produce some riveting on-field battles between players from both camps. The rivalry seems to bring out the best of certain batting individuals, considering the phenomenal track record those players hold in Test matches against each other.

Here at OneCricket, we take a look at five of those batters who have fetched the highest number of runs in India vs Bangladesh Test matches.

5. Virat Kohli – 437 runs

Virat Kohli – 437 runs (x.com)Virat Kohli – 437 runs (x.com)

Virat Kohli has mounted 437 runs in just nine innings against Bangladesh at a splendid average of 54.62. The modern-day batting icon also scores his runs swiftly against them, and his strike rate of 69.03 amounts to highest among all batters with more than 400 runs in India vs Bangladesh Tests. The legendary Indian batter has plundered two match-winning hundreds, both at home and as captain, including a match-win double ton at Hyderabad in February 2017.

Virat Kohli also punched out a swift 136 against Bangladesh during the historic Pink-Ball Test match of November 2019 at Eden Gardens, where his 20th ton consigned the visitors to a defeat by an innings and 46 runs.

4. Cheteshwar Pujara – 468 runs

Cheteshwar Pujara – 468 runs (x.com)Cheteshwar Pujara – 468 runs (x.com)

India’s batting barnacle Cheteshwar Pujara has accumulated 468 runs from Bangladesh bowlers in just eight innings spanning five Test matches. The seasoned Indian batter has notched up six fifty-plus scores, including a match-winning century at Chattogram, and holds a prolific average of 78 and a batting strike rate of 57.63.

Notably, Cheteshwar Pujara tallied nearly half of his Bangladesh aggregate in a single two-match Test series back in December 2022, where he logged 222 runs from four innings in a series-winning cause for Team India.

3. Rahul Dravid – 560 runs

Rahul Dravid – 560 runs (x.com)Rahul Dravid – 560 runs (x.com)

Former Indian cricketer and ex-coach Rahul Dravid hauled 560 runs from the 10 innings of seven Test matches against Bangladesh between the years 2000 and 2010. He glittered his red-ball career against them with three match-winning hundreds, all in away Tests. One of Dravid’s most defining innings remains the 160 he whacked at Chattogram from 304 balls, which required his occupancy at the crease for over six hours.

The legendary batter also mounted scores of 129 in 2007 and 111* in 2010, both at Mirpur for the travelling Indian bunch. Rahul Dravid maintained an astonishing batting average of 70 against Bangladesh, which was significantly higher than his career average of 52.31.

2. Mushfiqur Rahim – 604 runs

Mushfiqur Rahim – 604 runs (x.com)Mushfiqur Rahim – 604 runs (x.com)

Seasoned batter Mushfiqur Rahim has minted the highest number of runs among all Bangladesh cricketers against India in Tests. With 604 runs from eight matches at an imperial average of 43.14, he leads second-placed Mohammad Ashraful by over 200 runs. The wicketkeeper-batter has cracked two centuries and an additional two fifty-plus scores against Team India, which includes a fighting 127 from 262 balls at Hyderabad’s Rajiv Gandhi Stadium from February 2017.

Back when Mushfiqur Rahim was 22 years old in January 2010, he belted 101 at a strike rate of nearly 90 against the likes of express pacemen Zaheer Khan, Sreesanth and Ishant Sharma.

1. Sachin Tendulkar – 820 runs

Sachin Tendulkar – 820 runs (x.com)Sachin Tendulkar – 820 runs (x.com)

Sachin Tendulkar has mostly dealt with Bangladesh bowlers through hundreds, considering he has amassed five tons in the nine Test innings he has gone up against them in his seven-match journey. The all-time great even averages a Bradman-esque 136.66 and has belted his runs at a staggering strike-rate of 63.36. Remarkably, Tendulkar has managed to convert each of his five fifty-plus scores into match-defining tons.

The former Indian cricketer also listed his magnum opus Test score of 248* against the same opponent, doing so in Dhaka back in December 2004. Sachin Tendulkar racked his runs from just 379 balls with 35 elegant boundaries to set up an innings victory for Team India.