Cricket: The Numbers Game [Originally posted on Wordpressdotcom on 12 Dec 2012]

A lot has been said about the batting of India’s specialist Test batsmen. People have also been asking for heads of senior batsmen to roll. Below is presented in simple tabular form the scores of India’s top six batsmen (over a period of time) in the last 20 innings played by each of them. Some have already retired and some are on the verge of retirement. This is just a comparison in numbers. Figures, they say, do not lie. Hence, no comments. Check for yourself! [updated till 12 Dec 2012]

Gambhir Sehwag Dravid Laxman Tendulkar Ganguly Last Inns 1 40 49 25 35 5 0 2 60 23 1 18 76 85 3 65 9 47 0 8 32 4 4 30 9 31 8 5 5 DNB 25 29 66 DNB 27 6 45 117 5 2 13 102 7 34 38 10 1 27 26 8 2 43 68 2 17 47 9 22 47 33 31 19 18 10 3 62 82 32 13 35 Last 10 Inns 275 443 309 218 186 377 11 34 18 119 176 35 16 12 14 10 31 58 18 0 13 31 0 54 1 0 4 14 83 4 13 24 31 23 15 0 30 146 2 66 13 16 13 7 18 2 2 87 17 3 67 22 30 1 87 18 12 60 6 4 2 0 19 55 37 117 54 31 24 20 65 38 36 56 32 18 Last 20 Inns 585 714 871 625 404 649 Source: Cricinfo