M Vijay

Top-order batter, India, 59 Tests, 2008-2018. Debut v Australia, 2008

34.1Adjusted average, 97th of 143 batters. Raw 37.6, so −3.5 for how hard his runs were. It could reasonably be anywhere from 28 to 40.6.

Where the −3.5 comes from

The bowling he faced−3.1

Home or away−0.4

The grounds0.0

Value per innings: 37.399th
Each run worth: 1×
At home, adjusted: 35.1raw 45.8
Away, adjusted: 35.6raw 30.8

Head to head with WA Young His T20 ratings

Where his adjusted average could be. The shaded part is the 89% range; the taller the curve, the likelier.

Where he sits

94MEK HusseyAustralia34.4 95GS BallanceEngland34.3 96WA YoungNew Zealand34.2

97M VijayIndia34.1

98AN PetersenSouth Africa33.9 99SC WilliamsZimbabwe33.9 100JP DuminySouth Africa33.7

Every batter on one chart

Closest to him, head to head

WA YoungNew Zealand34.2Head to head GS BallanceEngland34.3Head to head AN PetersenSouth Africa33.9Head to head SC WilliamsZimbabwe33.9Head to head

Season by seasonBatting, as recorded

Year	Inns	Runs	HS	Avg	100	50	SR
2008	2	74	41	37.00	0	0	55.2
2009	1	87	87	87.00	0	1	71.9
2010	11	376	139	34.18	1	1	46.8
2011	6	72	45	12.00	0	0	36.4
2013	13	647	167	49.77	2	2	47.0
2014	20	852	146	42.60	2	5	44.8
2015	12	522	150	47.45	1	3	49.1
2016	15	550	136	36.67	2	2	42.6
2017	10	520	155	52.00	3	1	53.6
2018	14	177	46	12.64	0	0	30.1
Career	104	3877	167	37.64	11	15	45.9

Percentile rankingsvs all Test batters (2001–)

PoorAverageGreat

Value

Adjusted avg

34.3

Value / inns

37.3

Volume

Runs

3877

Average

37.64

Hundreds

Quality

Conversion

42.3

Strike rate

45.9

Consistency

Conditions

Away average

30.8

Career arc

Batting by opposition

Opp	Inns	Runs	Avg	100
Australia	28	1324	47.29	4
England	22	785	35.68	3
Sri Lanka	9	560	62.22	2
South Africa	22	531	25.29	0
Bangladesh	4	295	73.75	2
New Zealand	10	234	23.40	0
West Indies	9	148	16.44	0

Bowling by opposition

Opp	Wkts	Avg	Best	5w
England	1	32.00	1/12	0

Home & away

Home

45.79bat avg

35.1adjusted

—bowl avg

Away

30.8bat avg

35.6adjusted

136bowl avg

Batting by innings

Inns	Bat	Runs	Avg
1st	26	1176	45.23
2nd	33	1613	50.41
3rd	25	625	25.00
4th	20	463	23.15

Recent formLast 10 Tests

v Australia0 & 200/10Perth Stadium2018-12-14 v Australia11 & 180/21Adelaide Oval2018-12-06 v England0 & 0Lord's2018-08-09 v England20 & 6Edgbaston2018-08-01 v South Africa8 & 25Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg2018-01-24 v South Africa46 & 9SuperSport Park, Centurion2018-01-13 v South Africa1 & 13Newlands, Cape Town2018-01-05 v Sri Lanka155 & 90/3Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi2017-12-02 v Sri Lanka128Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Jamtha, Nagpur2017-11-24 v Australia11 & 8Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharamsala2017-03-25

Full recordAs recorded, 2001 to now

Innings: 104
Not outs: 1
Runs: 3877
Average: 37.64
Strike rate: 45.9
Highest: 167
Hundreds: 11
Fifties: 15
Ducks: 8

Wickets: 1
Average: 198.00
Economy: 3.09
Strike rate: 384
Best: 1/12
5 wickets: 0
10 wkt match: 0
Balls: 384