Indian Batters With Most Runs In a Series

Batting in red-ball cricket, which is the most sacred format, is one of the toughest jobs to do. The job becomes even more difficult, especially for batters from the subcontinent & more so when it's an Indian batter, who have to pass the litmus test of scoring runs away from home in the most hostile conditions for batting, battling the seam & swing movement, the crowds, the opposition, and almost everything. At home, too, with the pitches turning square, the technique of these batters has been put to the test at times; however, there have been batters who have defied the odds and have scored plenty of runs in a series. On that note, let's find out the Indian batters with the most runs in a test series.

Sunil Gavaskar, aka 'The Little Master,' still holds the record for scoring the most runs in a test series with 774 runs against a dominant West Indies bowling lineup back in 1970-71. Gavaskar repeated the dose again when the West Indies visited India in 1978-79, where Gavaskar scored 732 runs in 9 innings in 6 tests.

Indian Batters With Most Runs In a Series

1. Sunil Gavaskar- 774 & 732 Runs vs West Indies (1970 & 1978)

The 'Little Master' was the first Indian to achieve this feat in the 1970-71 test series when he took on the hostile bowling of the mighty West Indies, scoring 774 runs in 8 innings that included four hundreds. This is the most runs scored in a debut test series, a record which hasn't been broken as yet.

8 years later, Gavaskar repeated the dose again, this time on his home soil against the very same West Indian side this plundering 732 runs in 9 innings in 6 test matches at an average of 91.50. In the process, Gavaskar also went past the 4000-test run mark.

2. Shubman Gill- 722 Runs* vs England (2025)

Current Indian captain Shubman Gill has had a dream run in England, a place where his average was just 10 before the start of the series. Gill scored a magnificent century in the first match of the series. In the following 2nd test at Birmingham, Gill recorded his highest test score of 269 & then followed it up with another ton in the second innings to help India win a test at Birmingham for the first time. In the process, Gill also became the first Asian batter to score 650 runs or more in a test series in England.

After a failure in the third test at Lord's & in the first innings of the fourth test at Manchester, Gill scored a crucial ton to help India draw the fourth test. Gill now has 3 centuries & a double century in the series.

3. Yashasvi Jaiswal- 712 Runs vs England (2024)

Another dynamic opener, Yashasvi Jaiswal, was in beast mode in the home series against England last year, plundering 712 runs, scoring two double tons & three half centuries at an average of 89, becoming only the second Indian to breach the 700-run mark in a test series.

4. Virat Kohli- 692 Runs vs Australia (2014-15)

Former Indian test batter & captain Virat Kohli becomes the last Indian batter in the list to have recorded the highest runs in a test series, scoring 692 runs against Australia in 2014-15. Kohli scored these runs at an average of 86.50 with four tons & a half-century in eight innings.