Test Cricket 2021 most innings batted
Updated , after New Zealand vs BangladeshJoe Root leads Test Cricket 2021 with 29 innings batted (England) · Cheteshwar Pujara (26) and Ajinkya Rahane (23) next
| # | Player · last 3 matchesPlayer | Team | Last 3 matches · newest first | Innings Batted | Mat | Inns | Mat | Runs | Avg | BF | SR | 4s | 6s | 100s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joe Root ENG 788689 | ENG | 788689 | 29 | 15 | 29 | 15 | 1,708 | 61.00 | 3,004 | 56.86 | 179 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | Cheteshwar Pujara IND 164748 | IND | 164748 | 26 | 14 | 26 | 14 | 702 | 28.08 | 2,054 | 34.18 | 93 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | Ajinkya Rahane IND 683914 | IND | 683914 | 23 | 13 | 23 | 13 | 479 | 20.83 | 1,113 | 43.04 | 58 | 3 | 0 |
| 4 | Rishabh Pant IND 42593 | IND | 42593 | 21 | 12 | 21 | 12 | 748 | 39.37 | 1,109 | 67.45 | 85 | 15 | 4 |
| 5 | James Anderson ENG 273 | ENG | 273 | 21 | 12 | 21 | 12 | 41 | 4.10 | 160 | 25.63 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Rohit Sharma IND 13878104 | IND | 13878104 | 21 | 11 | 21 | 11 | 906 | 47.68 | 1,880 | 48.19 | 108 | 11 | 3 |
| 7 | Kraigg Brathwaite | 784143 | 20 | 10 | 20 | 10 | 675 | 33.75 | 1,786 | 37.79 | 73 | 0 | 1 | |
| 8 | Dominic Sibley ENG 114643 | ENG | 114643 | 20 | 10 | 20 | 10 | 356 | 19.78 | 1,175 | 30.30 | 33 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Jermaine Blackwood | 802958 | 20 | 10 | 20 | 10 | 488 | 24.40 | 1,062 | 45.95 | 60 | 4 | 0 | |
| 10 | Kyle Mayers | 364732 | 20 | 10 | 20 | 10 | 636 | 35.33 | 1,026 | 61.99 | 80 | 10 | 2 | |
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| 11 | Virat Kohli | IND | 19 | 11 | 19 | 11 | 536 | 28.21 | 1,216 | 44.08 | 60 | 1 | 0 | |
| 12 | Rory Burns | ENG | 19 | 10 | 19 | 10 | 530 | 27.89 | 1,282 | 41.34 | 65 | 2 | 1 | |
| 13 | Joshua Da Silva | WI | 19 | 10 | 19 | 10 | 385 | 24.06 | 1,131 | 34.04 | 39 | 1 | 1 | |
| 14 | Ollie Pope | ENG | 18 | 9 | 18 | 9 | 368 | 21.65 | 766 | 48.04 | 35 | 1 | 0 | |
| 15 | Jonny Bairstow | ENG | 17 | 9 | 17 | 9 | 391 | 24.44 | 807 | 48.45 | 47 | 2 | 0 | |
| 16 | Shubman Gill | IND | 17 | 9 | 17 | 9 | 478 | 29.88 | 882 | 54.20 | 55 | 8 | 0 | |
| 17 | Jos Buttler | ENG | 16 | 9 | 16 | 9 | 353 | 25.21 | 825 | 42.79 | 45 | 1 | 1 | |
| 18 | Nkrumah Bonner | WI | 16 | 9 | 16 | 9 | 581 | 41.50 | 1,624 | 35.78 | 61 | 2 | 3 | |
| 19 | Jason Holder | WI | 16 | 8 | 16 | 8 | 362 | 25.86 | 655 | 55.27 | 47 | 6 | 1 | |
| 20 | Zak Crawley | ENG | 16 | 8 | 16 | 8 | 173 | 10.81 | 403 | 42.93 | 23 | 0 | 0 | |
| 21 | Najmul Hossain Shanto | BAN | 16 | 8 | 16 | 8 | 479 | 31.93 | 903 | 53.05 | 48 | 8 | 2 | |
| 22 | Azhar Ali | PAK | 15 | 9 | 15 | 9 | 549 | 42.23 | 1,238 | 44.35 | 71 | 1 | 2 | |
| 23 | Ravichandran Ashwin | IND | 15 | 9 | 15 | 9 | 355 | 25.36 | 698 | 50.86 | 49 | 2 | 1 | |
| 24 | Jasprit Bumrah | IND | 15 | 9 | 15 | 9 | 113 | 9.42 | 199 | 56.78 | 14 | 1 | 0 | |
| 25 | Abid Ali | PAK | 15 | 9 | 15 | 9 | 695 | 49.64 | 1,422 | 48.87 | 92 | 3 | 2 | |
| 26 | Mominul Haque | BAN | 15 | 8 | 15 | 8 | 604 | 46.46 | 1,339 | 45.11 | 70 | 0 | 3 | |
| 27 | Daniel Lawrence | ENG | 15 | 8 | 15 | 8 | 354 | 27.23 | 722 | 49.03 | 40 | 2 | 0 | |
| 28 | Mohammed Siraj | IND | 14 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 61 | 7.63 | 92 | 66.30 | 7 | 2 | 0 | |
| 29 | Kemar Roach | WI | 14 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 135 | 12.27 | 298 | 45.30 | 16 | 4 | 0 | |
| 30 | Jack Leach | ENG | 14 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 68 | 6.80 | 260 | 26.15 | 7 | 2 | 0 | |
| 31 | Mushfiqur Rahim | BAN | 14 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 460 | 38.33 | 1,025 | 44.88 | 53 | 0 | 1 | |
| 32 | Ollie Edward Robinson | ENG | 14 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 125 | 9.62 | 320 | 39.06 | 14 | 0 | 0 | |
| 33 | Ben Stokes | ENG | 14 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 304 | 21.71 | 724 | 41.99 | 34 | 7 | 0 | |
| 34 | Mohammad Rizwan | PAK | 13 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 455 | 45.50 | 907 | 50.17 | 60 | 2 | 1 | |
| 35 | Fawad Alam | PAK | 13 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 571 | 57.10 | 1,149 | 49.70 | 71 | 2 | 3 | |
| 36 | Babar Azam | PAK | 13 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 416 | 34.67 | 858 | 48.48 | 57 | 2 | 1 | |
| 37 | Mehidy Hasan Miraz | BAN | 13 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 366 | 30.50 | 788 | 46.45 | 43 | 2 | 1 | |
| 38 | Litton Das | BAN | 13 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 680 | 52.31 | 1,210 | 56.20 | 73 | 2 | 2 | |
| 39 | Ishant Sharma | IND | 13 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 65 | 7.22 | 168 | 38.69 | 7 | 1 | 0 | |
| 40 | Dimuth Karunaratne | SL | 13 | 7 | 13 | 7 | 902 | 69.38 | 1,618 | 55.75 | 108 | 1 | 4 | |
| 41 | Tom Latham | NZ | 13 | 7 | 13 | 7 | 338 | 28.17 | 921 | 36.70 | 34 | 0 | 1 | |
| 42 | Ross Taylor | NZ | 13 | 7 | 13 | 7 | 288 | 26.18 | 612 | 47.06 | 31 | 2 | 0 | |
| 43 | Lahiru Thirimanne | SL | 13 | 7 | 13 | 7 | 659 | 50.69 | 1,518 | 43.41 | 69 | 0 | 3 | |
| 44 | Oshada Fernando | SL | 13 | 7 | 13 | 7 | 333 | 27.75 | 769 | 43.30 | 37 | 0 | 0 | |
| 45 | Ravindra Jadeja | IND | 12 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 269 | 24.45 | 611 | 44.03 | 36 | 2 | 0 | |
| 46 | Stuart Broad | ENG | 12 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 53 | 6.63 | 144 | 36.81 | 5 | 2 | 0 | |
| 47 | Niroshan Dickwella | SL | 12 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 463 | 42.09 | 725 | 63.86 | 45 | 1 | 2 | |
| 48 | Roston Chase | WI | 12 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 140 | 11.67 | 431 | 32.48 | 18 | 2 | 0 | |
| 49 | Dinesh Chandimal | SL | 12 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 230 | 23.00 | 538 | 42.75 | 23 | 1 | 0 | |
| 50 | Faheem Ashraf | PAK | 11 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 384 | 38.40 | 771 | 49.81 | 54 | 1 | 1 | |
| 51 | Mark Wood | ENG | 11 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 98 | 9.80 | 206 | 47.57 | 14 | 1 | 0 | |
| 52 | Henry Nicholls | NZ | 11 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 398 | 36.18 | 865 | 46.01 | 47 | 1 | 1 | |
| 53 | Taijul Islam | BAN | 11 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 71 | 7.10 | 299 | 23.75 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| 54 | Aiden Markram | SA | 11 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 346 | 34.60 | 774 | 44.70 | 46 | 3 | 1 | |
| 55 | Dean Elgar | SA | 11 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 442 | 44.20 | 807 | 54.77 | 68 | 0 | 1 | |
| 56 | Angelo Mathews | SL | 11 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 357 | 35.70 | 763 | 46.79 | 29 | 6 | 1 | |
| 57 | Haseeb Hameed | ENG | 11 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 205 | 18.64 | 647 | 31.68 | 26 | 0 | 0 | |
| 58 | Shaheen Afridi | PAK | 10 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 51 | 7.29 | 138 | 36.96 | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
| 59 | Hasan Ali | PAK | 10 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 144 | 14.40 | 202 | 71.29 | 11 | 7 | 0 | |
| 60 | Suranga Lakmal | SL | 10 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 93 | 11.63 | 192 | 48.44 | 7 | 3 | 0 | |
| 61 | Quinton de Kock | SA | 10 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 348 | 38.67 | 506 | 68.77 | 32 | 8 | 1 | |
| 62 | Rassie van der Dussen | SA | 10 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 335 | 37.22 | 804 | 41.67 | 40 | 1 | 0 | |
| 63 | Dhananjaya de Silva | SL | 10 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 530 | 58.89 | 963 | 55.04 | 53 | 3 | 2 | |
| 64 | Keshav Maharaj | SA | 10 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 43 | 4.30 | 158 | 27.22 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| 65 | Imran Butt | PAK | 10 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 178 | 17.80 | 453 | 39.29 | 20 | 0 | 0 | |
| 66 | Rahkeem Cornwall | WI | 10 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 206 | 25.75 | 324 | 63.58 | 28 | 4 | 0 | |
| 67 | Lasith Embuldeniya | SL | 10 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 122 | 13.56 | 283 | 43.11 | 10 | 5 | 0 | |
| 68 | Pathum Nissanka | SL | 10 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 427 | 42.70 | 986 | 43.31 | 34 | 1 | 2 | |
| 69 | Lokesh Rahul | IND | 10 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 461 | 46.10 | 1,069 | 43.12 | 60 | 3 | 3 | |
| 70 | Shadman Islam | BAN | 10 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 247 | 27.44 | 604 | 40.89 | 23 | 0 | 1 | |
| 71 | Shannon Gabriel | WI | 9 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 14 | 3.50 | 49 | 28.57 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| 72 | Kyle Jamieson | NZ | 9 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 111 | 13.88 | 232 | 47.84 | 7 | 3 | 0 | |
| 73 | Marnus Labuschagne | AUS | 9 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 526 | 65.75 | 1,072 | 49.07 | 54 | 2 | 3 | |
| 74 | Mohammed Shami | IND | 9 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 101 | 14.43 | 133 | 75.94 | 13 | 1 | 0 | |
| 75 | Kagiso Rabada | SA | 9 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 112 | 16.00 | 196 | 57.14 | 15 | 3 | 0 | |
| 76 | Donald Tiripano | ZIM | 9 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 211 | 26.38 | 559 | 37.75 | 31 | 0 | 0 | |
| 77 | Jomel Warrican | WI | 9 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 21 | 2.33 | 91 | 23.08 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| 78 | Dawid Malan | ENG | 9 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 308 | 34.22 | 708 | 43.50 | 42 | 0 | 1 | |
| 79 | Regis Chakabva | ZIM | 9 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 255 | 36.43 | 493 | 51.72 | 35 | 4 | 1 | |
| 80 | Blessing Muzarabani | ZIM | 9 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 88 | 14.67 | 194 | 45.36 | 15 | 0 | 0 | |
| 81 | Mayank Agarwal | IND | 8 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 353 | 44.13 | 727 | 48.56 | 45 | 6 | 1 | |
| 82 | Tim Southee | NZ | 8 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 53 | 6.63 | 110 | 48.18 | 4 | 2 | 0 | |
| 83 | Axar Patel | IND | 8 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 179 | 29.83 | 361 | 49.58 | 17 | 7 | 0 | |
| 84 | Lungi Ngidi | SA | 8 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 32 | 6.40 | 75 | 42.67 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| 85 | Shai Hope | WI | 8 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 123 | 15.38 | 332 | 37.05 | 9 | 0 | 0 | |
| 86 | Tom Blundell | NZ | 8 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 84 | 10.50 | 322 | 26.09 | 11 | 0 | 0 | |
| 87 | Cameron Green | AUS | 8 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 220 | 31.43 | 462 | 47.62 | 19 | 4 | 0 | |
| 88 | Anrich Nortje | SA | 8 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 26 | 3.71 | 86 | 30.23 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| 89 | David Warner | AUS | 8 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 307 | 38.38 | 539 | 56.96 | 35 | 2 | 1 | |
| 90 | Steven Smith | AUS | 8 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 430 | 53.75 | 826 | 52.06 | 52 | 2 | 1 | |
| 91 | Will Young | NZ | 8 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 326 | 40.75 | 812 | 40.15 | 45 | 0 | 1 | |
| 92 | Wiaan Mulder | SA | 8 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 106 | 13.25 | 279 | 37.99 | 14 | 1 | 0 | |
| 93 | Saif Hassan | BAN | 8 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 135 | 16.88 | 268 | 50.37 | 21 | 2 | 0 | |
| 94 | Tamim Iqbal | BAN | 8 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 383 | 54.71 | 492 | 77.85 | 57 | 5 | 2 | |
| 95 | Devon Conway | NZ | 8 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 514 | 64.25 | 1,025 | 50.15 | 63 | 2 | 2 | |
| 96 | John Campbell | WI | 8 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 148 | 18.50 | 393 | 37.66 | 17 | 1 | 0 | |
| 97 | Jayden Seales | WI | 8 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 4.00 | 56 | 21.43 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 98 | Kevin Kasuza | ZIM | 8 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 136 | 19.43 | 373 | 36.46 | 15 | 1 | 0 | |
| 99 | Noman Ali | PAK | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 182 | 26.00 | 283 | 64.31 | 20 | 7 | 0 | |
| 100 | Mitchell Starc | AUS | 7 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 162 | 40.50 | 229 | 70.74 | 13 | 3 | 0 | |
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Test Cricket 2021 Most Innings Batted
Joe Root topped Test Cricket 2021 with 29 innings batted for England, ahead of Cheteshwar Pujara (26) and Ajinkya Rahane (23). The Test Cricket 2021 innings batted leaderboard ranks all 219 players who have contributed innings batted this season. These are the final standings from the Test Cricket 2021 season.
Frequently asked questions
Who had the most innings batted in Test Cricket 2021?
Joe Root led Test Cricket 2021 with 29 innings batted from 15 matches, averaging 61 at a strike rate of 56.86. Cheteshwar Pujara was second on 26 and Ajinkya Rahane third on 23. The table ranks every player in Test Cricket 2021 by innings batted, with their team and matches.
Who were the top batters in Test Cricket 2021?
The top three batters in Test Cricket 2021 were Joe Root (29 in 15 matches), Cheteshwar Pujara (26 in 14 matches) and Ajinkya Rahane (23 in 13 matches). Joe Root was 3 innings batted clear of Cheteshwar Pujara. Every other player follows in the table, with their team and matches.