5 Indian batsmen with the most Test runs this decade (2010-2019)

#3 Ajinkya Rahane

Rahane has scored 11 hundreds and 21 fifties in this decade in white flannels.

Edging past Vijay and bagging the third place is the current vice-captain of the Indian Test side, Ajinkya Rahane. The Mumbai batsman has featured in 63 Tests for India in this decade and scored 4084 runs at an average of 43.91. Rahane has scored 11 hundreds and 21 fifties in this decade in white flannels.

Rahane scored 3 Test hundreds in 2014, all of them in away Tests. He first scored a fast-paced 118 off just 158 balls against New Zealand at Wellington and the match ended in a draw. His second hundred of the year was at the iconic Lord's, where he scored a fighting 103 in the first innings that enabled India to trump the hosts by 95 runs. He also scored a splendid 147 at the MCG, which helped India to draw the Test.

In the year 2015, Rahane ticked off an important milestone in his career by scoring two hundreds in the same Test against South Africa in Delhi. He scored 127 in the first innings and followed that up with another 100* in the second to help India thrash South Africa by 337 runs. In 2016, the middle-order batsman scored a career-best 188 against New Zealand at Indore, as India pummelled the visitors by 321 runs.

In 2017, Rahane scored a solitary hundred against a hapless Sri Lankan bowling attack at Colombo, as India steamrolled the hosts by an innings and 53 runs. Rahane scored 644 runs in 2018, and has now ended 2019 with 642 runs. His final Test in this decade was the historic pink-ball Test against Bangladesh, and the Indian vice-captain scored a half-century, helping India to trounce Bangladesh by an innings and 46 runs.

Record this decade: Innings:105 | Runs:4084 | Average:43.91 | 100s:11 | 50s:21