Who contributed more for Indian Test wins in this millennium?

I was just wondering who are the players who contributed for India in attaining the numero 1. So thought of analyzing the same.

Lets start with batsmen.For the record I am only taking the matches in this millennium as I think India started winning test matches consistently from 2000. That was the time of Sehwag coming into the side and Dravid, Laxman and Ganguly being in their best form.That was the time when India started depending on a team performance rather than master balster's performance.

Can you guess who would have made the most contribution in the away win matches? For me it was always Dravid, Sehwag, Sachin and to little extent Laxman. I thought its more of Sehwag's runs that made in a hurry ensured the wins.

So here I took a stat from cricinfo.Below are the stats from 1st Jan 2000 to present day where India won away from home. I have taken only the batsmen who have at least scored 500 runs.

View overall figures
Primary team India
Home or away away (home of opposition)
Start of match date between 1 jan 2000 and 18 Dec 2010
Tournament type 2 team series
Match result won match
Qualifications runs scored greater than or equal to 500
Ordered by runs scored (descending)

Overall figures

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
R Dravid	2000-2010	22	34	5	2114	270	72.89	4113	51.39	6	9	1	289	4
SR Tendulkar	2000-2010	18	27	5	1866	248*	84.81	3237	57.64	8	4	1	224	7
VVS Laxman	2001-2010	18	27	3	1296	148	54.00	2421	53.53	3	8	0	171	1
V Sehwag	2002-2010	16	25	3	1186	309	53.90	1426	83.16	3	3	3	167	13
SC Ganguly	2000-2008	16	23	4	997	128	52.47	1917	52.00	2	8	2	116	5
G Gambhir	2004-2010	8	13	3	757	139	75.70	1090	69.44	2	5	0	105	1

I was correct on Rahul Dravid as the above stats prove that he is the one who contributed the most for away wins. The one which surprised me most is the Sachin's average here. He has the best average for away wins but when I try to recollect the historic wins I see Dravid, Sehwag and Laxman but I am not able to recollect the matches which are won by Sachin. This shows that Sachin contributed consistently as well as Dravid but others have only clicked in few matches and failed in few matches. So here I can easily say that bulk of the Indian wins away are contributed by Dravid and Sachin.

These stats also tell us that Sehwag is not really contributed that much which contradicts my thinking. I always thought that Sehwag is the one who is doing exceptionally well in tests.He has very less average compared to Sachin,Dravid and laxman.But the real difference here is the strike rate I guess. With a strike rate of 84 if you can average 54 then it becomes very difficult for opposition and it gives a very good platform for the middle order batsmen.

And also once Gambhir is added into this fab 5 it has been raining runs for India. Gambhir averages 76 with a very good strike rate of 70 in away wins only next to Sachin.

One more thing this stat proves that Ganguly was not that bad as was thought by me earlier.All the while I thought Ganguly was in the team only for his captaincy but clearly with an average 53 I think you can pick him in any batting line up as a pure batsmen.

So conclusion, Dravid and Sachin are the most contributors with Sehwag and Gambhir setting up the platform and Ganguly and Laxman chipped in. Its a clear Team effort I say.

In my next analysis I ll take up Home wins. Any guesses who would be the most contributors?