11 Test records that may never be broken

Test cricket is the oldest and the toughest format of the game as it demands a lot of qualities from a player like commitment, endurance, patience, physical and mental fitness, consistency, and a hunger to excel. Only a few players who have ticked all these boxes have gone on to achieve success in this format.

While many players proved their worth equally well in Test cricket along with other formats, there have been a few including the likes of England pacers Stuart Broad and James Anderson who have sacrificed their limited-overs careers to achieve excellence in red-ball cricket.

Another interesting thing is that some of the renowned greats of the game have set high standards by making such individual records that it could be impossible for any player to shatter them. Here’s a look at 11 of them:

1. Virat Kohli’s seven double centuries as Test skipper

Virat Kohli might have witnessed a slump in batting form, but there used to be a time when he scored runs and centuries for fun on a consistent basis, especially between 2016-2019. Kohli holds a unique record as captain in the longest format of the game.

The 33-year-old became India’s Test skipper in December 2014 when MS Dhoni had shockingly announced his retirement from red-ball cricket. Thus, as India’s full-time Test skipper, Kohli went on to register a record seven double centuries between July 2016 to October 2019.

His Test double-centuries came against the West Indies 200 (2016), New Zealand 211 (2016), England 235 (2016), Bangladesh 204 (2017), Sri Lanka 213 and 243 (2017), and South Africa (254*).