‘Records are meant to be broken.’ We all have heard this famous quotation. However, there are some of the most famous records in the history of cricket that seem unbreakable. Other players have been somewhere closer to these records but couldn't break them fully these records are so unique in themselves that it would take a tremendous amount of hard work to reach near it or to break it. Here are the top 10 Indian players with their unbreakable records to date-
1. Mahendra Singh Dhoni
MS Dhoni, captain cool, one of the greatest cricketers and captain in Indian history. He has been worshipped as a God. He is renowned for his within-second stumping that would be as fast as lightning and leave people in awe. Whether it was ODI or Test match, or T-20, Dhoni has proven that he is the master of all cricket formats. One such record of Dhoni's is his 195 international stumpings that came up in the 3420 international, 123 ODI and 38 tests. However, Kumar Sangakkara is second on this list with 139 stumpings.
2. Rohit Sharma
Rohit Sharma, the present Indian captain, awe-struck everyone with his smashing 264 runs in 173 ODI matches against Sri Lanka in 2014. His double ODI centuries have said the bar so high that it would take years for any batsman to reach near or break it. He is the master of scoring double ODI centuries. He became the only cricketer to hit 3 double centuries in the ODI format, which came in 2013 against Australia(209). In 2014 against Sri Lanka(264). In 2017 against Sri Lanka(208*).
3. Sachin Tendulkar
He is regarded as a Master Blaster and the God of Indian cricket. Debuting at the age of 16, Sachin Tendulkar has penned down several unbreakable records across all formats of cricket. The greatest batsman in the world is best known for the record that he made in 2012, which is considered to 'never to be broken.' In 2012, Sachin finally made the record of hitting 100 centuries across all formats. He hit 51 centuries in Test cricket and 49 centuries in ODI. In his 21 years long career where he played 200 test matches, he scored 15,921 runs at a strike rate of 54.08 and in 463 ODI, 18,426 runs at a strike rate of 86.24. He is the role model for every cricket player and every kid who wants to pursue cricket as a profession. He has played 6 World Cups and 2 World Cup finals.
4. Bapu Nadkarni
Ramesh Nadkarni, the most economical bowler in Indian history. In 13 years of their test career, he played 21 matches and took 88 wickets with an unbelievable economy of 1.67. Hard to digest facts about his bowling. He played between 1955-1968 during those years set up an unbreakable record in 1964. He bowled 21 maiden overs against England in the first Test match. Overall he bowled 32 overs giving only 5 runs with an economy of 0.15 which would never be achieved by any player.
5. Rahul Dravid
The present U19 Indian cricket coach, the finest and the calmest test cricketer. He made several records during his career. He played 164 test matches and made 13,288 runs with a strike rate of 42.51. The most breathtaking record of Rahul Dravid was the 31,258 balls he faced in Test cricket. It is by far the greatest record. He made other records for most hundreds in each inning of a match, 2 unbeaten 50s in a match and so on.
6. Narayan Jagadeesan
Narayan Jagadeesan who played most domestic cricket, is regarded for his most amazing record that he set in 2022 to 2023 in the Vijay Hazare trophy. Where he hit 5 consecutive centuries. Playing against Arunachal Pradesh he hit 11417, one 68128 runs in 4 consecutive matches. In 13 IPL matches he played in 3 seasons he scored 162 runs.
7. Virat Kohli
The former Indian captain and chase master is the new definition of the class. If there is any greatest player after Dhoni and Sachin, he is Virat Kohli. Virat has entitled several records under his name but two of the most unbreakable records of Virat Kohli that surpass Sachin and Dhoni are firstly he is the fastest to reach 10,000 ODI runs that came in 25 innings while Sachin scored in 245 innings. Secondly, most runs as a captain in ODI chases which is 310 runs in 52 chases. While Dhoni made 2935 runs in 114 matches. Virat is the synonym for perfection and class.
8. Virendra Sehwag
The extraordinary unorthodox-style Indian player who is known for smashing the ball brutally. He played one at 400 test matches and scored 8586 runs with an amazing strike rate of 82.83. He also became the first opener to score 7000 runs in ODI. Virendra Sehwag is known to be fast and furious as he holds the record for fastest test triple centuries and double ODI centuries. This record in itself is unbelievable. He scored 319 runs in 278 balls against South Africa in 2008.
9. Mohammad Azharuddin
The brilliant intelligent and former captain of team India is known for scoring a test century on his debut match against England. With his high-class batting in 99 test matches he scored 6215 runs. The bars said by Azharuddin were so high that he made the world record of 3 consecutive centuries against England in the first 3 test matches.
10. Irfan Pathan
The left-arm swing bowler set a record that has not been broken to date which is taking hat trick in the very first over of a Test match against Pakistan in 2006. He was the next name of Kapil Dev who made India win some very crucial matches against teams such as Pakistan South Africa and Bangladesh. The list of records by Indian Cricketers goes on, there are youngsters who made records add the domestic levels as well as state levels. India is exceeding the heights of success and making unbelievable records. The former captains and players are very happy to see this progress they believe they have given the future of cricket in very safe hands.
