Many records in cricket are being made each time a match is played in the world. Some records remain iconic and unbreakable even after so many years. Moreover, many legendary former cricketers have made some incredible records that were very difficult and iconic ones. They are still fresh on the cricke fan across the world. Some of the records got broken and some of the iconic Unbreakable cricket records are still unbeaten in cricket history. So let’s unveil the top 20 unbreakable cricket records. Let’s get started!
List of Top 20 Unbreakable Cricket Records
1. Most Runs In International Career
Sachin Tendulkar is the master of unbreakable records. His Cricket records never broken of the most runs in an international career is yet on the list of Sachin Tendulkar unbreakable records and has not been broken by any cricketer. Sachin has a record of 34357 runs in his career span of 1989-2013. He is the only cricketer in history who has a record of surpassing 30,000+ runs including all three formats. Though, earlier it seemed that this record would be unbreakable. However, Virat Kohli is still in the race to surpass this record as he is still active in playing cricket. He has made 26733 runs in his career till now. And we can hope that he can score more runs to reach the records of Sachin.
2. Most Wickets In International Career
Muttiah Muralidharan is the only bowler in cricket history who has a record of taking 1347 wickets in his international career. He has played 495 matches in his career span from 1992-2011. The bowler who can break this highest wicket record is James Anderson (England). He is still playing matches and has taken 985 wickets in his career of international matches. We can only wait to see if he can break Muttiah Muralidharan’s unbreakable record of most wickets.
3. Highest Individual Test Score
Nobody has broken this brain Lara’s unbreakable record of scoring the highest individual score in a test match. He scored 400* runs in a single innings in the year 2004. This is the hardest record to hold and we don’t think that any cricketer in the future will ever break this record.
4. Highest Batting Average in Test
Sir Donald Bradman has the most wonderful record in cricket history. He was one of the greatest legendary players from old times who had the highest batting average in tests which is 99.94. The record is still unbeaten after so many years of his retirement from cricket.
5. Most Century in a Career
This is another Sachin Tendulkar unbreakable record that is to have the most number of centuries in his international career. Sachin has a record of hitting 100 total centuries in his career including all three formats. Till now no player has broken this record. Only Virat Kohli is in the race to break this only if he tries very hard. Virat Kohli has 80 centuries under his name so far.
6. Fastest 1300 Runs In ODIs
Virat Kohli is the number one batsman who has achieved the fastest 13000 runs in the ODI format in just 278 matches. This is Virat Kohli’s unbreakable record which is not going to be broken anytime soon. Earlier this record was held by Sachin Tendulkar which was broken later by Virat Kohli.
7. Highest ODI Wins At a Stretch
The Australian team has won 21 ODI games continuously from 11th January 2023 to 24th May 2023. This record is very unique and difficult to achieve by any other team in the future. As of now, this record is still unbeaten and no team has come close to this incredible winning streak.
8. Most Number of International Matches Played in Career
Sachin Tendulkar has many unbreakable records in cricket. The record of playing the most number of international matches in their career is also held by him. Sachin has played a total of 664 matches in his career from 1989 to 2013. This record is still unbeaten and it is challenging for any cricketer to break in the coming future.
9. Most Fifties in International Career
The master blaster Sachin Tendulkar holds the record of hitting the most fifties in his international career. He has smashed a total of 264 fifties and this record is still unbeaten in cricket history. Just like other records, this can be broken by Virat Kohli as he has 219 fifties till now.
10. Hattrick Wins in World Cup
This is one of the biggest records which the Australian team has made in cricket history. They have won three ICC ODI World Cup Titles continuously for 3 consecutive years which are 1999, 2003, and 2007. This record by the Australian team came under two captains Ricky Steve Waugh (1999) and Ricky Ponting (2003,2007). It’s a very difficult record that has a very high chance of being an unbeatable record for a long time in cricket history.
11. Most Century in ODI Format
This is one of Virat Kohli unbreakable records which is very difficult to be broken by any other cricketer. Virta Kohli has made 50 centuries in his ODI career till now and he is still active in playing international cricket. He is the only player to break his record of having the highest centuries in the ODI format.
12. Most Number of Test Matches Played in Career
Sachin Tendulkar has played a total of 200 test matches in his career. This record was unbeatable till now. However, it might get broken as the player from England James Anderson has played 186 test matches and he is still active in playing test matches. Let’s wait for this record to be broken or not.
13. Century In 24 Balls
Don Bradman was the first cricket in history to snash a century in just 24 balls. Earlier one over consisted of 8 balls, so he smashed century in just 3 overs. This record is still unbeaten un cricket history and we think that no cricketer will ever break this record for the fastest century.
14. Highest Individual ODI Score
Rohit Sharma has a remarkable record of scoring the highest individual score in ODI format. He scored 264 runs in a single inning which is the highest score by any cricketer in the world till now. We have to wait very long to see this record get broken in the future.
15. Nightwatchman Highest Individual Score in Tests
Jason Gillespie in 2006 made history by scoring a high score of 201* as the nightwatchman in a test match against Bangladesh. This record is still one of the hardest records to be broken by any player who plays the role of night watchman in Tets.
16. Most Runs in The T20 Format
Virat Kohli has the hights number of runs in the t20 format. This is another Virat Kohli unbreakable record as of now. He has 4037 runs in T20 international matches. Only Rohit Sharma and Babar Azam are in the race to break this record. Let’s wait who can break this Virat Kohli unbeatable record.
17. Most Wickets In Single Test Match
The cricketer Jim Laker has made a very unique record which is still unbeaten in cricket history. He took 19 wickets in a single test match in the year 1956 against Australia. Jim Laker bowled 68 overs in the match and gave only 90 runs with 19 wickets. This is one of the most incredible achievements by any bowler and still the unbeaten record in cricket history.
18. T20 Maiden Super Over
Sunil Narine has bowled the maiden super over which is the unbroken record in cricket history. He made this record when the match between Red Steel and Guyana Amazon Warriors in CPL 2014 was tied at 118/8 and 118/9. This record is still unbeaten in cricket history.
19. Three Double Century of Rohit Sharma in The ODI Format
Rohit Sharma is the only cricketer in the world who holds the record of hitting three double centuries in the ODI format. This record was the first in cricket history and it was done by the greatest ODI player Rohit Sharma. No player from the world has ever done this and we hope that this record remains the unbreakable record of Rohit Sharma.
20. Most Playing Years In Cricket Career
No other cricketer than Wilfred Rhodes has played cricket for 30 years. He was one of the former legendary English players who played cricket from 1899 to 1930. This record is still unbeaten in cricket history and it will stay unbeaten till the end.