Most runs scored by a batsman in a single day of test match

Test Cricket by all means remains the format that defines the various abilities from about the batsman calibre such as strength, mental toughness and endurance. In the long history of cricket, many batsmen have featured in the longest format of the game – Test Cricket. But very few have been successful to stay consistent in his format. We have witnessed many great innings of players who have scored over 300 runs in their career. While there has been only one instance when a batsman has scored more than 300 plus runs in a single day of a test match. It was only scored by Sir Don Bradman in 1930 against England.

Not just the runs scored by a batsman in a single day sets the momentum for another four days where the match will proceed but it also laid the foundation for other batsmen to capitalize the start given by the batsman. Out of the three outcomes, only Win or Draw have left after the most amount of runs has been scored by a batsman. Very least amount of probability a team would lose the match after the most runs by a batsman in a single day of a test match.

While in our list today, there has been only one Indian batsman Virender Sehwag who has featured in this list twice compared to Don Bradman (who feature three times the most among others). Apart from Don Bradman there is one batsman from the current era of cricket who features in this list is David Warner which depicts there are only two players from the last two decades who have featured in this list Virender Sehwag and David Warner. Rest all are from the era when there was only test cricket played.

Test cricket over the years has changed very much and with the advent of T20l cricket, test cricket has buried completely. But if there is a format that brings up the emotions and keeps this format alive with an ideal brand of cricket it is definitely test cricket by all means. The limited overs cricket or other forms of cricket expect test cricket may brings some amount of freshness but the excitement that test cricket brings up like the Edgbaston test match of Ashes Series 2005 which England has won by 2 runs or when West Indies beat Australia in a must win test match by 1 run in 1993. That's the uncertainty of Test Cricket, which depicts that it will be the ultimate form of cricket no matter what!

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