5 Test records that were broken in 2016

#2 Ravichandran Ashwin and Virat Kohli’s year of milestones

The ICC Test cricketer, as well as Cricketer of the Year, were, perhaps, titles fitting enough to highlight how 2016 has been a game-changer for Ashwin, catapulting him to a different level, both with the ball and bat. Amongst a plethora of records, Ashwin became the quickest Indian to garner 200 Test wickets, and the second quickest in the world to do so.

Take a deep breath while you read the records he set in 2016: first bowler to take 50 Test wickets in consecutive years, third most number of five-wicket hauls for India in Tests, most wickets by an Indian in a calendar year at home, third Indian to score more than 500 runs and 50 wickets in a Test, the list goes on.

His captain, Virat Kohli, also had a watershed year, scoring as many as three double tons in the year, becoming the first cricketer to score a double hundred in three consecutive series. This was the fifth time, and the first time an Indian scored three double centuries in a calendar year. As a captain, he set a new record for most unbeaten matches for the Indian team in Tests, having last lost a match in August 2015 in Sri Lanka.