Kraigg Brathwaite of West Indies (File Photo – Getty Images) Opener West Indies Kraigg Brathwaite has achieved a rare milestone and became the first cricket in history to play 100 test matches without ever representing a single T20 or home level. He achieved the same as West Indies on Australia in the 2nd Test of the Three-Test Series at the National Cricket Stadium in Grenada. At the age of white ball cricket, Brathwaite’s career is a significant anomaly. A real red ball specialist, he improved his name in record books through gravel and durability. For 100 tests and 191 shifts scored 5 943 runs, with 12 centuries and 31. His highest score remains 212, made against Bangladesh in 2014.A 32 -year -old man who responded to unique success revealed that the record was not by chance. “I set this goal when I was about 14 years old – playing 100 tests,” Brathwaite said, as ICC quoted. “Now I’m here, 18 years later, and I play my hundreds of West India. I’m very grateful and I just want to be an inspiration for younger people to follow. I didn’t just want to be another player – I wanted to have an impact.”
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Another unique statistic emphasizes its durability as a test opener: he is the only player in the history of the format that remained undefeated in both of the match as an opener. This performance was against Pakistan in Sharjah in 2016 with a score of 142* and 60*. Since its debut in 2011, Brathwaite has gradually become the backbone of the test set of West India. He worked as a full -time captain from March 2021 to the beginning of 2024 and led the team in 39 tests, which is also the most joints for the Caribbean side next to Sir Garry Sobers. Under his leadership West Indies reached milestones of overseas victories, including Gabby in 2024 and multan in 2025.
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On five separate occasions, he faced more than 400 balls in the test shifts, and in 2022 he reached a peak with 673 supplies against England, which remains the most western Indian in a single test. After Brathwaite has reached a 100-test monument, it stands as a return to another cricket era, where the patience and unwavering of the game red balls remain primarily.
