Ross Taylor : The batsman who scored the most runs for New Zealand

The last time New Zealand and India played a test match in Wellington, Ross Taylor broke a major record almost immediately. Taylor has now played in 100 Test matches, making him the fourth New Zealand player to do so.

Aside from that, Taylor has a significant background. Taylor is the first cricketer to play 100-100 matches in all three formats.

Taylor is the first cricketer in the world to play 100-100 matches in each of the three formats, including 100 Test matches.

Brandon McCullum of New Zealand became the first player to play 50 games in all three formats on September 23, 2012.

Taylor has achieved his 100 matches in all three formats after eight years, which is an incredible achievement.

Taylor made his Test debut in November 2007, and before the 100th match, New Zealand had only played nine Tests without him.

When it comes to One-Day Internationals, Taylor has played in 100 of the 109 games.

Taylor has missed the most bouts in the T20, with 28. New Zealand has played a total of 346 matches since Taylor's Test debut, with Taylor appearing in 300 of them.

Sachin Tendulkar, a former great Indian batsman, holds the record for most Test and ODI matches played.

Sachin Tendulkar is the only batsman in the world to have played 200 Test matches, as well as the most ODIs (463). Shoaib Malik of Pakistan holds the record for most T20 games played. So far, Malik has appeared in 113 T20 matches. Malik, Rohit Sharma (108), and Ross Taylor (100) are the only players to have played 100 T20s.

Taylor is New Zealand's leading run scorer. In 430 matches played so far, he has scored 17,653 runs. In addition to Taylor, former captain Stephen Fleming (15,289) is the only other New Zealand batsman to reach the 15,000-run mark.

Taylor has the most runs for New Zealand in both ODIs and Tests (8,565). (7,175). Taylor is also the New Zealand batsman with the most centuries (40).

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