India, July 10 -- It has been three days since Wiaan Mulder's call of not going after Brian Lara's world record of the highest individual score in Test cricket but the reactions continue to come in. South Africa's stand-in captain stood on the cusp of history as he was batting on 367 not out against Zimbabwe at the lunch break on Day 2 of the second Test in Bulawayo. 400 was well within his sights, and it was almost a given that he would go past the former West Indies captain to make the highest individual score his own in Tests.

However, Mulder stunned one and all when he decided to declare the innings at 626/5 at the lunch break. He is now the fifth-highest individual scorer in Tests. Ahead of the third Test against India, England capt...