While David Warner couldn't do so despite going as close as 335* in the second Test in Adelaide against Pakistan, he believes India's Rohit Sharma can certainly break West Indies great Brian Lara's 400* record in the future. 

Rohit has just begun opening the innings with resounding success and resurrecting some of the lost ground in the early part of his Test career.

But Lara's number, still the highest-ever individual Test score, remains an Everest to climb especially when captains have greater incentive to declare on time and go for the results earning Test championship points on offer. 

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"Yeah, look, I think it's about the person himself. We've got long boundaries, it is quite difficult at times. When fatigue sets in, it's very hard to try hard and throw your hands at it," Warner told Fox Sports after his marathon effort. 

"At the end, I tried to run twos to lift the ante because I couldn't actually think like I could clear the ropes."

"I think, one day, if I've to name a player, I reckon it could be Rohit Sharma. Definitely."

Warner himself surpassed Sir Don Bradman's 334 and credited former India opener Virender Sehwag for giving him the confidence of becoming a Test cricketer at the beginning of his career during IPL days together. 

"When I met Virender Sehwag while playing for Delhi in the IPL, he sat down to me and said I will be a better Test player than a Twenty20 player. I said 'you're out of your mind, I've not played many first-class games'."

"He always said 'they will have slips and gully, covers open, mid-wicket stay there, mid-off and mid-on will be up, you can get off to a flier and sit there all day and you'll be picking them all off'."

"That's always stuck in my mind, it sounded very easy when we were discussing then," Warner revealed. 

(Inputs from Fox Sports)