Rishabh Pant created history in England, MS Dhoni also left behind, records records from historic innings
Rishabh Pant Reords: In the first Test match being played between India and England at the headingley ground in Leeds, Rishabh Pant scored a wonderful innings of 134 runs in 178 balls on Friday and Saturday. In this innings, he scored 12 fours and 6 sixes. Pant also made several historical records with Shubman Gill to make a 209-run partnership in a strong position.
MS Dhoni’s record broken
Rishabh Pant has now become the wicketkeeper batsman to score the most centuries for India in Test cricket. Pant’s name has now scored 7 Test centuries while MS Dhoni had 6 centuries. Dhoni made this record in 90 Tests while Pant achieved this feat in only 44 Tests.
Rishabh Pant’s Test century:
- 114 vs England, The Oval (2018)
- 159* vs Australia, Sydney (2019)
- 101 vs England, Ahmedabad (2021)
- 100* vs South Africa, Cape Town (2022)
- 146 vs England, Birmingham (2022)
- 109 vs Bangladesh, Chennai (2024)
- 134 vs England, Leeds (2025)
The first wicketkeeper-batsman to score three centuries in England
Rishabh Pant has now become the first wicketkeeper-batsman in the world to score three Test centuries on England soil. He scored 114 runs at The Oval in 2018, 146 runs in Birmingham in 2022 and now in Leeds in 2025. He is the world’s first and only wicketkeeper to do so.
World Test Championship the most sixes
Rishabh Pant has now become the highest sixes batsman for India in the World Test Championship (WTC). Pant has hit 58 sixes in 35 matches, while Rohit Sharma was second with 56 sixes.
The highest sixes in the World Test Championship (Indian):
- Rishabh Pant – 58*
- Rohit Sharma – 56
- Yashasvi Jaiswal – 40
- Shubman Gill – 32
In Test cricket, the highest number of sixes for India at number four
Rishabh Pant has hit a total of 76 sixes in Test cricket so far and In Test cricket, the highest number of sixes for India have come at number four. He is now behind only Virender Sehwag (90), Rohit Sharma (88) and MS Dhoni (78) in terms of the highest sixes for India.
The highest number of sixes for India in Tests:
- Virender Sehwag – 90
- Rohit Sharma – 88
- MS Dhoni – 78
- Rishabh Pant – 76*
- Ravindra Jadeja – 69
The highest century for India in the World Test Championship
Pant has now scored 5 centuries in the World Test Championship. Rohit Sharma (9) scored the most centuries in this competition for India, followed by Shubman Gill (6), and then Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli and Rishabh Pant (5-5).
