Rishabh Pant has become the Indian wicketkeeper-batsman to score the most Test centuries.
Rishabh Pant scored his seventh Test century on the second day of the ongoing Headingl Test against England. With this century, he has left behind the legendary Mahendra Singh Dhoni. He has become the Indian wicketkeeper-batsman to score the most Test centuries. The left-handed wicketkeeper-batsman hit 10 fours and 4 excellent sixes during his century innings. After scoring a century, Rishabh Pant celebrated in his well-known style.
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Apart from this, Rishabh Pant also surpassed MS Dhoni’s record of becoming Asia’s most successful wicketkeeper-batsman in SENA (South Africa, England, New Zealand, Australia) countries. He broke Rohit Sharma’s record for most sixes by an Indian in the World Test Championship, reaching 58 sixes.
Most Test centuries by an Indian wicketkeeper
7 – Rishabh Pant (76 innings)
6 – MS Dhoni (144 innings)
3 – Wriddhiman Saha (54 innings)
2 – Buddhi Kundran (28 innings)
2 – Farooq Engineer (87 innings)
2 – Syed Kirmani (124 innings)
Rishabh Pant’s celebration
ONE OF THE GREATEST CELEBRATION IN CRICKET – PANT 🥶 pic.twitter.com/WwGqii9wFc
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) June 21, 2025
India dominates in the first innings
Talking about the match, Team India’s batsmen continued their brilliant batting on the second day after batting brilliantly on the first day. On the first day, the team scored 359 runs for the loss of 3 wickets. At the time of writing the news on the second day, after 105 overs, a total of 447 runs have been scored for the loss of 5 wickets.
At this time, Rishabh Pant is present at the crease after scoring 130 runs. Shubman Gill has returned after playing an innings of 147 runs. On the other hand, Ben Stokes has taken the maximum number of three wickets for England so far. Brydon Carse and Shoaib Bashir have got one wicket each. Now it remains to be seen how much Team India scores in its first innings.
