Rishabh Pant has achieved the best ranking of his Test career. He is ranked seventh.
Indian wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant can join the list of giants like Don Bradman, Rahul Dravid and Brian Lara with more centuries. The second Test against England will start at Edgbaston from July 2. In the first Test played in the lead, Pant scored a century in both innings. He scored 134 in the first innings and 118 in the second innings. However, India lost the match by 5 wickets.
Pant scored a century in both innings against England.
Dravid, Lara and Bradman may be included in the list
If Pant is scoring the second century in the Edgbaston Test, he will be the only seventh foreign batter to score 3 consecutive Test centuries in England. The list includes Don Bradman, Warren Bardsley, Charles Macartney, Rahul Dravid, Brian Lara and Daril Mitchell.
Rahul Dravid is the only Indian to achieve this feat, who scored a consecutive century in 2002 at Nottingham (115 runs), Leeds (148 runs) and The Oval (217 runs). Daril Mitchell achieved the feat at Lord's (108 runs), Nottingham (190 runs) and Leeds (109 runs) in 2022.
Pant's records …
- He has become the highest Test centuries as an Indian wicketkeeper. He now has 8 centuries.
- Pant has scored the highest run by any Asian wicketkeeper in Sena countries (South Africa, England, New Zealand, Australia). He has 1933 runs in his 27 matches. Which includes 6 centuries and 5 half centuries.
- Pant is the first Indian wicketkeeper to score a century in both the innings of the Test match.
Pant has scored 808 runs in England So far, Rishabh Pant has scored 808 runs in 19 innings of 10 Tests in England. They have an average of 42.52, including 4 centuries and 2 half centuries. His best score is 146 runs, which he scored in July 2022 with 19 fours and 4 sixes in 111 balls at Edgbaston. In those innings, along with Ravindra Jadeja, he scored India from 98/5 to 416 runs. However, India lost that match because England made history by chasing the biggest target of 378 in their Test history in the fourth innings.
India lost the Headingley Test despite the 5 players scoring a century Team India suffered defeat despite five batsmen scoring centuries in the Headingley Test. This is the first time in Test history that a team has lost the match despite scoring five centuries. Yashwashi Jaiswal, Shubhman Gill, KL Rahul and Rishabh Pant (twice) scored a century, but England chase the target of 371 runs in the second innings and won by five wickets.
Ben Ducet scored 149 in the second innings. A total of 1673 runs between the two teams, the highest score in the Indo-England Test. The second Test between India and England will be played on July 2 at Edgbaston.
Jofra Archer joined the England team before the second test The ECB has included Jofra Archer in the team before the second Test against India. The English board gave this information on Thursday. The board wrote in the post- 'Jofra Archer is back.'
India's Test team (for England Series)
England Test team (for the second test) Ben Stokes (Captain), Jofra Archer, Shoaib Bashir, Jacob Bethel, Harry Brook, Braid Cars, Sam Cook, Czech Crowley, Ben Ducket, Jamie Olton, Oli Pop, Joe Root, Jamie Smith (wicketkeeper), Josh Tung, Kris Walks.
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