Srinagar: The ever entertaining Team India wicketkeeper batter Rishabh Pant on Monday, broke a multiple records with the twin centuries in the ongoing first Test of the five-match series against England, underway here at the Edgbaston.
Pant, who scored 134 in the first innings of the ongoing fixture, delivered an equally commendable performance in the subsequent innings as he scored 118 off 140 deliveries, studded with 15 fours and three sixes.
Pant, as a result, became the first Indian wicketkeeper batter to score centuries in both innings of a Test match.
Overall, he is the second wicketkeeper batter to achieve the milestone, joining Zimbabwe’s Andy Flower, who scored twin centuries against South Africa in 2001.
Wicketkeeper batters with centuries in each innings of a Test
Andy Flower – 142 142 and 199* against South Africa in 2001
Rishabh Pant – 134 and 118 against England in 2025
Rishabh Pant also became the seventh Indian overall to score centuries in each innings of a Test match. Legendary batter Sunil Gavaskar tops the list as he achieved the milestone thrice, closely followed by Rahul Dravid, who did it twice.
Hundreds in each innings of a Test for India
Vijay Hazare
Sunil Gavaskar (3)
Rahul Dravid (2)
Virat Kohli
Ajinkya Rahane
Rohit Sharma
Rishabh Pant
Pertinently first-innings century on Saturday also took Pant past ICC Hall of Famer MS Dhoni, making him the Indian wicketkeeper batter with the most centuries in Test cricket.
Most Test centuries by a wicketkeeper for India
Rishabh Pant – 8 centuries in 75 innings
MS Dhoni – 6 centuries in 144 innings
Wriddhiman Saha – 3 centuries in 56 innings