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LEEDS: India wicketkeeper batter Rishabh Pant has broken multiple records with a blazing century in the opening match of the five-match Test series against England.
With a century at the iconic Headingley, the left-handed batter surpassed MS Dhoni, former Indian captain record of most Test centuries (6) as a wicketkeeper batter for India.
Apart from this record, Rishabh Pant also became the first visiting wicketkeeper to score three centuries in England, while no other keeper has more than one hundred on English soil.
Rishab Pant’s 134-run knock featuring half a dozen sixes also took him past Rohit Sharma’s tally of most maximums in the ICC World Test Championship.
Previously, Sharma had smashed 56 sixes in 40 matches while Rishab Pant has 58 maximums in just 35 matches. In addition to this, the southpaw further strengthened his record as the most prolific batter in SENA countries (South Africa, England, New Zealand, and Australia).
The 27-year-old now has 1,746 runs in SENA nations at an impressive average of 38.80 from 27 Tests, overtaking MS Dhoni.
Rishab Pant continued to showcase his dominance against England by scoring an impressive century, making 134 runs off 178 balls at a strike rate of 75.28, an innings peppered with six maximums and 12 boundaries.
With the left-hander’s valuable contribution, Team India propelled to a commanding first-innings total of 471 runs.
Notably, this century marked Pant’s fourth Test hundred against England, setting a new world record for the most Test centuries by a wicketkeeper against them.
He surpassed the previous joint record of three centuries held by Tom Latham, Adam Gilchrist, Ian Healy, and Brad Haddin.
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