Rishabh Pant all set to leave Virat Kohli behind
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30 JUN 2025 | 10:23:07
Rishabh Pant might just leave Virat Kohli behind in the next Test—and by the time this series ends, maybe even Rahul Dravid! With a hundred in each innings of the Leeds Test, Pant isn’t just back—he’s back like a rockstar who doesn’t even remember what stage fright feels like.
So far, both he and Kohli have five Test centuries each against England, but if Pant smacks one more, he’ll leapfrog Kohli and join Mohammad Azharuddin as the joint-second highest century-maker for India vs England in Tests.
If we talk only about Tests played in England, Rahul Dravid currently holds the record with six hundreds—most by an Indian on English soil. But the way Pant is batting, even The Wall might want to start looking over his shoulder. He’s already notched up four centuries in England, and with this kind of form, Dravid’s record is seriously under threat.
While some batters sledge, some strategise – Pant simply swaggers. And every time he walks out in England, he doesn’t just bat, he headlines.
His cricket isn’t chaos, it’s calculated carnage. These are the records which Pant broke in the 1st Test itself:
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1st ever Asian Wicketkeeper in Test history to score twin centuries
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1st Indian to score hundreds in both innings of a Test in England
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5th Indian to score 2 hundreds in the same away Test; Kohli was the last
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2nd wicketkeeper to score centuries in both innings of a Test
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1st Indian with 5 consecutive 50+ scores in Tests in England
Andy Flower did it way back in 2001, but it took 24 years for someone to emulate that feat.
Pant has already racked up 1033 runs against the Three Lions, out of which 763 have come in England across just 17 innings. Out of his 6 overseas hundreds, 4 have come in England alone.
How many records will this man break in this series? We’ve got 5 Tests lined up and only one’s done. If this is just the trailer, bring on the full-blown box office blockbuster!
