A record that neither Sunil Gavaskar, nor Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, or even Virat Kohli, some of the greatest batters in cricket history, could achieve, but a certain Rishabh Pant already has: a century in each innings of a Test match in England.
While some batters sledge, and others strategies — Pant simply swaggers. And every time he walks out to bat in England, he doesn’t just play, he makes headlines.
Remember when Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma retired, and some people thought Test match crowds would shrink? But how can that happen with box office Pant around?
His cricket isn’t chaotic — it’s calculated carnage. Because the records we're about to list don’t happen by accident.
- 1st ever Asian Wicketkeeper in Test history to score twin centuries
- 1st Indian to score hundreds in both innings of a Test in England
- 5th Indian to score 2 hundreds in the same away Test; Kohli was the last
- 2nd wicketkeeper to score centuries in both innings of a Test
- 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 and England have a connection deeper than Ekta Kapoor plotlines. He’s already racked up 1,033 runs against England, with 763 of them in England itself, from just 17 innings.
Of his six overseas Test hundreds, four have come in England. If you’re going to fall in love with an opponent, this is how you do it.
Now even Rahul Dravid’s record is under threat — he holds the most Test centuries (6) in England by an Indian. But the way Pant is batting, that record could fall in this very series.
So, is it fair to say Rishabh Pant is already one of the greatest wicketkeeper-batters in Test cricket history — at least in terms of impact? Or is it still too early to crown him?
