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Rishabh Pant On Cusp Of Creating History, Needs 101 Runs In 4th Test To...
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Rishabh Pant is India’s first-choice wicketkeeper-batter in Test cricket, and in the ongoing five-match series between India and England, he has impressed with his performance with the bat. The 27-year-old left-handed batter who bats at No. 5 for India in Tests scored twin centuries (134 and 118) in the series opener played at Headingley in Leeds last month and then registered scores of 25, 65, 74, and 9 in the next four innings. With a total of 425 runs to his name in three matches, Pant is the second leading run getter in the 2025 edition of the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy.
Pant, who is India’s Test vice-captain, would like to maintain his good form with the bat in the next two matches as well, which are set to be played at Old Trafford in Manchester from July 23 to 27 and The Oval from July 31 to August 4.
Pant is likely to recover from the finger injury that he suffered during Day 1’s play of the Lord’s Test last week and play in the Manchester Test next week. During the fourth India-England Test at Old Trafford, Pant will have a chance to break a 61-year-old record.
If he scores at least 101 runs in the Manchester Test, then he will break the record of scoring the most runs in a Test series by an Indian wicketkeeper-batter, which as of now is held by Budhi Kunderan.
During the 1964 India-England Test series, Budhi Kunderan played five matches for the Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi-led side and amassed a total of 525 runs in 10 innings.
Most runs in a Test series by Indian wicketkeeper-batter
Budhi Kunderan
Rishabh Pant
Farokh Engineer
Rishabh Pant
Rishabh Pant
Kunderan is the only Indian stumper to amass a total of more than 500 runs in a Test series.
The overall record of scoring the most runs in a Test series by a designated wicketkeeper-batter is in the name of South Africa’s Denis Lindsay. During the 1966-67 Australia-South Africa Test series, he scored 606 runs in seven innings of five matches.
Most runs in a Test series by wicketkeeper-batter
Denis Lindsay
South Africa
South Africa
Andy Flower
Budhi Kunderan
Brad Haddin
Gerry Alexander
West Indies
Pant needs to score at least 182 runs to break that record.
In the 148-year-old history of Test cricket, only three wicketkeeper-batters—Lindsay, Andy Flower (Zimbabwe), and Kunderan—have managed to score more than 500 runs in a Test series.
Apart from Pant, England’s Jamie Smith will also have a chance to complete 500 runs in the ongoing series as wicketkeeper-batter. As of now, he has 415 runs to his credit in three matches.
Most runs in a Test series by England wicketkeeper-batter
Alec Stewart
South Africa
West Indies
West Indies
Jamie Smith
Jonny Bairstow
Alec Stewart
The record of scoring the most runs in a Test series by an English wicketkeeper-batter is held by Alec Stewart. During the England-South Africa series in 1997, Stewart amassed a total of 465 runs.
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