Pant and Rahul took India’s tally of centuries to five in the Headingley Test
2 Wicketkeepers with centuries in both innings of a Test match. Rishabh Pant became the second with 118 against England on the fourth day of the Headingley Test, after scoring 134 in the first innings. Former Zimbabwe wicketkeeper Andy Flower was the first – he scored 141 and 199* against South Africa at Harare in 2001.
Pant became the first India batter to score hundreds in both innings of a Test in England. He is only the ninth visiting batter to do so and the first since Steven Smith in 2019.
5 Hundreds for India in the Headingley Test – Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill and Pant in the first innings, and KL Rahul and Pant in the second. It’s the first time India have had five centuries in a Test .
It’s happened five times previously, with only Australia having scored five hundreds in an away Test – in Jamaica in 1955.
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252 Runs scored by Pant in both innings at Headingley, the most by an Indian wicketkeeper in a Test, surpassing Budhi Kunderan’s 230 against England in Chennai in 1964. Pant’s 252 is also the fourth-highest for a wicketkeeper in a Test; the three performances ahead of Pant are all by Flower.
8 Pant’s Test hundreds. Only Australia’s Adam Gilchrist (17) and Flower (12) have more Test centuries while playing as a wicketkeeper. England’s Les Ames also has eight.
3 Hundreds for Rahul in England – the most by an Indian opener in Tests in England. He’s ahead of Vijay Merchant, Sunil Gavaskar, Ravi Shastri and Rahul Dravid, who have two each.
4 Test hundreds for Pant in England, the most for a wicketkeeper, alongside Alec Stewart and Matt Prior. His four Test tons in England are also the most for a visiting wicketkeeper in a country.
9 Sixes by Pant at Headingley, the joint-most by any batter in a Test in England. Andrew Flintoff and Ben Stokes also hit nine against Australia in Birmingham in 2005 and at Lord’s in 2023, respectively.
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