England Rally After Pant Heroics to Set up Thrilling Finish to India Opener
- Rishabh Pant scored centuries in both innings of the first Test between India and England at Leeds in June 2025.
- Pant's performance resulted from his aggressive batting and prior successes, as he became the first Indian wicketkeeper with this achievement abroad.
- He scored 134 runs in the first innings and 118 runs off 129 balls in the second before being dismissed by Shoaib Bashir.
- Pant scored a total of 252 runs, including 8 sixes, surpassing the previous highest combined score in a Test match by an Asian wicketkeeper, a record that was held by Kumar Sangakkara.
- Pant's feat placed him in elite company as the second wicketkeeper to score twin centuries in a Test, earning praise as India's greatest Test batter-keeper by Sanjay Manjrekar.
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Rishabh Pant Becomes Second Wicketkeeper-Batter and Seventh Indian to Score Centuries In Both Innings of Test Match, Achieves Feat During IND vs ENG 1st Test 2025 | 🏏 LatestLY
Rishabh Pant has now become the only second wicket-keeper batter in history to score centuries in both innings of a Test match. With his century in the second innings of the IND vs ENG 1st Test 2025 at the Headingley Carnegie in Leeds, Rishabh Pant has also become the seventh Indian batter to score hundreds in both innings of a Test. 🏏 Rishabh Pant Becomes Second Wicketkeeper-Batter and Seventh Indian to Score Centuries In Both Innings of Test …
IND vs ENG: Rishabh Pant gets another century, second in same match; posts unique six hitting record in 1st Test vs England
Pant, who crossed MS Dhoni as an Indian wicketkeeper with most Test tons with his 100 in the 1st innings, brought up his second innings century in 130 deliveries, peppered with 13 boundaries and 2 sixes.
Rishabh Pant creates history in Test cricket with twin tons, a feat even MS Dhoni never achieved
Rishabh Pant has created history by becoming only the second wicketkeeper in the world to score a century in both innings of a Test match. He achieved the feat on Day 4 of the first Test against England at Headingley.
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