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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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England rally after Pant heroics to set up thrilling finish to India opener

Rishabh Pant became the first India batsman to score hundreds in both innings of a Test against England on Monday's fourth day at Headingley before the hosts hit back to set up a dramatic finale to the series opener.

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The Hindu broke the news in India on Monday, June 23, 2025.
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