Follow UsRishabh Pant, on July 24 (Thursday), became the leading run scorer for India in the World Test Championship history, surpassing former Indian captain Rohit Sharma.
The Indian wicketkeeper-batter went past Rohit’s total tally of 2716 runs on Day 2 of the fourth Test against England at Old Trafford, Manchester.
2717* - Rishabh Pant
2716 - Rohit Sharma
2617 - Virat Kohli
2512 - Shubman Gill
Pant, who fractured his toe on Day 1 while attempting a reverse sweep off Chris Woakes, walked out to bat to a heartwarming reception from the Manchester crowd on the second day.
In terms of average, this has been Pant’s best WTC cycle. The left-hander has been India’s best Test batter since his debut in 2018.
2019-21: 20 inns, 707 runs, 39.27 average, 4 fifties, 1 century
2021-23: 21 inns, 928 runs, 43.4 average, 5 fifties, 2 centuries
2023-25: 19 inns, 677 runs, 37.61 average, 4 fifties, 1 century
2025-27: 7 inns, 466 runs*, 77.66 average, 2 fifties, 2 centuries
Pant slammed 54 off 75 deliveries before getting knocked over by Jofra Archer. He broke a couple more records during his stay in the middle:
90* - Rishabh Pant (82 inns)
90 - Virender Sehwag (174 inns)
88 - Rohit Sharma (116 inns)
78 - MS Dhoni (144 inns)
5* - Rishabh Pant, India tour of England 2025
4 - Farokh Engineer, England tour of India 1972/73
4 - MS Dhoni, BGT 2008/09
4 - MS Dhoni, India tour of England 2014
14 - Rishabh Pant
13 - MS Dhoni
12 - John Waite
11 - Adam Gilchrist
10 - Dinesh Ramdin
Pant has been in outstanding form in the ongoing series, having already smashed 479 runs at an average of 68.43. Pant, however, has been ruled out of the fifth Test, and also won’t keep wickets in the ongoing Test.