In the first Test of the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy at Headingley, Leeds, Rishabh Pant became just the second wicket-keeper in history to score twin hundreds, 134 and 118. See every batting record that India and Rishabh Pant have broken in the Test match’s second innings.
After Andy Flower accomplished the feat against South Africa in Harare in 2001 with hits of 142 and 199*, Rishabh Pant became just the second designated wicketkeeper to register hundreds in each innings of a Test match.
Pant became the seventh batsman from India to reach the hundred-run mark in every Test innings. Additionally, he is currently the only Asian in England to achieve so.
Hundreds in each innings of a Test for India
| Player | 1st inngs | 2nd inngs | Total | Vs | Venue | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| V Hazare | 116 | 145 | 261 | Aus | Adelaide | 1947/48 |
| S Gavaskar | 124 | 220 | 344 | WI | Port of Spain | 1971 |
| S Gavaskar | 111 | 137 | 248 | Pak | Karachi | 1978/79 |
| S Gavaskar | 107 | 182* | 289 | Pak | Kolkata | 1978/79 |
| R Dravid | 190 | 103* | 293 | NZ | Hamilton | 1998/99 |
| R Dravid | 110 | 135 | 245 | Pak | Kolkata | 2004/05 |
| V Kohli | 115 | 141 | 256 | Aus | Adelaide | 2014/15 |
| A Rahane | 127 | 100* | 227 | SA | Delhi | 2015/16 |
| Rohit Sharma | 176 | 127 | 303 | SA | Vizag | 2019/20 |
| R Pant | 134 | 118 | 252 | Eng | Leeds | 2025 |
Pant’s total of 252 runs, which includes 134 and 118, is the fourth-highest total by a designated wicketkeeper in a Test. Andy Flower holds the three greatest scores, while Alec Stewart’s 204 (40 & 164) against South Africa at Old Trafford in 1998 was the previous fourth-highest total by a designated wicketkeeper in Test matches played in England. Buddi Kunderan’s 230 (192 & 38) against England in Chennai in 1964 was the previous maximum score by an Indian wicketkeeper batsman.
| Player | 1st inngs | 2nd inngs | Vs | Venue | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andy Flower | 142 | 199* | SA | Harare | 2001 |
| Andy Flower | 55 | 232* | Ind | Nagpur | 2000/01 |
| Andy Flower | 183* | 70 | Ind | Delhi | 2000/01 |
| Rishabh Pant | 134 | 118 | Eng | Leeds | 2025 |
| Dennis Lindsay | 69 | 182 | Aus | Johannesburg | 1966/67 |
| Kumar Sangakkara | 230 | 14* | Pak | Lahore | 2001/02 |
Les Ames for England in the West Indies and Andy Flower for India each had three hundreds, but Pant’s four is the most by a designated wicketkeeper in Test matches played in an away nation. Pant is currently tied with Alec Stewart and Matt Prior for the most hundreds by a designated wicketkeeper in England.
Pant has hit nine sixes in this Test, including three in the second innings and six in the first, matching Andrew Flintoff’s (against. Aus, Edgbaston, 2005) and Ben Stokes’ (versus. Aus, Lord’s, 2023) combined total. When ball-by-ball statistics are available, Pant’s seven maximums off Shoaib Bashir rank third among all batters’ joint totals against a bowler in a Test match. Harry Brook’s seven off Zahid Mehmood (Rawalpindi, 2022), Rohit Sharma’s eight off Dane Piedt (Vizag, 2019), and Wasim Akram’s nine off Paul Strang (Sheikhupura, 1996) top the list.
In his last five Test innings in England, Pant has scored more than fifty runs (50, 146, 57, 134, and 118). Following Steven Smith’s seven-run run, he became the seventh visiting batter in England to accomplish the milestone.
This test saw India score their highest number of individual centuries ever. India were the second team to accomplish so in an away Test after Australia’s 1955 victory against the West Indies in Kingston, and it was the sixth time overall by any side.
Three centuries by KL Rahul has scored the most runs of any Asian opening batsman in English Test matches. Rahul exceeded the previous record of two hundreds apiece set by Tamim Iqbal, Rahul Dravid, Ravi Shastri, Sunil Gavaskar, and Vijay Merchant. Rahul has scored eight of his nine Test hundreds away from home.
The gap between India’s top five and bottom six batsmen in this Test is 656. In a Test match where they were bowled out twice, it is the largest such disparity for India. The bottom six batters could only generate 65 runs, while the top five scored 721 runs between them.
9 runs: After five runs against Australia at the MCG in 2003 (when they were bowled out twice), the cumulative total of nine runs by India’s No. 8 to No. 11 over the two innings is the second-lowest total for India in a Test match.
Joe Root has tied Rahul Dravid for the most catches by an outfielder in Test cricket with 210 catches.
