Rishabh Pant carried on his late Indian Premier League (IPL) form into England with his seventh hundred in the longest format of the game on Saturday against England in Leeds. It was Pant’s third hundred against England and second on English soil.
Started on an overnight score of 65, Pant continued from where he left on Day 1. Having nineties with a four and a six off Shoaib Bashir in the 96th over, the Indian southpaw went all out against the English spinner on the first ball of the 100th over to reach his three figures.
Dancing down the track against a flighted delivery off Bashir, Pant swung his bat through the line and cleared mid-wicket boundary to bring up his ton. It was followed by his signature somersault celebration before being greeted by his captain Shubman Gill at the other end.
This was Pant’s second consecutive hundred, after scoring an unbeaten 118 for Lucknow Super Giants in the final match of IPL 2025.
Rishabh Pant surpasses MS Dhoni
With this hundred, Pant went past the likes of MS Dhoni and Wriddhiman Saha for most Test centuries by designated Indian wicketkeepers. While Pant now has seven to his tally, Dhoni had managed six while Saha scored three during their playing days.
