Rishabh Pant is out of form. He should be replaced by Dhruv Jurel. His place in Test XI is in doubt. India’s new Test vice-captain Rishabh Pant has heard and read many narratives since the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. His unorthodox style of batting has found fans and criticism both, including Sunil Gavaskar’s famous rant of Stupid, Stupid, Stupid in Australia. In the IND vs ENG 1st Test in Headingly, Pant had to prove his doubters wrong. And he did that, batting in an orthodox way. Pant scored his third Test century in England, 2nd in his last four innings in England, to surpass MS Dhoni (6 Test centuries).
While the commentators continued to remind everyone that Pant had been dismissed in the 90s seven times before, he was never in a hurry to get to the triple-digit mark. Ben Stokes tried to poke him to play attacking shots, but even as the ball dipped suddenly, Pant went on the defensive, chuckling at Stokes in reply. Shubman Gill kept reminding Pant to keep his composure. In the end, Pant got to his 7th Test century but not without playing an attacking shot. He took Shoiab Bashir on for a 6 to get to his ton and pull off a somersault celebration. This was Pant’s second consecutive century, as his last one came in IPL 2025.
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— Punjab Kings (@PunjabKingsIPL) June 21, 2025Most Test centuries by Wicketkeeper batters
PlayerCountry100s50sAdam GilchristAustralia1726Andy FlowerZimbabwe1223Leslie AmesEngland87Matt PriorEngland728BJ WatlingNew Zealand718Kumar SangakkaraSri Lanka711AB de VilliersSouth Africa77Rishabh PantIndia715MS DhoniIndia633Orthodox Rishabh Pant
Despite batting on a pitch that had everything for a batter, Pant was never in a hurry. He tried to play some unorthodox shots only a few times. But those were rare occasions. One of them was his first shot against Ben Stokes when Pant took the England captain on for a four. His shot gave both Stokes, Shubman Gill and the umpire a scare as the ball travelled between them. But then, he focused on defence as former India captain Sourav Ganguly urged him to do in England. Rishabh Pant hardly went on the attack. Instead, he played a measured innings.
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