Records tumble as Pant blitzes twin centuries at Headingley

Records tumble as Pant blitzes twin centuries at Headingley

Rishabh Pant scored twin centuries – 134 and 118 – in the first Test of the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy at Headingley, Leeds, becoming only the second ever wicket-keeper to achieve the feat.

Pant's Records:

• Second designated wicketkeeper to score hundreds in each innings of a Test (after Andy Flower).
• Seventh Indian batter to score hundreds in each innings of a Test.
• First and only Asian to do so in England.
• Fourth most runs by a designated wicketkeeper in a Test (252).
• Most centuries by a designated wicketkeeper in Tests in an away country (4).
• Joint most sixes by a batter in a Test in England (9).
• Fifth fifty-plus score in his last five Test innings in England.

India's Records:

• Five individual centuries in a Test (most for India).
• Sixth time overall any side has achieved five centuries in a Test.
• Second side to do it in an away Test (after Australia against West Indies in 1955).
• Highest difference between top five and bottom six batters in a Test (656).
• Second lowest aggregate of runs by No.8 to No.11 across two innings (9).

Other Records:

• KL Rahul's three centuries is the most by an Asian opening batter in Tests in England.
• Joe Root equals Rahul Dravid for the most catches by an outfielder in Test cricket (210).