Rishabh Pant Stats In Test Cricket

During a very short span of cricketing career, Rishabh Pant has become one of the biggest names in the Indian cricket history especially in the longest format of the game. He is the first-ever Indian wicket keeper batsman to hit a Test century in Australia, England and South Africa where the conditions are extremely challenging. However, he came into the limelight after he smashed a remarkable knock of 89 runs that helped India claim a historic Test series victory in Australia and also breached the famous Gabba fortress in 2020-21. This was the second time when India won a Test series in Australia after 2018. In this blog piece, we take a deeper look at Rishabh Pant stats in the Test format of the game. 

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Rishabh Pant made his Test debut for India against England at the Trent Bridge during the five-match bilateral series in 2018. During the fifth and final Test match, the visiting Indian team had already lost the Test series falling behind by 3-1 margin, the southpaw wicket-keeper batsman went on to notch up his maiden century in international cricket at the Kennington Oval in London. While chasing a mammoth score in the fourth innings, India had already lost the early wickets of Shikhar Dhawan, Cheteshwar Pujara and Virat Kohli, after which the duo of KL Rahul and Pant came together to lead a counterattack. The pair combined for a fabulous partnership of 204 runs for the fifth wicket. Pant smacked a wonderful innings of 114 runs off 146 deliveries that included as many as 15 fours and 4 sixes. 

In his first-ever tour to Australia during the 2018-19 Test series, Rishabh Pant once again surprised the entire cricketing fraternity when he became the first wicket-keeper batsman to notch up a Test century in Australia. While continuing his sensational form, the swashbuckling left-hander went on to compose a staggering unbeaten innings of 159 runs off 189 deliveries that included 15 fours and 1 six. He was also involved in an impressive 204 run-partnership with Ravindra Jadeja for the seventh wicket. Rishabh Pant also became the first-ever Indian wicket-keeper batsman to notch up Test centuries in both England and Australia. 

However, Rishabh Pant recorded his name in the history books and became a viral topic on the cricket news platforms after the historic Test series win against Australia during 2020-21. Interestingly, he was not included in the India playing XI for the first Test against Australia in Adelaide. However, he made a fine comeback in the second Test match played at the iconic Melbourne Cricket Ground. The wicket-keeper batsman compiled a blistering knock of 97 runs to help draw the Sydney Test match. Pant went on to play a record-breaking innings of 89 runs in the historic Gabba Test match win to power India towards back-to-back Test series wins in Australia. 

Rishabh Pant then broke some more cricket records scoring a stunning Test century against England at home in 2021. He suddenly transformed himself as India's biggest match-winner in the Test format of the game. During the 2022 Test series in South Africa, Pant notched up a beautiful century in some really testing conditions, but unfortunately, India lost that Test match and the series as well. 

While talking about Rishabh Pant stats in Test cricket, he has played as many as 33 matches having scored a total of 2271 runs so far at an excellent average of more than 43. The left-hander has notched up 11 half-centuries and 5 hundreds in the longest format of the game. After recovering from the painful and life-threatening Rishabh Pant accident that took place in December 2022, he is once again ready to don the Indian jersey in his favourite format of the game. 

Considering his performance in the ongoing edition of the T20 World Cup 2024, Rishabh Pant is currently the leading run-getter for the Men in Blue. The Indian team management has taken a really big call as they have promoted the wicket-keeper batsman at the No. 3 position in this mega event being hosted jointly in the West Indies and United States of America (USA). He smashed an unbeaten knock of 36 runs off 26 deliveries in the first match against Ireland and followed it up with a 42-run innings against arch-rivals Pakistan at the testing Nassau County International Cricket Stadium in New York.