Rishabh Pant Becomes First Indian and Fastest to Hit 100 Sixes in Test Cricket
Pant moved past Shubman Gill with 2,885 WTC runs and became the first Indian batter to reach 100 Test sixes.
- On Tuesday, Rishabh Pant became the first Indian player to hit 100 Test sixes and surpassed Shubman Gill as India's leading World Test Championship run-scorer during the first Test against Sri Lanka in Galle.
- Pant's 66-run effort lifted his WTC aggregate to 2,885 runs, overtaking Gill's 2,867. Pant reached this milestone in 73 innings, two fewer than Gill's 75.
- Pant joined an elite group of four players to hit 100 Test sixes, becoming the fastest to reach the mark in his 51st game. Ben Stokes , Brendon McCullum , and Adam Gilchrist remain ahead.
- India set Sri Lanka a 372-run target for victory after being bundled out for 193 in the second innings. The visitors need six wickets on the final day to seal the win.
- Globally, England's Joe Root remains the overall World Test Championship leader with 6,651 runs across 77 matches. Ravindra Jadeja , Virat Kohli , Yashasvi Jaiswal , and KL Rahul complete India's top seven.
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Rishabh Pant surpasses Shubman Gill to become India's all-time leading run-scorer in WTC history
Rishabh Pant has overtaken Shubman Gill to become India’s leading WTC run-scorer after his 66 in Galle took his tally to 2,885. His 100th Test six also marked another milestone, while India need six wickets on Day 5 to beat Sri Lanka.
Rishabh Pant scripts history, leapfrogs Shubman Gill to become India’s top WTC run-scorer
In a remarkable feat, Rishabh Pant has now taken the lead in India's World Test Championship run charts, overtaking Shubman Gill following his impressive performance in Galle. Pant's milestone of achieving 100 Test sixes marks a historic moment for Indian cricket. Following him in the standings are Rohit Sharma and Ravindra Jadeja, while Joe Root continues to hold the overall lead in World Test Championship runs.
Rishabh Pant created history by scoring a half-century in the second innings of the first Test match against Sri Lanka. By hitting two sixes, he became the fastest to reach 100 sixes in Test cricket. Pant took 89 innings to reach 100 sixes.
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