In the Edgbaston Test which is played against England, on the first day, the India team seems to be in a strong position by scoring 338 runs with the loss of 7 wickets. Credit for leading Team India to this position goes to Rishabh Pant who scored 146 runs from 111 balls. In this inning, Pant hit 20 fours and 4 sixes. Along with this, Pant has made many albums in his name. He has also broken the record of former captain Dhoni.
After scoring a century in the first Test, Pant has now become the goalkeeper batsman to score the fastest century in Test cricket for India. Pant completed his century in 89 balls. At the same time, Dhoni scored his century from 93 balls in 2005 and made this record in his name. Pant has now also become the fastest batsman to score a century at Edgbaston ground.
Due to his century innings, Pant has become the batsman to score 2000 runs in Test Cricket. Pant is the fourth goalkeeper batsman to score 2,000 runs in the Tests. Before him only Dhoni, Syed Kirmani, Farooq Engineer could score more than 2000 runs in trials. At the same time, Pant has also become the youngest Indian batsman to score 2,000 runs in Test cricket. Rishabh Pant came close to 2,000 runs in 52 Test innings, while Dhoni played 60 innings to complete 2,000 runs.
- Budhi Kundaran – 1964
- MS Dhoni – 2009
- Wriddhiman Saha – 2017
- Rishabh Pant – 2022
- Virender Sehwag vs West Indies in 2006 – 78 balls
- Mohammad Azharuddin vs England in 1990 – 88 balls
- Rishabh Pant vs England in 2022 – 89 balls
- MS Dhoni vs Pakistan in 2006 – 93 balls
