Rishabh Pant, the attacking wicket-keeper batter, scripted history on Monday, July 24, at the Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, overtaking captain Shubman Gill to become India’s highest run-scorer in ICC World Test Championship (WTC) history.
Displaying trademark counter-attacking flair paired with sharp game awareness, Pant notched an impressive half-century, building a crucial century stand for the seventh wicket with Jurel to put India in the driver’s seat in the ongoing Test. India: Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Devdutt Padikkal, Shubman Gill (captain), Rishabh Pant (wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Dhruv Jurel, Saransh Jain, Manav Suthar, Mohammed Siraj, and Prasidh Krishna Sri Lanka: Lahiru Udara, Kamil Mishara, Pasindu Sooriyabandara, Kamindu Mendis, Dhananjaya de Silva (captain), Sonal Dinusha, Niroshan Dickwella (wk), Keshara Nuwantha, Prabath Jayasuriya, Lahiru Kumara, and Asitha Fernando Since the inception of the World Test Championship in 2019, Pant has consistently served as India’s primary match-winner in red-ball cricket, delivering decisive knocks across Australia, England, South Africa, and the subcontinent.
