Rishabh Pant breaks 72-year-old record in Edgbaston; joins MS Dhoni in unique club | How?

Rishabh Pant was on a record-breaking spree as the DC captain broke and matched several records on his way to a century in the first innings and a half-century in the 2nd innings. 

Records Broken By Pant

Pant has now become the highest run-scorer in a Test match in England as the southpaw amassed 203 runs in total - 146 in the first innings and 57 in the second. 

He broke the record of 182 runs (14, 168) set by Clyde Walcott of West Indies in 1950

Vijay Manjrekar's 69-year-old record

Rishabh Pant broke another 69-year-old record. Vijay Manjrekar had the record of scoring the most runs in a Test match outside Asia. Manjrekar scored a total of 161 runs in both innings against West Indies at Kingston in 1953. 

Farooq Engineer & MS Dhoni Connection

Rishabh Pant scored 203 runs (146, 57) in the Edgbaston Test against England. He matched Farooq Engineer, who scored a century (121) in an innings and a half-century (66) in the second innings against England in Mumbai in 1973.

He is only the second wicketkeeper from India to score a century and a half-century in a single test match. Apart from this, he also became the second wicket-keeper batsman to score more than 50 runs in both innings of a Test match played in England. 

Before him, MS Dhoni had scored 77 runs and 74 not out in Birmingham itself in 2011. Fair to say, Rishabh Pant has answered all his critics in style and given India an outstanding chance to win the game.

Rishabh Rajendra Pant (born 4 October 1997) is an Indian cricketer who plays as a middle order wicket-keeper batter for India, Delhi, and captains the Delhi Capitals in the Indian Premier League. He was the vice-captain of the India U-19 team for the 2016 Under-19 Cricket World Cup.

He made his Twenty20 International (T20I) debut for India in January 2017, his test debut in August 2018, and his One Day International (ODI) debut in October 2018. In January 2019, Pant was named the ICC Men's Emerging Cricketer of the Year at the 2018 ICC Awards. February 2021, Pant was named the Men's Player of the Month in the first edition of the ICC Player of the Month Awards. In June 2022, Pant was named as the Indian captain for the T20I series against South Africa, after the designated captain KL Rahul was ruled of the series due to an injury. Pant was purchased by the Delhi Daredevils ahead of the 2016 Indian Premier League on the same day he scored a century for India U-19 team in the 2016 Under-19 Cricket World Cup, guiding them into the semi-finals. Playing his third game of the season, Pant made 69 runs off 40 balls to help Delhi secure an eight-wicket victory over Gujarat Lions. In the 2017 season, he scored 97 runs from 43 balls against the same team. During the 2018 Indian Premier League, Pant scored an unbeaten 128 from 63 balls against the Sunrisers Hyderabad, making the then highest individual score by an Indian cricketer in IPL history.  He also became the second youngest player to score a century in the IPL. In March 2021, Pant was named the captain of the Delhi Capitals for the 2021 Indian Premier League. He was retained as captain for the 2022 IPL season as well.