Rishabh Pant Is Box Office Test Cricketer: Fans Turn Poets For India's Best Wicketkeeper-Batter
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Rishabh Pant has been a complete entertainer in the Headingley Test against England.
He will summersault. He will scoop and fall. He will stand tall. He's Rishabh Pant. That 27-year-old Indian wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant is a blockbuster cricketer is an understatement. While Pant's antics on the field make you notice him, his batting prowess makes you sit and admire that he once-in-a-generation talent. Taking on the bowlers like he's playing gully cricket, Pant notched up two sublime hundreds on English soil while taking on the hosts in the first Test at the Headingly. The twin tons put him in a league of his own, as he became the first Indian wicketkeeper to do so in a Test match and only second wicketkeeper after Andy Flower in cricket's history.
Pant 134 and 118 in respective innings have given India a fighting chance to grab the first Test as England come out on the final day to chase the target of 371 set by the visitors.
As the Test nears a fascinating conclusion, cricket fans from all over have gathered to praise Pant's school of cricket. There is no dull moment when he's out there batting with his dancing shoes on.
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Tests are slow and boring, they said.
'So, tell me about cricket…" 'Well, there is this lad called Rishabh Pant…" pic.twitter.com/0OlILRPQTU
— Peter Miller (@TheCricketGeek) June 23, 2025
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— ???? (@twitfrenzy_) June 23, 2025
He does this while playing.
A delight for YouTube thumbnail creators.
Rishabh Pant gave 4 Youtube Thumbnails in just 1 test session pic.twitter.com/WUrUabMtBR — Sagar (@sagarcasm) June 21, 2025
Stump Mic Gems
Pant's reaction to Ravindra Jadeja delivering a wide ball.
Pant told Jadeja: 'Mai bhi khel raha hu bhai, apne chauke ke chakkar mein mera chaukka mat dedena (I am also playing, brother. In trying to save a four, don't give my four)."
When the Indian vice-captain backed out too late during Chris Woakes's delivery, he was apologetic.
'I was not ready," Pant explained. 'Sorry, Woakesy!"
'Sorry, Woakesy!" 😅Just Rishabh-Panti things — mischief, mind games & masti! 🎭🎙Pant's hilarious banter with Woakes is peak Test entertainment — and yes, it's all in good humour. 🫶ICYMI, watch this golden moment from Day 4 unfold! #ENGvIND 1st Test Day 4 LIVE NOW Streaming… pic.twitter.com/Id3pUayxUY — Star Sports (@StarSportsIndia) June 23, 2025
Or when he gave a pep talk to himself while batting.
'Why are you doing this? What was the need to do this?"
Rishabh Pant to himself: (Stump Mic)'Tu aisa kyu kar raha hai, iski kya zarurat hai?" 🤦♂️— Noah (@PantasticNoah) June 23, 2025
Here are a few more stump mic gems.
Rishabh Pant classic on the stumps mic. pic.twitter.com/fi6uHNHTWA — Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) June 21, 2025
Some Serious Stats
Rishabh Pant gets to do all of that– falling, bickering, sending bat flying– because he's extremely competent as a batter.
Pant now nears Rahul Dravid's record of 6 hundreds in England in 23 innings. The wicketkeeper-batter currently equals Sachin Tendulkar's 4. Pant has taken 19 innings to do so at an average of 42+.
Root: 25Kane: 17Smith: 16Pant: 15
Next best from India are Kohli, Rohit and Gill with 9 each.
90+ scores in 5 different countries. Scoring at a rate of… https://t.co/1W4SnLcIZS
— Rohit Sankar (@imRohit_SN) June 24, 2025
The number five position to bat is also enabling Pant to go full throttle. He averages almost 60 in 19 Tests.
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He's now behind only Australia's Adam Gilchrist and Zimbabwe's Andy Flower when it comes to hundreds in Tests. Gilchrist had 17 to his name, Flower smashed 12. Pant stands at 8.
He has been dismissed seven times in his 90s in Tests.
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