Rishabh Pant Becomes India's Top Run-Scorer and Most Consistent Batter in World Test Championship
Rishabh Pant has become India's highest run-scorer in the World Test Championship (WTC), surpassing Shubman Gill with 2,885 runs in 73 innings across 41 matches. Pant also leads India in 50-plus scores in the WTC with 23, edging past Ravindra Jadeja. During the ongoing Test against Sri Lanka in Galle, Pant scored 66 runs and became the first Indian to hit 100 sixes in Test cricket. Globally, England's Joe Root holds the WTC record with 6,651 runs.
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zeenews broke this story on 18 Aug, 03:22 pm. Other outlets followed.