Rishabh Pant shatters MS Dhoni’s wicketkeeper-run record at Lord’s in England Test

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Mayank Bande
Rishabh Pant shatters MS Dhoni’s wicketkeeper-run record at Lord’s in England Test image

Coming off two centuries and a fifty in the first 4 innings of the series against England, Rishabh Pant was once again among the runs at the Lord's in the third Test.

Despite suffering a finger injury while wicketkeeping, Pant came in to bat late on Day 2 when India was in a spot of bother at 107/3.

After batting for the rest of the evening, scoring 19*, Pant started Day 3 strongly with KL Rahul and added another 55 runs to his name.

After going wicketless for the entire session, a misjudgment between Pant and Rahul led to the latter being run out in the final over before lunch.

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In the process of scoring his 74*(112), the southpaw went past MS Dhoni to become the highest-scoring Indian wicketkeeper against England.

In this article, we take a look at the keepers who have scored the most runs against the Englishmen.

Indian wicketkeepers with most Test runs against England: Pant tops list

Pant's 1197 runs in just his 26th innings against England got him past MS Dhoni's 1157 runs in 37 innings.

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The others in the list include Farokh Engineer and Syed Kirmani, among others.

BatterMatchesInningsRunsAverageHighest50/100
Rishabh Pant1526119747.881466/5
MS Dhoni2137115733.059912/0
Farokh Engineer1833111337.101218/1
Syed Kirmani202970730.731024/1
Budhi Kunderan61153048.181921/2

Who are the wicketkeepers with the most runs vs England in Tests?

After Pant's 75(112) at Lord's, he stands 4th in the list of wicketkeepers with most runs against England behind four Australian stars.

Notably, Pant averages better than any of the batters above him in the list.

BatterMatchesInningsRunsAverageHighest50/100
Rod Marsh (AUS)4268163327.21110*9/1
Brad Haddin (AUS)2035136641.3913611/3
Ian Healy (AUS)3349126930.951346/2
Rishabh Pant1526119747.881466/5
MS Dhoni2137115733.059912/0