IND vs ENG: Rishabh Pant eyes to overtake Virat Kohli in elite Test list | Cricket News – Times of India

India wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant can have his eyes set on historical past when the second Test in opposition to England begins at Edgbaston. After his breathtaking back-to-back centuries in the sequence opener at Headingley, Pant is now only one ton away from overtaking Virat Kohli in a particular list. Pant’s aggressive batting rattled England’s bowlers in the primary Test, the place he smashed 134 and 118 in two innings. However, regardless of his heroics, India failed to defend a goal of 371 as England chased it down with 5 wickets in hand to go 1-0 up in the 5-match sequence. Going into the second Test, Pant has scored 5 centuries in opposition to England in Tests — the identical as Kohli. Another century in Birmingham will take him previous Kohli and stage with Mohammed Azharuddin, who has six Test centuries in opposition to England. Only Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid have extra, with seven every.

Pant’s report in England speaks volumes about his potential to counter English situations. In simply 10 Tests and 19 innings, he has amassed 808 runs at a mean of 42.52, with 4 centuries and two fifties.Quiz: Who’s that IPL participant? If Pant scores one other hundred at Edgbaston, he may also turn out to be solely the seventh visiting batter to slam centuries in three successive Tests in England. The elite list consists of legends like Don Bradman, Brian Lara and Rahul Dravid. Dravid stays the one Indian to have achieved this, again in 2002. With India wanting to stage the sequence, Pant’s type might be the decisive issue at Edgbaston. All eyes will likely be on whether or not the swashbuckling left-hander can break extra information whereas protecting India’s hopes alive.