ENG vs IND: Rishabh Pant breaks MS Dhoni's record during day 1 of Headingley test

Rishabh Pant slammed an unbeaten half-century on day one of the Headingley test.

The Indian Cricket Team commenced their tour of England for Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy 2025 on Friday, June 20 with the first test at Headingley. Rishabh Pant, who has been appointed as the new test vice-captain of India, scored a brilliant half-century on day one of the encounter.

After England skipper Ben Stokes won the toss and opted to field first, Indian opener Yashasvi Jaiswal slammed a marvellous century, hitting 101 runs off 159 deliveries. He was joined by Shubman Gill later, who scored his sixth century in tests, and remained unbeaten on the crease at 127 at the stumps of day one.

Gill also became the fifth Indian batter to smack a ton on test captaincy debut. Pant, who came out to bat at five, gave good support to Gill at the other end. With the help of four boundaries and two sixes, the left-handed batsman remained unbeaten at 65 runs off 102 deliveries at the end of the day’s play.

Rishabh Pant breaks MS Dhoni’s record in SENA countries

During the encounter, Pant overtook former Indian wicket-keeper batter MS Dhoni to achieve the record for most runs scored by an Asian wicket-keeper batter in SENA (South Africa, England, New Zealand and Australia) countries. Pant now has 1746* runs in 27 tests in SENA nations, which includes four centuries and six half-centuries.

Dhoni earlier held the record with 1731 runs in 32 tests. He slammed 13 fifties in SENA nations with a top knock of 92 runs. Former India wicket-keeper Farokh Engineer (1099), Pakistan’s Mohammad Rizwan (850), and Sri Lanka’s Dinesh Chandimal (831) are the next on the list of Asian wicket-keepers with most runs in SENA countries.

Top 5 Asian wicket-keeper batters with most test runs in SENA countries:

1. Rishabh Pant (India) – 1746 runs
2. MS Dhoni (India) – 1731 runs
3. Farokh Engineer (India) – 1099 runs
4. Mohammad Rizwan (Pakistan) – 850 runs
5. Dinesh Chandimal (Sri Lanka) – 835 runs

Meanwhile, Shubman Gill & Co. dominated day 1 of the first ENG vs IND test at Headingley. At stumps on day 1, the visitors piled up a mammoth total of 359/3 (85 overs). England bowlers failed to pick wickets at regular intervals.

Chris Woakes, Josh Tongue, and Shoaib Bashir went wicketless. Ben Stokes picked two wickets, while Brydon Carse grabbed one wicket.

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