ENG vs IND: Rishabh Pant breaks Rohit Sharma's record for Indian batsmen with most sixes in ICC WTC history

Rishabh Pant has so far hit 58 sixes in the ICC World Test Championship.

The India Cricket Team are locking horns with the England Cricket Team in the ongoing first test of the five-match series at Headingley, Leeds. The home skipper Ben Stokes won the toss and opted to field first, but the decision backfired as India showed a wonderful performance with the bat, reaching 359/3 at the stumps of day one.

Openers Yashasvi Jaiswal and KL Rahul gave a decent start to batting and piled up a 91-run stand for the first wicket. While Rahul got out for 42 runs, Jaiswal scored a marvellous century, scoring 101 runs off 159 balls. Later, skipper Shubman Gill arrived with another century and remained unbeaten at 127 runs off 175 deliveries in the end.

Wicket-keeper batter Rishabh Pant, who came in to bat at five, lent good support to Gill. The left-handed batsman scored a half-century and was unbeaten at 65 runs. During his knock, Pant hammered six boundaries and two sixes.

Rishabh Pant breaks Rohit Sharma’s record in ICC WTC history

With his two sixes on Day one of the first ENG vs IND test, Pant broke Rohit Sharma‘s record for most sixes by an Indian batter in ICC World Test Championship (WTC) history. Across 35 tests so far in the ICC WTC, the keeper-batter has slammed 58 sixes.

On the other hand, Rohit Sharma slammed 56 sixes across 40 tests in the three editions of the tournament. Sharma announced his retirement from tests last month. England skipper Stokes has hit the most sixes in ICC WTC history. The England all-rounder has hit 83 sixes across 54 encounters. Below is the list of the top five batsmen with the most sixes in ICC WTC history.

Top 5 players with most sixes in ICC WTC history

1. Ben Stokes- 83 sixes2. Rishabh Pant- 58* sixes 3. Rohit Sharma- 56 sixes4. Yashasvi Jaiswal- 40 sixes5. Daryl Michell- 34 sixes

Meanwhile, Pant also broke MS Dhoni’s record to become the Asian wicket-keeper batsman to score the most runs in SENA nations. Ahead of India’s tour of England 2025, Pant was appointed as the new vice-captain of India in tests, replacing Jasprit Bumrah.

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