IND vs. Eng 4th Test: ‘Hero’ Rishabh Pant makes history for India, crosses Rohit Sharma’s record. Cricket news

Rishabh Pant achieved an important milestone on Thursday, which became India’s highest run-scorer at the World Testing Championship by crossing Rohit Sharma’s 2716 runs during the fourth India-England Test at Old Trafford. The 27-year-old wicketkeeper-Better arrived at the landmark in his 38th WTC match, while batting in the second session of the day two, despite maintaining a toe injury on the first day.Pant required 40 runs to break Rohit’s record and successfully completed this achievement during India’s first innings. His WTC career now includes six centuries and 15 fifties, maintaining an impressive average of 43.80.

The left-handed achievement adds to its growing list of achievements in England, where he became the first non-English wicketkeeper-boy to score 1000 Test runs on Wednesday. The current WTC figures pants lead the run-scoring chart for India with 2717 runs, followed by Rohit Sharma 2716 out of 40 matches. Virat Kohli finished third with 2617 runs out of 46 matches.Go beyond the border with our YouTube channel.

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https://youtube.com/@toisports/The top ten Indian run-scores at WTC include Shubman Gill (2512 runs), Ravindra Jadeja (2232 runs), and Yashsvi Jaiswal (2089 runs), who have maintained a strong batting average above 40.If the pants manage to score 64 runs in this match, he will join Sunil Gavaskar, Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid and KL Rahul’s distinguished company, who as the fifth Indian batsman to score 1000 Test runs in England against England team.

The BCCI released an official update about the position of pant injury through its social media platform X: “Update: Rishabh Pant, who suffered an injury to his right leg on 1 of the Manchester Test, would not perform wicket-keeping duties for the remaining part of the match. Dhruv Jurael will play the role of wicket-keeper. Despite his injury, Rishabh Pant has joined the team on day 2 and will be available to bat according to the team’s requirements.,The injury occurred during the third session of the day when Pant was batting for 37 runs from 48 balls. He returned to bat after Shahardul Thakur’s dismissal off the fourth ball of the 102nd ball of India’s first innings.The injury conditions reflects the recent incident in the third Test, where the pants were limited to taking wickets for only 34 overs in the first innings, taking wicketkeeping responsibilities with Jurall, due to a finger injury.India’s highest run-scorer in WTC history