The Indian cricket team created history on Monday (June 23) with centuries from KL Rahul and Rishabh Pant helping them set England a massive target of 371 in the fourth innings of the first test at the Headingley Cricket Ground in Leeds.

With Rahul's third ton in history in England and Pant's second of the match, India ensured they had made five centuries in the match. In the first innings, when the visitors posted a massive total of 477, there were three centurions with skipper Shubman Gill as well as Yashasvi Jaiswal reaching the three-figure mark alongside Pant.

The Leeds Test match marks the first instance of five individual centuries for India in a Test match in history. The Asian giants started playing th longest format of the game 93 years ago (1932), but it took until their 590th match in the format for the rare feat to happen. Previously, there were four instances of four centuries for India in a Test match but all of them had come in Asia.

Opponent	Centuries	Players To Score a Century	Ground	Year
England	5	Rishabh Pant (2), KL Rahul, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill	Leeds	2025
Sri Lanka	4	Rahul Dravid, MS Dhoni, Gautam Gambhir, Sachin Tendulkar	Ahmedabad	2009
South Africa	4	Virender Sehwag, Sachin Tendulkar, VVS Laxman, MS Dhoni	Kolkata	2010
Sri Lanka	4	Virat Kohli, Murali Vijay, Cheteshwar Pujara, Rohit Sharma	Delhi	2017
Bangladesh	4	Dinesh Karthik, Wasim Jaffer, Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar	Mirpur	2007

Overall, Inida are only the fifth team (sixth instance) in history to achieve the feat in a Test match and the second to do it away from home. The only other instance of a visiting team to hit five centuries in a single Test match came 70 years ago when five Australian players got to the three-figure mark against West Indies in 1955 at Jamaica. Pakistan are the only team to have two instances of five centurions in a match.

Team	Opponent	Players	Ground	Year
Australia	West Indies	Colin McDonald, Neil Harvey, Keith Miller, Ron Archer, Richie Benaud	Jamaica	1955
Pakistan	Bangladesh	Saeed Anwar, Taufeeq Umar, Inzaman-Ul-Haq, Mohammad Yusuf, Abdul Razzaq	Multan	2001
England	West Indies	Andrew Strauss, Paul Collingwood, Ian Bell, Matt Prior, Kevin Pietersen	L}ord's	2007
Sri Lanka	Bangladesh	Kumar Sangakkara (2), Lahiru Thirmanne, Dinesh Chandimal, Tilakaratne Dilshan	Galle	2013
Pakistan	Australia	Azhar Ali (2). Younis Khan, Misbah-Ul-Haq (2)	Abu Dhabi	2014
India	England	Rishabh Pant (2), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, KL Rahul	Leeds	2025

The match is heading for a dramatic finish as England ended Day 4 at 20-0. The hosts need 350 runs on the final day while India still need all 10 wickets.