You won't find better wicketkeeper-batters than Rishabh Pant in Test cricket. The flair, the game-changing abilities, and the impact he can have on the game are unmatched. Pant left England reeling with a brutal century at Headingley to give India the upper hand in the match. Pant whacked six sixes and 12 fours en route to 178 ball 134. His wicket was probably the only delivery where he played a false shot and thus perished, else he was well set to play an even bigger innings.

Rishabh Pant Creates History

Pant's blistering knock helped him create history in England. The six sixes Pant scored were the most in a Test innings in England. The record for most sixes in a Test innings in England was held by Ross Taylor, who scored five sixes in 2008. Adam Gilchrist and Michael Holding also scored five sixes in a Test innings in England in 2001 and 1984, respectively.

Rishant Pant - The Greatest Indian Wicketkeeper Batter?

Pant has already scored seven international hundreds, five of which have come in overseas conditions. He has three centuries in England, and one each in South Africa and Australia, showing his versatility across conditions. MS Dhoni is often regarded as the greatest wicketkeeper-batter in Indian cricket history, but Pant has clearly overtaken him, at least in terms of his batting abilities, and the record proves it. Pant's seven centuries put him at the top of the list of most centuries by Indian wicketkeeper-batters. He broke the record set by MS Dhoni, who scored six hundreds.

Pant is a tremendous batter, but he has a great record as a wicketkeeper as well. Pant took the catch of Ollie Pope on Day 3 of the Headingley Test and became the third Indian wicketkeeper-batter to take 150 catches in Test cricket. He is only behind MS Dhoni (258) and Syed Kirmani (151) in the list. Pant also broke MS Dhoni's record of most dismissals by an Asian wicketkeeper-batter in SENA countries. Dhoni held the record with 109 dismissals, and Pant now has 110 scalps to his name.