Desk. The Indian cricket team may have lost the Leeds Test by 5 wickets against England, but Rishabh Pant is at the end. He scored a century in both innings of the test. However, he could not manage to win his team. Meanwhile, Test Rankings have also been released by ICC. Pant has also jumped into it. The special thing is that the work done by Rishabh Pant in the ICC Test rankings this time was not able to do MS Dhoni.
In the first innings of the Test match played against England in Leeds, Rishabh Pant scored 134 runs on 178 balls. It included 12 fours and 6 sixes. However, even after this, Pant did not fill his stomach and he scored runs again in the second innings. In the second innings of the match, Pant scored 118 runs on 140 balls. It included 15 fours and three sixes. Pant has also become the seventh batsman of India who has worked to score a century in both innings of Tests.
With the help of these two centuries, Pant has also been cut in the ICC rankings. Rishabh Pant was at number eight in the ICC Test rankings before this match, from where he has benefited one place and has now reached number seven. Till this match, Rishabh Pant’s rating was 739, which has now increased to 800. It may be that Pant plays some big innings in the remaining four Tests, this will benefit him further.
Meanwhile, Rishabh Pant has become India’s first such wicket -keeper batsman to have a rating of 800 in the ICC Test rankings. Prior to this, no wicket -keeper of India has done such a thing. MS Dhoni too had never achieved the rating of 800 during his Test career, but Pant has done this wonders. Now as much as Pant goes from here, new records will go on. His best ranking has been 19, while talking about rating, he was able to get a rating of up to 661 in his career. MS Dhoni had done six centuries in Test cricket, which has been demolished by Rishabh Pant in the previous match.