Indian wicketkeeper batter Rishabh Pant continued his stellar run in the first Test match against England in Leeds. The newly-appointed Test vice-captain, Pant, slammed a scintillating century in the first innings, breaking a major MS Dhoni record. Meanwhile, the young wicketkeeper batter has registered another milestone during the match.
Pant has been busy behind the wickets after his record-breaking day with the bat. He took a couple of catches in the first session on the third day as the visitors scalped two wickets before lunch.
Meanwhile, Pant has registered a major wicketkeeping milestone in Test cricket as he completed 150 catches in the format. Pant has become only the third Indian wicketkeeper to have achieved the milestone, joining MS Dhoni and Syed Kirmani on the list.
Indian wicketkeepers with most catches in Tests:
MS Dhoni: 256 catches
Syed Kirmani: 160 catches
Rishabh Pant: 151 catches*
Kiran More: 110 catches
Nayan Mongia: 99 catches
The Indian bowlers took two wickets after England resumed the day from the overnight score of 209/2. Prasidh Krishna drew the first blood when he separated the overnight pair of Harry Brook and Ollie Pope by nicking off the latter. Mohammed Siraj, who was bowling all his heart out, finally got one wicket when he nicked the English captain Ben Stokes behind in the 65th over, with Pant taking both the catches.
The hosts batted at a brisk rate as they added 112 runs in the first session of the day. Brook continued his run-scoring form and got a reprive on 46.
England's Playing XI:
Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Ben Stokes (c), Jamie Smith (wk), Chris Woakes, Brydon Carse, Josh Tongue, Shoaib Bashir
India's Playing XI:
Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Sai Sudharsan, Shubman Gill (c), Rishabh Pant (wk), Karun Nair, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna