The India National Cricket Team and star wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant have created a world record with their explosive display against the England National Cricket Team.
England are hosting India in a five-match Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy at home, and the series is levelled at 1-1 with the third Test match currently underway at Lord’s in London.
India become the team to hit the most sixes in an away Test series
In the ongoing Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy, the pitches prepared for the Test matches have been quite flat, helping the batters to score big runs.
So far, Shubman Gill, Rishabh Pant, KL Rahul, and Yashasvi Jaiswal have hit centuries for India. Gill and Pant are the top two run-getters in the series with 601 and 416 runs to their name.
The duo are also the top two six-hitters in the ongoing Test series, with Pant having smashed 15 maximums and Gill having 12 sixes to his name.
These exceptional performances from the batters have helped India create a world record and become the team with the most sixes in an away Test series.
Meanwhile, Rishabh Pant’s explosive display has helped him become India’s joint-second highest six-hitter along with Rohit Sharma (88 sixes), and he is now only behind Virender Sehwag’s tally of 90.
Also, Pant has created the world record for hitting the most sixes (36) against England in Test cricket history and surpassed the record of the legendary Sir Viv Richards (34).
List of records broken by India and Rishabh Pant
Most Sixes By A Team In An Away Series:
35 – India in England 2025 (3* Tests)
32 – West Indies in India 1974/75 (5 Tests)
32 – New Zealand vs Pakistan in UAE 2014 (3 Tests)
Most Runs For A Visiting Keeper In A Test Series In England:
416 – Pant, IND tour of ENG 2025
383 – Tom Blundell, NZ tour of ENG 2022
350 – Wayne Phillips, The Ashes 1985
349 – MS Dhoni, IND tour of ENG 2014
Most 50+ scores for an Indian wicket keeper in SENA:
13 – Rishabh Pant (53 inns)
13 – MS Dhoni (60 inns)
Most 50+ Scores For A Visiting Keeper In England In Tests:
8 – Rishabh Pant (20 inns)
8 – MS Dhoni (23 inns)
Most Sixes Against England In Tests:
36 – Rishabh Pant (IND)
34 – Vivian Richards (WI)
Most Sixes For India In Tests:
90 – Virender Sehwag
88 – Rishabh Pant
88 – Rohit Sharma
78 – MS Dhoni
72 – Ravindra Jadeja
Such a shame it ended in a run out – Wasim Jaffer on Pant’s knock
The star wicketkeeper-batsman Pant played a brilliant knock of 74 runs off 112 balls, with 8 fours and 2 sixes, before getting run out while trying to give strike to KL Rahul in order to ensure that the senior batter completed his ton before lunch. Wasim Jaffer, however, was mighty impressed with the performance of Pant and took to X to praise him.
“Such a shame it ended in a run out but really important partnership in the context of the game. Great display of grit and determination while battling the pain from @RishabhPant17 #ENGvIND,” the former India batter Wasim Jaffer wrote on X.
Such a shame it ended in a run out but really important partnership in the context of the game. Great display of grit and determination while battling the pain from @RishabhPant17 👏🏻 #ENGvIND pic.twitter.com/kabx0Fja4w
— Wasim Jaffer (@WasimJaffer14) July 12, 2025
Also, the former cricketer Sanjay Manjrekar hailed KL Rahul for his terrific knock of 100 runs off 177 balls.
“Finally this very likeable & class cricketer comes of age. Carries his form from one Test to the other. 2 hundreds now in 3 Tests! Pity about the immediate dismissal after. But overall so far this seriesKL! #KLRahul,” former India National Cricket Team batter Sanjay Manjrekar wrote on X.
