New Delhi: After the sensational twins of Rishabh Pant, in the current Leeds test in Headingley, the former cricket player Sanjay Manjrekar thinks that the vice-captain of India could exceed the Rahul Dravid record for most centuries by an Indian in England.The remarkable hundred pants in the second round on day 4 of the opening test against England broke several records. With a mixture of flamboyance and discipline, the ticket office carved a memorable blow that added to his growing heritage in the red ball cricket.Speaking on Match Center Live after the conclusion of day 4, Jiocinema Sanjay Manjrekar expert praised the rare pant.“When you look at all the achievements of Rishabh Pant, the first instinct is to consider it only as a paste – and it is understandable. When you talk about exploits of strikers in England, marking hundreds of twins, the names with which he is compared are legends like Dilip Vengsarkar, Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar and Sunil Gavaskar. But here is the remarkable part – it is also a ticket office. This is what makes him almost incredible, “said Manjrekar.He also underlined the meaning of the double role of pant in the team.“I know that someone like Kumar Sangakkara had a phenomenal striker record, but he was not quite the goalkeeper that Rishabh Pant is. Pant is the first and last choice of India as a ticketkeeper in this test side-and that says a lot,” he added.Manjrekar also underlined the statistical possibility of pants ecliptering the Dravid count of six centuries of testing in England, with four games still to play in the current series.“If you look at the figures – most hundreds of Indians in tests in England – Rahul Dravid leads with six. And suddenly, you have the pant’s name in this same elite medium. There is a beautiful little twist – there are two rahul in this story. You have Kl Rahul, and you have rishabh pant. Who knows, when this series is over, Pant could match or even go beyond Rahul Dravid. There are still four tests to do in this series – it is potentially eight rounds for pant. He has already started almost perfectly, “he concluded.Most centuries of testing in England (by Indian strikers):
| Player | Matches | Shopping | Centuries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rahul Dravid | 6 | 846 | 6 |
| Sachin Tendulkar | 4 | 611 | 4 |
| Rishabh pants | 3 | 512 | 4 |
| Dilip Vengsarkar | 4 | 488 | 4 |
| Kl Rahul | 3 | 415 | 3 |
| Surav Ganguly | 3 | 395 | 3 |
| Sunil Gavaskar | 2 | 322 | 2 |
| Mohammad Azharuddin | 2 | 300 | 2 |
| Ravi Shastri | 2 | 287 | 2 |
| Virat Kohli | 2 | 252 | 2 |
Pant had previously marked 134 in the first round and followed it with a commander of 118 in the second, in partnership with KL Rahul in a 195 -point stand which firmly placed control of India. His approach was notably adaptive – going from his natural assault to a more measured style as the situation asked. From 96, he cautiously moved to 99 before reaching his second hundred with a simple off Shoaib Bashir, becoming the first Indian striker to mark a century with each handle of a test in England.
With this feat, Pant joined the exclusive twin club of India, alongside Vijay Hazare, Sunil Gavaskar (3 times), Rahul Dravid (twice), Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane and Rohit Sharma.The 27 -year -old also became the second goalkeeper designated to score hundreds in the two heats of a test – after Andy Flower, who achieved the feat in Harare against South Africa in 2001 with scores of 142 and 199 *.The name of Pant is now among the legendary visiting strikers who recorded five consecutive scores for over 50 years in England – alongside Don Bradman, Hansie Cronje, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Kumar Sangakkara and Daryl Mitchell. Only Steven Smith (7) has more.His total match of 252 points (134 and 118) is the highest of all time by a window goalkeeper designated in a test in England, exceeding 204 (40 and 164) of Alec Stewart by Alec Stewart against Old Trafford in 1998.Pant also equaled the record for most of the six in a test round in England, finishing with new, alongside Andrew Flintoff (2005 Ashes, Edgbaston) and Ben Stokes (2023 Ashes, Lord’s).Through 10 tests and 19 sleeves in England, Panttera has now raised 808 points to an average of 42.52, with four centuries, two fifty and a typing rate of 69.89 – highlighting its domination and its evolutionary heritage under conditions abroad.