Archive · 24 Aug 2026
Rishabh Pant Becomes Test Cricket’s Third-Highest Six-Hitter Overall
Rishabh Pant is an Indian batter and wicketkeeper.
He hit two sixes while scoring 63 runs in Colombo.
Those sixes took his Test career total to 102.
This moved him ahead of Australia’s Adam Gilchrist, who hit 100 sixes.
Only Ben Stokes and Brendon McCullum have hit more Test sixes than Pant.
Pant also passed Shubman Gill as India’s top run-scorer in the World Test Championship.
He went past MS Dhoni for the most runs by an Indian wicketkeeper in away Tests.
India later declared their innings at 503 runs for nine wickets, with Dhruv Jurel scoring an unbeaten 115.
Rishabh Pant surpassed Adam Gilchrist to become Test cricket’s third-highest six-hitter.
Pant reached 102 Test sixes in 52 matches, while Gilchrist hit 100 in 96 matches.
Ben Stokes leads the list with 138 sixes, followed by Brendon McCullum with 107.
Pant also became India’s highest run-scorer in the ICC World Test Championship, with 2,948 runs.
India declared at 503/9 against Sri Lanka, with Dhruv Jurel unbeaten on 115.
- Who
- India wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant, along with India’s team and Sri Lanka’s team.
- What
- Pant became Test cricket’s third-highest six-hitter and set additional Indian wicketkeeping and World Test Championship run-scoring records.
- When
- Monday, August 24; the article does not specify the year.
- Where
- Colombo, Sri Lanka.
- Why
- Pant’s two sixes during his 63-run innings took his Test total to 102, moving him past Adam Gilchrist.
- Pant’s Test sixes
- 102 in 52 Tests
- Previous record-holder passed
- Adam Gilchrist, who hit 100 sixes in 96 matches
- Test six-hitting leaders
- Ben Stokes leads with 138, followed by Brendon McCullum with 107
- Pant’s WTC runs
- 2,948 runs in 42 matches and 74 innings
- Pant’s away-Test runs
- 2,534 runs in 36 Tests and 64 innings
- India’s declared total
- 503/9
- Dhruv Jurel’s score
- 115 not out from 177 balls