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IND vs SL: Many records were blown in Rishabh Pant storm, created history with injured wrist, left the giants behind

Samira Vishwas | August 24, 2026 7:24 PM CST

IND vs SL, Rishabh Pant: Indian wicketkeeper batsman Rishabh Pant has created history by scoring a half-century in the Colombo Test. On the second day of the test, Rishabh Pant was out after scoring 63 runs on 89 balls. After this inning, Rishabh Pant has become the highest run-scorer for India in the ICC World Test Championship (WTC). He has scored 2,948 runs in 42 test matches in WTC. Earlier this record was recorded in the name of Indian captain Shubhman Gill. Gill has scored 2,917 runs in 42 test matches. In this matter, former Indian captain Rohit Sharma is at number three. Rohit Sharma has scored 2,716 runs in 40 Test matches, while Ravindra Jadeja is at fourth position with 2,675 runs in 50 Tests.

Pant destroyed Dhoni’s record

Rishabh Pant in Colombo Test (Rishabh Pant) Scored 63 runs in the first innings against Sri Lanka. With this inning, he has broken the record of former Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni. Pant has become the wicket-keeper batsman who has scored the most runs for India on foreign soil. He has scored more than 2,500 runs as a wicketkeeper on foreign soil. At the same time, MS Dhoni had scored a total of 2,496 runs as a wicketkeeper on foreign tours in his Test career. Farooq Engineer is at third place in this list, who has scored 1,209 runs at an average of 32.67.

Pant left Adam Gilchrist behind

Rishabh Pant hit 2 sixes during his innings of 63 runs in Colombo. Now he has 102 sixes in his name in Test cricket. He has left behind former Australian great Adam Gilchrist. In the last Test, Pant had equaled Gilchrist by completing 100 sixes. Now he has left Gilchrist behind by hitting 2 sixes. Now only Brendon McCullum (107 sixes) and Ben Stokes (138 sixes) are ahead of Pant.

How is the match?

Talking about Colombo Test, India has scored 475 runs at the loss of 8 wickets. At present the match has been stopped due to rain. Indian batsman Dhruv Jurel is unbeaten on 95 runs, while Mohammed Siraj is at the other end. For India, opening batsman Yashasvi Jaiswal played an inning of 45 runs, while KL Rahul scored 18 runs. Apart from this, Devdutt Padikkal played a century inning of 117 runs. Whereas, Shubhman Gill scored 50, Rishabh Pant scored 63 and Ravindra Jadeja scored 43 runs.

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