India wicketkeeper batter KL Rahul welcomed Rishabh Pant with folded hands after the stumps of day 1 of the first Test match between India and England at the Yorkshire Cricket Ground in Headingley, Leeds. Pant, who joined skipper Shubman Gill for the total after Yashasvi Jaiswal's wicket, smashed his half-century to put India in command.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) shared a clip where skipper Shubman Gill and his deputy Rishabh Pant can be seen walking back to the dressing room, and KL Rahul, who hugged Gill for his ton, can be seen welcoming Pant with folded hands, it was a blink-and-you-miss moment. Here is the video.
Rishabh Pant surpasses MS Dhoni to reach this milestone
Rishabh Pant has completed 3000 runs in test cricket, surpassing former India captain MS Dhoni as India's most successful wicketkeeper-batter.
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Pant achieved this feat in his outing against England on Friday at Leeds Headingley, Day 1 of the first test of the five-test match series. This is also the start of the 2025-27 World Test Championship (WTC) cycle for both teams. Pant remained not out on 65 at the end of Day 1. He became Asia's most successful wicketkeeper-batter in the SENA (South Africa, England, New Zealand, and Australia) countries, surpassing the legendary Dhoni.
Pant now has 1746 runs in SENA in 27 matches at an average of 38.80; he also has four centuries and six fifties to his name.
Earlier on Day 1, a composed century from debutant captain Shubman Gill, a fluent ton by Yashasvi Jaiswal, and a measured innings from vice-captain Rishabh Pant powered India to a dominant 359/3 at stumps on Day 1 of the first Test against England at Headingley on Friday.