IND vs ENG: Rishabh Pant surpasses MS Dhoni Record, becomes undisputed Best India player

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In a dazzling display of audacious strokeplay, Rishabh Pant has cemented his legacy as India's greatest Test wicketkeeper-batter, hammering a scintillating century against England in the first Test.

The southpaw, also the vice-captain, has showcased his immense batting prowess with a scintillating knock on Day 2 of the match.

Rishabh played in an aggressive manner on Saturday (June 21), taking the attack to the English bowlers. He got to his hundred with a magnificent one-handed six off Shoaib Bashir, thus getting to his 7th Test ton, and now the most by a designated wicketkeeper for India.

Rishabh Pant goes past MS Dhoni

His 7th Test hundred as a designated wicketkeeper surpasses the record of MS Dhoni (6) and Wriddhiman Saha (3) in the lineage of India's custodians behind the wicket. The India star now has 7 Test centuries, and is also the Indian with most centuries abroad.

Pant was both aggressive and strategic, calculated paddles, audacious charges, and even stump-mic advice to Gill. His flamboyant one-handed six followed by a somersault was pure theatrical brilliance, as the India star has again risen to prominence.

This has already been the 3rd century for the India batters in this innings as they look to post a mammoth total. On Day 1, Yashasvi Jaiswal scored a hundred (101), and captain Shubman Gill also got to his hundred. Gill continued in style, before getting dismissed for 147 runs. At the moment, Pant is batting on 118 off 159 deliveries, hitting 11 fours and 5 sixes in the process. India, after 103 overs, have posted 435 for 4 and are eyeing a big score at Headingley.

Rishabh Pant gets to 5th Overseas Century

Rishabh Pant now has scored his 5th overseas century, by far the best by an Indian wicketkeeper. The southpaw got to his 3rd Test hundred in England, while one each have come in Australia and South Africa. MS Dhoni scored 6 Test tons, five of which came in India and the solitary other came in Pakistan in the 2006 series, the last time India played Tests in Pakistan. Wriddhiman Saha holds a better record than Dhoni, as the former Bengal player got a hundred for India in West Indies, while the other two came on home soil.