Rishabh Pant is the young Indian wicketkeeper-batsman who sensationalises modern-day cricket with his aggressive batting style and prolific six-hitting skills.
Despite his young age, he has already played multiple match-winning innings and captained the Indian national team in T20 internationals.
He is quickly rising to the list of top ten century-scorers as a wicketkeeper in Test cricket. He is already the only Indian wicketkeeper to score more than one Test century in away Tests. In fact, he has 4 away Test hundreds already. You can find Pant’s country-wise Test batting stats here.
This article will discuss the year-wise batting stats analysis of Rishabh Pant in Test cricket.
Rishabh Pant Test Runs Yearwise
| YEAR | RUNS | INNINGS | AVERAGE | HIGH SCORE | CENTURIES |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 537 | 14 | 38.35 | 114 | 1 |
| 2019 | 217 | 4 | 72.33 | 159* | 1 |
| 2020 | 89 | 5 | 17.80 | 29 | 0 |
| 2021 | 748 | 21 | 39.37 | 101 | 1 |
| 2022 | 680 | 12 | 61.81 | 146 | 2 |
| TOTAL | 2271 | 56 | 43.67 | 159* | 5 |
Key Stats
In 2021, he was among the top 5 run-scorer in Tests and ranked 7th in the overall run-scorer across formats. He is also among the top run-scorer list in 2022.
At the age of 25, Rishabh Pant already has 4 away centuries. By this age, only two Indian batters have had more centuries – Sachin Tendulkar (7) and Sunil Gavaskar (5).
Pant is also the second-leading run-scorer in Tests away from home before age 25. Only Tendulkar has had more away Test runs than Pant at 25.
89-ball Test century by Pant against England in the 2022 Test in Birmingham is the fastest by an Indian wicketkeeper and the 11th by an Indian cricketer. Check the top ten here.
Rishabh Pant had scored at least one century in every year he played, except for 2022, when he batted only 5 innings.
