India's KL Rahul acknowledges the applause from the crowd as he walks off the field after losing his wicket on day four of the first cricket test match between England and India at Headingley in Leeds, England, Monday, June 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Scott Heppell)A bunch of batting records were made on Manic Monday by Indian batsmen at Headingley. And they aren’t done yet. Rishabh Pant and KL Rahul also shared a 195-run partnership for the fourth wicket, which became the cornerstone of a strong fightback following Shubman Gill’s departure. Earlier, in the morning session, England exploited the liveliness in the pitch to trouble the India batters with pacer Brydon Carse getting rid of Gill for 8 runs.
5 – For the first time in Test history, India recorded five individual centuries in a Test. It is only the second such instance by a team in England after the hosts’ five hundreds against West Indies at Lord’s in 2007.
3 – KL Rahul became the first Asian opener to record three centuries in England, surpassing Sunil Gavaskar, Vijay Merchant, Rahul Dravid and Ravi Shastri who had two tons each.
Rahul now has more hundreds than any English opener in England since his first Test in 2018.
5 – Five of Rahul’s nine centuries have come opening in SENA Tests. Only Gavaskar (8) has recorded more SENA hundreds among Asian openers.
2 – Rishabh Pant is only the second wicket-keeper in history after Andy Flower (v SA in 2001) to record twin centuries in a Test. Pant is the fifth Indian to record the feat in an away Test after Vijay Hazare, Sunil Gavaskar (twice), Rahul Dravid and Virat Kohli, and the first in England.
20 – Pant is the highest six-hitter of all visiting Test batters in England, having surpassed Vivian Richards (16) during the match.
5* – Pant is the only Indian batter with five successive fifty-plus scores in England, recording 50, 146, 57, 134, 118 in his last five innings.
9 – Pant’s nine sixes in the match is the highest by an Indian batter in an away Test, eclipsing Hardik Pandya (7 v SL in Galle in 2017). It is also the joint-highest in all Tests in England, alongside Andrew Flintoff (2005) and Ben Stokes (2023).
252 – Pant’s runs in the match is the highest aggregate by an Indian batter in an away Test in the World Test Championship, bettering his own mark of 203 from Edgbaston in 2022.
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