India's wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant made history on Wednesday, becoming the first-ever wicketkeeper-batter in the history of Test cricket to score 1,000-plus in an away country.
Pant accomplished this milestone during Day 1 of the fourth Test against England at Manchester on Wednesday.
The left-hander was unbeaten on 37 from 48 balls, before he was forced to retire following an injury on his foot. He was taken off the field after copping a blow on his right foot while attempting a reverse sweep off England pacer Chris Woakes.
Pant took his tally in England to 1018 runs at an average of 44.26, hitting four centuries and four fifties, with a best score of 146.
No other wicketkeeper-batter in the history of Test cricket has managed to score 1000
He also has most runs by a visiting wicketkeeper-batter in England, with Mahendra Singh Dhoni second on 778 runs.
Pant is the sixth Indian batter after Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, Sunil Gavaskar, Virat Kohli and K L Rahul to complete 1000 runs in England in Tests.
Pant has proved to be unstoppable with the bat in the ongoing five-Test series in England, with two centuries and two fifties in six innings in the first three Tests. He became the first Indian wicketkeeper to score a century in each innings of a Test match, when he made 134 and 118 in the first Test in Leeds.
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