India’s wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant created history by scoring his second century in the ongoing Test match against England at Headingley, Leeds. With this, he became only the second wicketkeeper in the history of Test cricket to score two centuries in the same match.

Pant now joins Zimbabwe’s Andy Flower, who achieved this rare feat in 2001 against South Africa in Harare. He also became the first Indian wicketkeeper to do so and only the seventh Indian player overall to score twin centuries in a single Test.

In the first innings, Pant played a brilliant knock of 134 runs. This was his seventh Test century, which made him the Indian wicketkeeper with the most hundreds in Test cricket. With his second century in the match, Pant now has eight Test centuries to his name.

Pant’s second innings was full of excitement. On just his second ball, he danced down the track against Chris Woakes. He got lucky when the ball took the outside edge and flew over the slips for a boundary. He survived two more close calls—a top edge that flew to the fine leg boundary and an inside edge on his pads that saved him from being out LBW.

After this, Pant slowed down and was heard saying something to himself on the stump mic. He played safely for the rest of the first session. In the second session, he found his rhythm and reached his fifty off 82 balls, hitting several boundaries off Josh Tongue.

Pant then attacked Shoaib Bashir, hitting two sixes and quickly moving into the 90s. Since he had been dismissed seven times in the 90s in his career, he became careful and focused on singles. It took him 22 balls to score the final five runs. He completed his century with a single against Bashir.

Unlike his usual celebrations, Pant stayed calm. He did not perform his famous backflip and instead hugged his batting partner KL Rahul to mark the moment.

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