Rishabh Pant Surpasses Shubman Gill in Most WTC Runs: Check Full List and Stats
Rishabh Pant has overtaken Shubman Gill to become India’s highest run-scorer in the World Test Championship. Check the top 10 Indian WTC run-scorers and compare Pant and Gill’s Test stats
Rishabh Pant has gone past Shubman Gill in most World Test Championship (WTC) runs in a landmark moment. The left-handed wicketkeeper-batter achieved this feat during the second India vs Sri Lanka Test in Colombo on Monday. With this feat, Pant has now gone to the top of the list, featuring some of the greatest Test batters, including Virat Kohli.
After deciding to bat first after winning the toss, Indian batters batted brilliantly, with both Gill and Pant scoring commanding half-centuries as India eye a massive first-innings total.
Top 10 Indian batters with most WTC runs
The list features India’s top WTC run-scorers with Rishabh Pant at the top.
| Batter | Matches | Innings | Average | Runs |
| Rishabh Pant* | 42 | 74 | 42.11 | 2,948 |
| Shubman Gill* | 42 | 76 | 42.27 | 2,917 |
| Rohit Sharma | 40 | 69 | 41.15 | 2,716 |
| Ravindra Jadeja* | 50 | 76 | 41.79 | 2,675 |
| Virat Kohli | 46 | 79 | 35.36 | 2,617 |
| Yashasvi Jaiswal* | 30 | 56 | 47.92 | 2,588 |
| KL Rahul* | 35 | 65 | 36.82 | 2,283 |
| Cheteshwar Pujara | 35 | 62 | 29.98 | 1,769 |
| Ajinkya Rahane | 29 | 49 | 34.54 | 1,589 |
| Mayank Agarwal* | 19 | 33 | 39.18 | 1,293 |
* Players who are still active in Test cricket.
Rishabh Pant and Shubman Gill Test Stats
Rishabh Pant has been a key performer for India in Tests and has played some iconic knocks around the world. Here are the Test statistics of both Rishabh Pant and Shubman Gill.
Rishabh Pant's stats in Tests:
| Metric | Stat |
| Matches | 52 |
| Innings | 90 |
| Not Outs | 5 |
| Runs | 3,725 |
| Highest Score | 159* |
| Average | 43.82 |
| Strike Rate | 74.15 |
| 100s | 8 |
| 50s | 21 |
Shubman Gill’s stats in Tests:
| Metric | Stat |
| Matches | 43 |
| Innings | 77 |
| Not Outs | 7 |
| Runs | 3,043 |
| Highest Score | 269 |
| Average | 43.47 |
| Strike Rate | 61.40 |
| 100s | 11 |
| 50s | 9 |
Although Pant has overtaken Gill as India’s highest WTC run-scorer, Gill is not far behind and things can quickly turn around as both are still young batters.
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