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Shubman Gill And Rishabh Pant Light Up Birmingham With Big Record, Here’s Top Five

Aakash Saini

Shubman Gill and Rishabh Pant [Source: @BCCI/x]Shubman Gill and Rishabh Pant [Source: @BCCI/x]

Indian captain Shubman Gill and in-form wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant clattered 110 runs together for the fourth wicket on Day 4 of the second Test against England. The two cricketers faced just 103 deliveries to shape their counterattacking stand at Edgbaston in Birmingham after Team India had attained a huge 180-run lead at the end of the first innings.

Through the course of their partnership, Shubman Gill and Rishabh Pant also scaled a huge batting milestone in Birmingham among all Indian fourth-wicket pairs in Test history.

Gill, Pant Soar Past Pujara & Other Legends

Shubman Gill and Rishabh Pant crafted a speedy 110-run partnership for the fourth wicket against England to extend India’s second innings total from 126-3 to 236-4 after the lunch break on Day 4. The two prolific run-makers had also composed a quick 47-run stand for the fourth wicket during the first Indian innings of the match on Day 1.

Gill and Pant have now aggregated 157 runs across both innings of the match to scale a huge Indian record, becoming the nation’s most successful fourth-wicket pair in Tests played at Edgbaston in Birmingham. Here is a look at India’s five most successful fourth-wicket pairs in Edgbaston:

Indian Pairs With Most Test Runs For 4th Wicket in Edgbaston:

  • Shubman Gill and Risbabh Pant – 157 runs in 2 innings, 2025
  • Mohinder Amarnath and Mohammad Azharuddin – 89 runs in 1 inning, 1986
  • Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi and Ajit Wadekar – 83 runs in 1 inning, 1967
  • Rishabh Pant and Cheteshwar Pujara – 78 runs in 1 inning, 2022
  • Aunshuman Gaekwad and Gundappa Viswanath – 76 runs in 2 innings, 1979

Shubman Gill And Pant Extend India’s Dominance

Both Shubman Gill and Rishabh Pant notched up their respective half-centuries through the course of their counterattacking 110-run partnership against England. Their belligerent approach also extended India’s lead past the 400-run mark around the halfway stage of Day 4.

Pant was dismissed by Shoaib Bashir at 65 from 58 balls with eight fours and three huge sixes. His exit prompted Ravindra Jadeja to join unbeaten Gill at the crease.