Top 5 scores by Indian wicketkeepers in Test cricket

#3 Rishabh Pant - 159* vs Australia in Sydney, 2019

Pant became the first Indian keeper to score a century in Australia

Rishabh Pant’s historic century against Australia at the SCG is the third highest score by an Indian wicketkeeper in Test matches and if he was given more time, he may have climbed higher up the list. Such was the confidence and vigour with which he dismissed the Australian bowlers.

When Pant walked into bat, India was at 329/5 with the resilient Cheteshwar Pujara at the other end. Pant played in the aggressive manner best known to him and raced to 159 in only 189 balls while scoring 15 fours and one six.

His century was the first by an Indian wicketkeeper in Australia. Before Pant, the previous highest score was 89 by Farokh Engineer at Adelaide in 1967! The 21-year-old also broke MS Dhoni’s 12-year record of highest score by an Indian wicketkeeper in an overseas Test match.

In addition, he also shares the record for the highest score by an Asian wicket-keeper outside the sub-continent with Bangladesh’s Mushfiqur Rahim who scored 159 against New Zealand in 2017.