New Delhi: Team India will face England in the fourth Test match of the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy at Old Trafford in Manchester on July 23. Ben Stokes and Co. are currently leading the five-match series by 2-1.
The Indian batters have been in sensational form in the ongoing series and have broken several records. Wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant has scored 425 runs in the Anderson-Tendulkar trophy with the help of two centuries and two half-centuries (65 and 74), and will have a chance to break Rohit Sharma’s World Test Championship (WTC) record.
If Pant manages to score 40 runs in the Manchester Test, then he will become India’s highest run-scorer in the World Test Championship. As of now, Rohit is the top run-getter for India in the WTC.
He has scored 2716 runs in 40 matches with the help of nine centuries and eight fifties. On the other hand, Pant has scored 2677 runs in 37 WTC matches. He has smashed six tons and 15 half-centuries for Team India.
Most runs for India in the World Test Championship (WTC)
| Player | Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s |
| Rohit Sharma | 40 | 69 | 3 | 2716 | 212 | 41.15 | 4657 | 58.32 | 9 | 8 | 322 | 56 |
| Rishabh Pant | 37 | 66 | 4 | 2677 | 146 | 43.17 | 3603 | 74.29 | 6 | 15 | 296 | 71 |
| Virat Kohli | 46 | 79 | 5 | 2617 | 254* | 35.36 | 5059 | 51.72 | 5 | 11 | 296 | 11 |
| Shubman Gill | 35 | 65 | 5 | 2500 | 269 | 41.66 | 4004 | 62.43 | 8 | 7 | 276 | 43 |
| Ravindra Jadeja | 42 | 64 | 10 | 2212 | 175* | 40.96 | 4423 | 50.01 | 3 | 16 | 212 | 34 |
| YBK Jaiswal | 22 | 42 | 2 | 2031 | 214* | 50.77 | 3052 | 66.54 | 5 | 11 | 246 | 40 |
| C Pujara | 35 | 62 | 3 | 1769 | 102* | 29.98 | 4535 | 39 | 1 | 15 | 225 | 5 |
| KL Rahul | 27 | 51 | 2 | 1727 | 137 | 35.24 | 3556 | 48.56 | 5 | 7 | 217 | 12 |
Rishabh Pant on cusp of becoming leading six hitter
Former India batter Virender Sehwag has smashed 90 sixes in 103 matches for India in Test cricket and is in the first position, while Rohit and Pant are in the second position with 88 maximums. If Pant manages to hit three more sixes in the forthcoming Test match, he will surpass Sehwag to become the leading six-hitter for India in whites.
| PLAYER | MATCHES | RUNS | SIXES |
| Virender Sehwag | 103 | 8503 | 90 |
| Rishabh Pant | 46 | 3373 | 88 |
| Rohit Sharma | 67 | 4301 | 88 |
| MS Dhoni | 90 | 4876 | 78 |
| Ravindra Jadeja | 83 | 3697 | 74 |
Overall, England captain and all-rounder Ben Stokes has hit the most maximums in Test cricket. Since making his debut in the longest format in December 2013 against Australia, he has smacked 133 sixes in 114 matches.