Rishabh Pant entered his name in the history books on Saturday (November 15) by breaking the record of hitting the most sixes in Test cricket for India. Pant, who is playing his 48th Test for India these
days in Kolkata against South Africa, needed one six to go past Virender Sehwag’s tally of 90 sixes for India in Tests, and he achieved the objective during the morning session of the second day’s play at Eden Gardens.
Pant, who is the vice-captain of India’s Test team, faced 24 balls in the first innings and, with the help of two fours and two sixes, scored 27 runs.
The two maximums on Saturday took his tally of sixes to 92 in Test cricket now, which is two more than Sehwag’s record of 90 sixes.
Most sixes for India in Tests
| PLAYER | MATCHES | RUNS | SIXES |
| Rishabh Pant | 48* | 3454 | 92 |
| Virender Sehwag | 103 | 8503 | 90 |
| Rohit Sharma | 67 | 4301 | 88 |
| Ravindra Jadeja | 88* | 4000* | 80* |
| MS Dhoni | 90 | 4876 | 78 |
The overall record of scoring the most sixes in Test cricket is in the name of England’s Test captain and legendary all-rounder Ben Stokes. The New Zealand-born cricketer, who will captain the Poms in the 2025-26 edition of the Ashes series starting November 21 in Perth, has smacked 136 sixes in 115 Tests played so far.
He is followed by Brendon McCullum of New Zealand and Adam Gilchrist of Australia.
Most sixes in Test cricket
| PLAYER | TEAM | MATCHES | RUNS | SIXES |
| Ben Stokes | England | 115 | 7032 | 136 |
| Brendon McCullum | New Zealand | 101 | 6453 | 107 |
| Adam Gilchrist | Australia | 96 | 5570 | 100 |
| Tim Southee | New Zealand | 107 | 2245 | 98 |
| Chris Gayle | West Indies | 103 | 7214 | 98 |
| Jacques Kallis | South Africa/ICC | 166 | 13,289 | 97 |
| Rishabh Pant | India | 48* | 3454 | 92 |
| Virender Sehwag | India/ICC | 104 | 8586 | 91 |
| Angelo Mathews | Sri Lanka | 119 | 8214 | 90 |
If Pant manages to hit at least eight more sixes in the ongoing series against South Africa, then he will become the first Indian and the fourth cricketer overall in the world to hit 100 sixes in Test cricket.
Pant was the fourth Indian batter to get out in the first innings on Saturday. He was sent back to the pavilion by Corbin Bosch. On the fourth ball of the 44th over, Kyle Verreynne completed his catch.
