Rishabh Pant has overtaken Shubman Gill to become the highest-ranked Indian batter in the ICC Test rankings. He moved up six spots to reach number 7. Gill also stayed at number 7, but Pant now has more rating points than him. Pant was rewarded for his strong performances in Sri Lanka. He scored 39 and 66 in the first Test and has been one of India’s most consistent run-scorers in 2026.
Yashasvi Jaiswal has dropped out of the top 10. He fell two spots to number 11 after a quiet period. He has not scored a fifty in Tests this year. Devdutt Padikkal has entered the top 50 after his century in the first Test. KL Rahul is ranked 30th and Ravindra Jadeja is 29th. Jadeja continues to lead the ICC rankings for Test all-rounders.
The current top 10 Test batters are Harry Brook at number 1, followed by Joe Root, Steve Smith, Travis Head, Temba Bavuma, Rachin Ravindra, Rishabh Pant, Shubman Gill, Daryl Mitchell, and Babar Azam. Brook leads with 874 points. Root is second with 850. Smith has 840 points. Head has 811. Bavuma is fifth with 775. Pant and Gill both have 711 points, but Pant is ranked higher. Mitchell has 710 points and Babar has 709.
Has Surpassed Adam Gilchrist and MS Dhoni With Major Test Records
Rishabh Pant added another milestone to his growing list of Test records during the second Test against Sri Lanka in Colombo. He surpassed Australian legend Adam Gilchrist to become the third-highest six-hitter in Test cricket. He hit two sixes in his knock of 63 off 89 balls, taking his tally to 102 sixes in just 52 matches. Gilchrist had finished his career with 100 sixes in 96 Tests.
Pant had already made history in the previous Test by becoming the first Indian batter to hit 100 sixes in Test cricket. He is now only behind Ben Stokes and Brendon McCullum on the all-time list. Stokes leads with 138 sixes in 122 Tests. McCullum has 107 sixes in 101 matches. Pant reached 102 maximums in almost half the number of Tests played by Gilchrist.
The Colombo Test also saw Pant surpass MS Dhoni to become India’s highest run-scorer by a wicketkeeper in away or neutral Tests. He now has 2,534 runs in 36 Tests at an average of 41.54. Dhoni finished his career with 2,496 runs in 48 matches. Pant also moved past captain Shubman Gill to become India’s leading run-scorer in the World Test Championship. He now has 2,948 runs in 42 matches at an average of 42.11. His record includes six centuries and 18 fifties. Gill has 2,917 runs from the same number of matches.
Rishabh Pant: Biggest Test Records and Overseas Milestones
Rishabh Pant has built an impressive record in Test cricket. He scored his maiden Test hundred in just his third Test match. It came against England at The Oval in 2018. He became the 10th Indian wicketkeeper to score a Test century.
He scored his first Test century in Australia at the Sydney Cricket Ground. His unbeaten 159 made him the first Indian wicketkeeper to score a Test hundred in Australia. He is also the only Indian wicketkeeper to score centuries in Australia, England, and South Africa. He scored two centuries in the same Test, when he made 134 and 118 at Headingley in 2025. This made him the first Indian wicketkeeper to achieve that feat.
He holds the record for the fastest Test century by an Indian wicketkeeper. He reached his hundred in just 89 balls at Edgbaston in 2022. He broke MS Dhoni’s 16-year-old record to achieve this.
Pant is also one of the most prolific six-hitters in Test cricket history. He has hit 102 sixes in just 52 Tests. This places him third on the all-time list. Only Ben Stokes and Brendon McCullum are ahead of him. Stokes has 138 sixes in 122 Tests. McCullum has 107 sixes in 101 Tests.
FAQs.
Q. Who is India’s top-ranked Test batter now?
A. Rishabh Pant is India’s top-ranked Test batter.
Q. What is Rishabh Pant’s ICC Test ranking?
A. Pant is ranked seventh in the world.
Q. How many rating points does Pant have?
A. Pant has 711 rating points in the latest rankings.
Q. Who is India’s second-highest ranked batter?
A. Shubman Gill is also ranked seventh with 711 points.
Q. How many Test sixes has Pant hit?
A. Pant has hit 102 sixes in 52 Test matches.
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