Fourth innings test centuries by wicket keepers – RR Pant joins the elite list
RR Pant’s 114 in the just concluded test for India against England at The Oval provides the seventh occasion of a wicket keeper batsman scoring a century in the fourth innings of a test. All such occasions are tabulated below. RR Pant became the first Indian gloveman to perform such a feat and his feat provides the first such occasions against England in a test.
No | Player | Runs | Inns | Team | Oppn | Ground | Start Date |
1 | APE Knott | 106* | 4 | Eng | Aus | Adelaide | 25 Jan 1975 |
2 | Moin Khan | 117* | 4 | Pak | Srl | Sialkot | 22 Sep 1995 |
3 | AC Gilchrist | 149* | 4 | Aus | Pak | Hobart | 18 Nov 1999 |
4 | Mushfiqur Rahim | 101 | 4 | Ban | Ind | Chittagong | 17 Jan 2010 |
5 | MJ Prior | 110* | 4 | Eng | NZl | Auckland | 22 Mar 2013 |
6 | AB de Villiers | 103 | 4 | SAF | Ind | Johannesburg | 18 Dec 2013 |
7 | RR Pant | 114 | 4 | Ind | Eng | The Oval | 07 Sep 2018 |
It also provides the fourth occasion of a wicket keeper’s fourth-innings century in a losing cause. All such occasions are listed below
No | Player | Runs | Inns | Team | Oppn | Ground | Start Date |
1 | APE Knott | 106* | 4 | Eng | Aus | Adelaide | 25 Jan 1975 |
2 | Moin Khan | 117* | 4 | Pak | Srl | Sialkot | 22 Sep 1995 |
3 | Mushfiqur Rahim | 101 | 4 | Ban | Ind | Chittagong | 17 Jan 2010 |
4 | RR Pant | 114 | 4 | Ind | Eng | The Oval | 07 Sep 2018 |