Fourth innings test centuries by wicket keepers – RR Pant joins the elite list

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
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