Wicket keeper batsmen scoring 150 plus runs in a test innings – RR Pant of India joins the list

Wicket keeper batsmen scoring 150 plus runs in a test innings – RR Pant of India joins the list

RR Pant of India scored 159 not out in the ongoing test against Australia at Sydney to provide the 41st occasion of a wicket keeper batsman scoring 150 plus runs in a test innings. All such occasions are tabulated below

No Player Runs Inns Team Opp Ground Start Date
1 CL Walcott 152 1 Win Ind Delhi 10 Nov 1948
2 CL Walcott 168* 3 Win Eng Lord’s 24 Jun 1950
3 Imtiaz Ahmed 209 2 Pak NZl Lahore 26 Oct 1955
4 BK Kunderan 192 1 Ind Eng Chennai 10 Jan 1964
5 DT Lindsay 182 3 SAF Aus Johannesburg 23 Dec 1966
6 WK Lees 152 2 NZl Pak Karachi 30 Oct 1976
7 Taslim Arif 210* 2 Pak Aus Faisalabad 06 Mar 1980
8 DSBP Kuruppu 201* 1 Srl NZl Colombo (CCC) 16 Apr 1987
9 IDS Smith 173 1 NZl Ind Auckland 22 Feb 1990
10 A Flower 156 1 Zim Pak Harare 31 Jan 1995
11 NR Mongia 152 2 Ind Aus Delhi 10 Oct 1996
12 IA Healy 161* 1 Aus Win Brisbane 22 Nov 1996
13 AJ Stewart 173 2 Eng NZl Auckland 24 Jan 1997
14 AJ Stewart 164 3 Eng SAF Manchester 02 Jul 1998
15 A Flower 183* 1 Zim Ind Delhi 18 Nov 2000
16 A Flower 232* 3 Zim Ind Nagpur 25 Nov 2000
17 AC Gilchrist 152 2 Aus Eng Birmingham 05 Jul 2001
18 A Flower 199* 3 Zim SAF Harare 07 Sep 2001
19 Rashid Latif 150 1 Pak Win Sharjah 31 Jan 2002
20 AC Gilchrist 204* 1 Aus SAF Johannesburg 22 Feb 2002
21 KC Sangakkara 230 2 Srl Pak Lahore 06 Mar 2002
22 T Taibu 153 3 Zim Ban Dhaka 14 Jan 2005
23 AC Gilchrist 162 1 Aus NZl Wellington 18 Mar 2005
24 KC Sangakkara 157* 3 Srl Win Kandy 22 Jul 2005
25 Kamran Akmal 154 2 Pak Eng Lahore 29 Nov 2005
26 KC Sangakkara 185 3 Srl Pak Colombo (SSC) 26 Mar 2006
27 BJ Haddin 169 2 Aus NZl Adelaide 28 Nov 2008
28 Kamran Akmal 158* 2 Pak Srl Karachi 21 Feb 2009
29 D Ramdin 166 2 Win Eng Bridgetown 26 Feb 2009
30 HAPW Jayawardene 154* 2 Srl Ind Ahmedabad 16 Nov 2009
31 BB McCullum 185 1 NZl Ban Hamilton 15 Feb 2010
32 AB de Villiers 169 3 SAF Aus Perth 30 Nov 2012
33 MS Dhoni 224 2 Ind Aus Chennai 22 Feb 2013
34 Mushfiqur Rahim 200 2 Ban Srl Galle 08 Mar 2013
35 AB de Villiers 164 2 SAF Pak Dubai (DSC) 23 Oct 2013
36 LD Chandimal 162* 3 Srl Ind Galle 12 Aug 2015
37 JM Bairstow 150* 1 Eng SAF Cape Town 02 Jan 2016
38 JM Bairstow 167* 1 Eng Srl Lord’s 09 Jun 2016
39 Mushfiqur Rahim 159 1 Gan NZl Wellington 12 Jan 2017
40 Mushfiqur Rahim 219* 1 Ban Zim Dhaka 11 Nov 2018
41 RR Pant 159* 1 Ind Aus Sydney 03 Jan 2019

It also provides the fourth occasion of an Indian wicket keeper batsman scoring 150 plus runs against test innings. All such occasions are tabulated below

No Player Runs Inns Team Opp Ground Start Date
1 BK Kunderan 192 1 Ind Eng Chennai 10 Jan 1964
2 NR Mongia 152 2 Ind Aus Delhi 10 Oct 1996
3 MS Dhoni 224 2 Ind Aus Chennai 22 Feb 2013
4 RR Pant 159* 1 Ind Aus Sydney 03 Jan 2019

It also provides the third occasion of an Indian wicket keeper batsman scoring 150 plus runs against test innings against Australia.  All such occasions are tabulated below

No Player Runs Inns Team Opp Ground Start Date
1 NR Mongia 152 2 Ind Aus Delhi 10 Oct 1996
2 MS Dhoni 224 2 Ind Aus Chennai 22 Feb 2013
3 RR Pant 159* 1 Ind Aus Sydney 03 Jan 2019

It also provides the sixth occasion of a  wicket keeper batsman scoring 150 plus runs against test innings against Australia. All such occasions are tabulated below

No Player Runs Inns Team Opp Ground Start Date
1 DT Lindsay 182 3 SAF Aus Johannesburg 23 Dec 1966
2 Taslim Arif 210* 2 Pak Aus Faisalabad 06 Mar 1980
3 NR Mongia 152 2 Ind Aus Delhi 10 Oct 1996
4 AB de Villiers 169 3 SAF Aus Perth 30 Nov 2012
5 MS Dhoni 224 2 Ind Aus Chennai 22 Feb 2013
6 RR Pant 159* 1 Ind Aus Sydney 03 Jan 2019

The following table lists  the  nine  occasions of a wicket keeper batsman scoring 200 plus runs in a test innings.

No Player Runs Inns Team Opp Ground Start Date
1 A Flower 232* 3 Zim Ind Nagpur 25 Nov 2000
2 KC Sangakkara 230 2 Srl Pak Lahore 06 Mar 2002
3 MS Dhoni 224 2 Ind Aus Chennai 22 Feb 2013
4 Mushfiqur Rahim 219* 1 Ban Zim Dhaka 11 Nov 2018
5 Taslim Arif 210* 2 Pak Aus Faisalabad 06 Mar 1980
6 Imtiaz Ahmed 209 2 Pak NZl Lahore 26 Oct 1955
7 AC Gilchrist 204* 1 Aus SAF Johannesburg 22 Feb 2002
8 DSBP Kuruppu 201* 1 Srl NZl Colombo (CCC) 16 Apr 1987
9 Mushfiqur Rahim 200 2 Ban Srl Galle 08 Mar 2013

A Flower {04}, Mushfiqur Rahim {03}, KC Sangakkara {03}, AC Gilchrist {03}, Kamran Akmal {02}, JM Bairstow {02}, CL Walcott {02}, AJ Stewert {02} and AB de Villiers {02} are the nine wicket keeper batsmen who have  scored 150 plus runs on two or more occasions

No No Player Runs Inns Team Opp Ground Start Date
1 1 A Flower 156 1 Zim Pak Harare 31 Jan 1995
  2 A Flower 183* 1 Zim Ind Delhi 18 Nov 2000
  3 A Flower 232* 3 Zim Ind Nagpur 25 Nov 2000
  3 A Flower 199* 3 Zim SAF Harare 07 Sep 2001
                 
2 1 Mushfiqur Rahim 200 2 Ban Srl Galle 08 Mar 2013
  2 Mushfiqur Rahim 159 1 Gan NZl Wellington 12 Jan 2017
  3 Mushfiqur Rahim 219* 1 Ban Zim Dhaka 11 Nov 2018
                 
3 1 KC Sangakkara 230 2 Srl Pak Lahore 06 Mar 2002
  2 KC Sangakkara 157* 3 Srl Win Kandy 22 Jul 2005
  3 KC Sangakkara 185 3 Srl Pak Colombo (SSC) 26 Mar 2006
                 
4 1 AC Gilchrist 152 2 Aus Eng Birmingham 05 Jul 2001
  2 AC Gilchrist 204* 1 Aus SAF Johannesburg 22 Feb 2002
  3 AC Gilchrist 162 1 Aus NZl Wellington 18 Mar 2005
                 
5 1 Kamran Akmal 154 2 Pak Eng Lahore 29 Nov 2005
  2 Kamran Akmal 158* 2 Pak Srl Karachi 21 Feb 2009
                 
6 1 JM Bairstow 150* 1 Eng SAF Cape Town 02 Jan 2016
  2 JM Bairstow 167* 1 Eng Srl Lord’s 09 Jun 2016
                 
7 1 CL Walcott 152 1 Win Ind Delhi 10 Nov 1948
  2 CL Walcott 168* 3 Win Eng Lord’s 24 Jun 1950
                 
8 1 AJ Stewart 173 2 Eng NZl Auckland 24 Jan 1997
  2 AJ Stewart 164 3 Eng SAF Manchester 02 Jul 1998
                 
9 1 AB de Villiers 169 3 SAF Aus Perth 30 Nov 2012
  2 AB de Villiers 164 2 SAF Pak Dubai (DSC) 23 Oct 2013
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