Rishabh Pant emerges as the highest run scorer in Test format from India with 1106 runs in the last two years. Rohit Sharma follows him with 996 runs attached to his name.
Rishabh Pant is the highest run scorer in Test cricket for team India in the last 2 years
In the last two years, Rishabh Pant has played a total of 17 matches mustering up to 1106 runs with an average of 42.53 and a Strike Rate of 71.91. He has scored 2 hundred, 7 fifties and 25 sixes.
The third spot is taken By Cheteshwar Pujara and the fourth spot (873 runs) is sealed by the former Test skipper Virat Kohli( 803 runs).
One of India’s greatest long format match-winners, Virender Sehwag, had earlier said that if Rishabh Pant wants to have his name permanently engraved in history, he should aim to play 100 Test matches for his nation.
A four-day tour match against the Rohit Sharma-led India will begin today (June 23) at Uptonsteel County Ground, featuring four Indian players who are a part of the Test team in England.
The Leicestershire side, led by opening batsman Sam Evans, will include middle-order batsman Cheteshwar Pujara, wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant, quick bowlers Jasprit Bumrah and Prasidh Krishna, the Leicestershire county said in a statement.