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IND vs ENG 4th Test: India's star wicketkeeper batter Rishabh Pant had sustained a finger injury on the first day of the third Test match at Lord's last week, but he still came into bat during both innings and also scored a gritty knock of 74 runs off 112 balls on Day 3. Although there is no clarity yet as to whether he would be playing during the fourth Test against England, which would be held next week at Old Trafford as a wicketkeeper, he would be playing as a batter in the match.

Pant, who has scored 425 runs under his kitty during the ongoing series, which includes two hundreds and as many fifties, is on the verge of scripting history in Manchester and getting his name etched in the record books.

If Pant, who made his debut in the longest format, does score 40 runs during the fourth Test match, then he would be the country's highest run-scorer in the WTC cycle.

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Currently, Rohit Sharma is the country's highest run scorer in the WTC cycle. The ex-India skipper had featured in 40 matches, where he had smashed nine hundreds and eight half-centuries, and has overall scored 2716 runs. At the same time, Pant had smashed 2677 runs under his kitty after playing in 37 matches. He has hit six hundreds and 15 fifties.

Most runs for India in the World Test Championship

PLAYER MATCHES RUNS AVERAGE BEST SCORE 100/50
Rohit Sharma 40 2716 41.15 212 9/8
Rishabh Pant 37 2677 43.17 146 6/15
Virat Kohli 46 2617 35.36 254* 5/11
Shubman Gill 35 2500 41.66 269 8/7
Ravindra Jadeja 42 2212 40.96 175* 3/16

At the same time, Pant, who is the team's preferred wicketkeeper batter in the longest format, can also script history by smashing the most sixes as an Indian batter in the longest format.

After playing in 46 Test matches till now, Pant has hit 88 sixes and has leveled Rohit Sharma's tally. Virender Sehwag is the only other batter who has smashed more sixes than Pant. In his 12-year-long Test career, Sehwag had represented the country in 103 matches and had hit 90 sixes.

Most sixes for India in Tests

PLAYER MATCHES RUNS SIXES
Virender Sehwag 103 8503 90
Rishabh Pant 46 3373 88
Rohit Sharma 67 4301 88
MS Dhoni 90 4876 78
Ravindra Jadeja 83 3697 74

Additionally, Sehwag had also represented the country during the 2005 ICC World XI, where he had smashed one six, and that took his record to 91.

Most sixes in Tests

PLAYER COUNTRY MATCHES RUNS SIXES
Ben Stokes England 114 6891 133
Brendon McCullum New Zealand 101 6453 107
Adam Gilchrist Australia 96 5570 100
Tim Southee New Zealand 107 2245 98
Chris Gayle West Indies 103 7214 98
Jacques Kallis South Africa/ICC 166 13,289 97
Virender Sehwag India/ICC 104 8586 91
Angelo Matthews Sri Lanka 119 8214 90
Rishabh Pant India 46 3373 88
Rohit Sharma India 67 4301 88
Brian Lara West Indies/ICC 131 11.953 88

England skipper Ben Stokes has the record of smashing the most sixes in the longest format. Ever since he made his debut in this format way back in 2013 against arch-rivals Australia, he has played in 114 matches and has smashed 133 sixes.