Rishabh Pant leads active Test players in sixes record

Rishabh Pant has established himself as a leading power hitter in Test cricket, becoming the only active batter to score more than 100 sixes in the format. His sixes-per-innings ratio of approximately 1.1 is the highest among active players with at least 30 sixes.

As a designated wicketkeeper, Pant holds the record for the most sixes by a wicketkeeper-batter in Tests. While his white-ball performance has faced scrutiny, former cricketer Parthiv Patel noted a disparity between Pant’s impact in shorter formats and his dominance in Test matches. Patel described Pant as an ‘X factor’ for India in Tests, comparing his importance to that of Jasprit Bumrah and Virat Kohli, while praising his consistency in wicketkeeping despite criticisms of his technical style.

Other notable statistics include Yashasvi Jaiswal being the only active opening batter with over 40 Test sixes, and Jaiswal holding the record for the most sixes in a single Test innings among active players.