Pant hits 100 Test sixes. Finally, a record that’s clean
Rishabh Pant becomes the first Team India men’s batter to reach 100 sixes in Tests, doing it in the Galle Test versus Sri Lanka. The BCCI confirmed it — which, for once, is enough.
Pant’s 100th Test six was the number the board could confirm.
Rishabh Pant crossed 100 sixes in Test cricket during India’s first Test in Galle, becoming the first Team India batter to reach the mark in men’s cricket, according to the BCCI’s own announcement on 18 August 2026. The milestone came in India’s second innings against Sri Lanka in the two-Test tour the board had named him in.
That’s the record that is firm: 100 Test sixes, first for India’s men. The rest of the running commentary doing the rounds — the exact ball, the 66 in the innings, the two sixes, the “fastest to 100 by balls faced” — can wait for an official scorecard. Telangana readers have seen enough make-believe numbers in sport and politics to know the difference.
For context, the ICC’s record books do note who got there first in the format overall: Adam Gilchrist hit his 100th Test six back in November 2007. The BCCI hasn’t put Pant’s milestone in any “fastest-ever” frame, and until a recognised database does, neither will we.
India’s squad for this Sri Lanka tour — Pant included — was published by the board with the first Test scheduled August 15–19 in Galle. The cricket will speak for itself; the spin can take a number and sit down for once.