# Rishabh Pant breaks MS Dhoni’s away Test runs record 2026-08-25T04:06:35+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet Rishabh Pant has surpassed MS Dhoni to become the Indian wicketkeeper with the most Test runs away from home. Pant reached the mark during his 63 on Day 2 of the second Test against Sri Lanka in Colombo. The 28-year-old now has 2534 runs in away Tests, pushing Dhoni into second place. Pant also moved past South Africa's Mark Boucher on the all-time list for wicketkeepers away from home. Only Pakistan's Sarfaraz Ahmed (2696 runs in 52 Tests) and Australia's Adam Gilchrist (2634 runs in 41 Tests) are ahead of him. Pant's innings included his 21st Test half-century and brought him 52 runs short of 3000 in the World Test Championship, a mark no Indian has reached. India batted strongly in the first session, adding 119 runs with only one wicket lost. Pant and Dhruv Jurel both scored half-centuries as India pressed for a lead in the match. ## Indian Opinion Analysis Rishabh Pant’s 2534 runs as a wicketkeeper in away Tests put him third on the all-time list behind Sarfaraz Ahmed and Adam Gilchrist. The milestone underlines how Pant, who returned from a career-threatening road accident in December 2022, has reclaimed the keeper-batter slot that fuelled India's WTC charge. India's Test calendar remains packed: a home series against England later this year and away tours to Australia and England in 2025 will decide whether Pant can chase the 3000-run WTC mark and Gilchrist’s 2634 away runs. Sarfaraz’s 2696 away runs in 52 Tests offer a specific target. The International Cricket Council’s WTC points table currently shows India in contention for the final, Pant’s away runs will be critical in the coming cycle. ## Coverage - assamtribune.com Leads with Pant's achievement over Dhoni, lists Dhoni as second without critique, neutral report on a sporting record. This story was synthesised by AI from the source linked above. Tags: Adam Gilchrist, India cricket team, MS Dhoni, Rishabh Pant, Sarfaraz Ahmed, World Test Championship Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/rishabh-pant-breaks-ms-dhonis-away-test-runs-record/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/rishabh-pant-breaks-ms-dhonis-away-test-runs-record/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes. How this brief was made: an AI model read the report linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/