London, July 12 -- India vice-captain Rishabh Pant dashed records for fun and earned a place in history after his tenacious effort with the bat on Day 3 of the third Test against England at the 'Home of Cricket', Lord's.

Pant etched his name in the six-hitting record books by surpassing the legendary Vivian Richards for tonking the most in Tests against England. The explosive southpaw also went level with former red-ball skipper Rohit Sharma for hammering the joint second-highest number of sixes for India in Test cricket.

Apart from his six-hitting fest, the 27-year-old southpaw eclipsed the legendary MS Dhoni to emerge as the Indian wicketkeeper-batter with the most runs in a tour to England. Pant also became the first visiting wicketk...