India, June 23 -- Rishabh Pant scripted history by becoming the first Indian player to score a century in both innings of a Test match. The wicketkeeper batter took on the English bowlers on Day 4 with his attacking batting approach and put India in a formidable position, as KL Rahul also scored a fine century as India stretched their lead past 250.

The left-handed batter, who scored 134 in the first innings, reached the triple-figure mark in 127 balls on Monday to stamp his authority over the English bowlers. He smashed 13 fours and 2 sixes en route to his century. The Indian dressing stood up to applaud him

Pant, who recently became the new vice-captain of Team India, showed maturity in the first half of his innings. After a couple of...