{
  "id": 2983150,
  "title": "Rishabh Pant Surpasses MS Dhoni To Create History, Becomes India’s Highest-Scoring Wicketkeeper In Away & Neutral Tests",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/rishabh-pant-surpasses-ms-dhoni-to-create-history-becomes-indias",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-24T08:38:07.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/sports/rishabh-pant-surpasses-ms-dhoni-to-create-history-becomes-indias-highest-scoring-wicketkeeper-in-away-neutral-tests"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Rishabh Pant has broken the record for being India's highest run-scorer as a wicketkeeper in away and neutral Tests, surpassing the legendary MS Dhoni. This achievement came during India's 2nd Test against Sri Lanka in Colombo. Pant scored 2,501 runs during this period, narrowly edging out Dhoni's 2,496 runs. Other notable wicketkeepers in this category include Farokh Engineer, Syed Kirmani, and Kiran More.",
  "summary": "Colombo: Indian wicketkeeper/batter Rishabh Pant has etched his name above legendary MS Dhoni in India's record books, becoming the country's highest run-scorer as a designated wicketkeeper in away or neutral Tests. Rishabh Pant has gone past MS Dhoni! Rishabh Pant now holds the top spot among Indian wicketkeeper-batters for Test runs outside India, moving ahead of MS Dhoni. Another landmark…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Gulf News",
        "title": "Rishabh Pant creates history in Sri Lanka, breaks MS Dhoni’s record",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/rishabh-pant-creates-history-in-sri-lanka-breaks-ms-dhonis-record",
        "published": "2026-08-24T08:07:49.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Indian Express",
        "title": "India vs Sri Lanka 2nd Test: How Rishabh Pant’s audacity lifted India in Colombo",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/india-vs-sri-lanka-2nd-test-how-rishabh-pants-audacity-lifted-india",
        "published": "2026-08-24T08:29:45.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}