What remains to be seen is whether Pant's display will prompt any official response from match referees or the ICC.
Devender Sharma, one of Pant's childhood coaches alongside the late Tarak Sinha, attributed the resurgence to the work the wicketkeeper batter has put in on his defence and shot selection.
Pant's seventh Test hundred, and only his second since surviving a near-fatal car accident in 2022, was marked by a flamboyant one-handed six on 99 and a celebratory somersault afterwards.
Bumrah, with three wickets, was India's only successful bowler on day 2
While Pant is gradually rising towards the top, it is England skipper Ben Stokes who is at the top of the ladder with 133 sixes to his name at the moment.
Rishabh Pant has quickly risen to the top, surpassing Dhoni's tally of six Test centuries in just 77 innings. Dhoni had scored 6 hundreds in 144 Test innings.
A London-bound Air India flight crashed moments after its takeoff, killing 241 passengers and crew members aboard last week in one of the most gruesome tragedies in the country's aviation history.
India vice-captain Rishabh Pant on Wednesday confirmed that Shubman Gill will bat at No. 4 in the Test series against England, while he will follow the skipper at the No. 5 slot.
Pant, who is going to bat at No. 5 in the five-Test series beginning on Friday, will have to play a larger role for India with the bat, particularly in the absence of retired stars such as Rohit.
The tour marks India's first Test series without stalwarts Rohit and Kohli, both of whom called time on their red-ball careers earlier this month
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) confirmed that Pant was penalised ₹30 lakh as this was LSG's third violation under Article 2.22 of the IPL Code of Conduct
The former India pace spearhead said it was good to see the swashbuckling keeper-batter, end the season on high
Pant slammed a magnificent century -- 118 off 61 balls -- to power Lucknow Super Giants to 227 for three against Royal Challengers Bengaluru in the final league fixture of IPL 2025
Although Digvesh did break the stumps while Jitesh was out of his crease, it was Pant who chose to withdraw the appeal just in time, before the third umpire could confirm the dismissal.
Pant reached his hundred within 54 deliveries which started off slowly and picked up fierce pace as the partnership with Marsh started to build up on the night.
Pujara also backed Rishabh Pant as vice-captain despite his lean T20 form, citing his strong Test performances in England
Pant, after 12 matches in IPL 2025 with a dismissal average of 12.27, has only 135 runs under his belt
Shubman Gill, who was named Rohit's deputy in the ODI format, is also seen as a future leader within the team management, which makes him a favourite to succeed Rohit as India's red-ball skipper
Another poor batting effort by the top order led LSG's 37-run defeat at the hands of Punjab Kings on Sunday.
India's tour of England for a five-match Test series will begin on June 20, with the first Test at Leeds.