Pant, who made his Test debut in 2018 against England, is the only Indian wicket-keeper batsman to hit centuries in both England and Australia. He averages over 40 in Test cricket with two centuries and three half-centuries. Pant enjoyed a stellar run on his last tour to Australia, hitting an unbeaten 159 in the Sydney Test of the 2018-19 tour.
India had won their first-ever Test series in Australia on that tour and a draw or a win in the Brisbane Test would mean the Border-Gavaskar Trophy remains with India.