Rishabh Pant broke Mahendra Singh Dhoni's great record by playing only 58 test innings, made these records in his name by defeating Bangladesh
Indian wicketkeeper batsman Rishabh Pant broke MS Dhoni's special record by scoring a brilliant century on the third day of the Chennai Test against Bangladesh. Rishabh Pant scored 109 runs against Bangladesh by hitting 13 fours and 4 sixes in 128 balls.
By scoring a century against Bangladesh, Rishabh Pant has equaled the great wicketkeeper batsman Mahendra Singh Dhoni (MS Dhoni) in terms of scoring the most centuries as a wicketkeeper batsman in Test cricket for Team India. Dhoni had scored 6 Test centuries in 144 Test innings for India, while Rishabh Pant has achieved this feat in just 58 innings. Wriddhiman Saha is at the third position in this list who scored 3 centuries in 54 Test innings for India. Pant has completed 6 centuries in just 58 Test innings, so now he is above Mahendra Singh Dhoni in this special list.
Rishabh Pant also surpassed Kumar Sangakkara
Not only this, Rishabh Pant has surpassed Kumar Sangakkara (6 centuries in 59 Test innings) to become the fourth fastest batsman to score 6 centuries in Test cricket history as a wicketkeeper. Only Adam Gilchrist (6 centuries in 41 innings), Les Ames (6 centuries in 37 innings) and AB de Villiers (6 centuries in 32 innings) are above him in this list.
Dinesh Chandimal's great record broken
Apart from this, as a wicketkeeper, Rishabh Pant has made the record of scoring the most centuries before turning 27. He has made this record by defeating Dinesh Chandimal in this matter. Chandimal had scored 5 Test centuries as a wicketkeeper before turning 27. Players like Quinton de Kock (5 centuries), Kamran Akmal (5 centuries) and Kumar Sangakkara (4 centuries) are also included in this list.
Returned to the Test team after 634 days
Also know that Indian team's star wicketkeeper batsman Rishabh Pant has returned to the Test team after a long gap of 634 days. He had a terrible car accident at the end of the year 2022. It took Pant a long time to recover from this, but when he came back to the field after doing so, he made a splash. Pant batted brilliantly in the IPL and then also played the T20 World Cup for Team India. After all this, he has now returned to the Test team as well.
Bangladesh got a huge target of 515 runs
If we talk about the Chennai Test, here the Indian team declared its second innings on the third day by scoring 287 runs for the loss of 4 wickets. For Team India, Shubman Gill (119 not out) and Rishabh Pant (109) scored brilliant centuries in the second innings, on the basis of which the host team has set a huge target of 515 runs in front of Bangladesh.
Let us tell you that before this, Team India had scored 376 runs in its first innings and in response, Bangladesh had put 149 runs on the scoreboard.
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