Rishabh Pant created history even after getting out on 99 runs, broke the great record of MS Dhoni and Kapil Dev.
India vs New Zealand 1st Test: Indian team Wicketkeeper batsman Rishabh Pant created history by playing a stormy innings on the fourth day of the first Test against New Zealand at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. Pant played an inning of 99 runs in 105 balls, in which he hit nine fours and five sixes. Even though Pant failed to complete a century, he made many special records in his name.
Fourth wicketkeeper to complete 2500 runs in test
Pant has become the fourth wicket-keeper batsman from India to score 2500 or more runs in Test cricket. With 4876 runs, MS Dhoni is at number one in terms of scoring the most Test runs as a wicketkeeper for India. After this, Syed Kirmani is at second place with 2759 runs and Farooq Engineer is at third place with 2611 runs.
fastest 2500 test runs
Pant has made the record of scoring the fastest 2500 runs as a wicketkeeper in Test cricket for India, he has achieved this position in just 62 innings. Pant broke the record of former wicketkeeper MS Dhoni, who completed his 2500 Test runs in 69 innings.
Kapil Dev's record broken
Pant has reached sixth place in the list of players who have hit the most number of sixes as an Indian batsman in Test cricket, he has now hit 64 sixes in this format. Pant left Kapil Dev behind in this list, who has 61 sixes in his name in Test cricket.
Apart from this, Pant has come first for India in terms of hitting four or more sixes in a Test innings for the most number of times. By doing this feat for the ninth time, he left MS Dhoni (8 times) behind.
It is noteworthy that Pant missed completing his seventh century in Test cricket by just one run. This is the seventh time in his career that he has been out between the scores of 90 and 99. Let us tell you that in this match, the Indian team, which won the toss and came to bat first, was all out for 46 runs, in which Pant scored the maximum of 20 runs.
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