Rishabh Pant made a new record, became the first wicketkeeper batsman to do so in WTC

sports desk : In the first Test match being played between India and New Zealand in Bengaluru, Rishabh Pant has made a new record in the World Test Championship. Pant has now hit 46 sixes in the World Test Championship. In this case there is no wicketkeeper batsman around Pant.

Rishabh Pant has hit 47 sixes so far in the World Test Championship. In the second innings against New Zealand, Pant had hit 5 sixes till the time of writing the news. Rishabh Pant was out on 99 runs. He remained just 1 run away from his century. Pant is out for the seventh time in the 90s phase.

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The second wicketkeeper batsman to hit the most sixes in the World Test Championship is South Africa's Quinton de Kock, who has hit 14 sixes in the Test Championship. In this case, Mohammad Rizwan of Pakistan is at number three. He has hit 13 sixes so far. England's Jos Buttler has hit 11 sixes in 34 innings. At the same time, Liton Das of Bangladesh has hit 9 sixes in 34 innings.

Pant missed a century

Rishabh Pant remained 1 run away from scoring his 7th century. Pant was out after scoring 99 runs. Pant has hit 9 fours and 5 sixes in his innings. Pant and Sarfaraz together made a comeback for the Indian team by making a partnership of 177 runs for the fourth wicket. Due to the innings of both, the Indian team has been successful in taking the lead.

New Zealand had achieved a lead of 356 runs in the first innings.

New Zealand restricted the Indian team to 46 runs in the first innings. New Zealand batted in the first innings and scored 402 runs. In which Rachin Ravindra played an inning of 135 runs. Apart from this, Devon Conway scored 91 runs. In the end, Tim Southee came and put pressure on the Indian team by scoring 65 runs quickly.

 

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