SL vs IND: Rishabh Pant created history in the Galle Test, became the first Indian to score the fastest century of sixes.

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Rishabh Pant: Team India’s star wicketkeeper batsman Rishabh Pant has created history by hitting 100 sixes in Test cricket. He has become the first Indian to do so.

Rishabh Pant: Team India’s star wicketkeeper batsman Rishabh Pant has created history by batting stormily in the first Test match against Sri Lanka. By hitting two sixes on the fourth day of the Galle Test, he completed his century of sixes in Test cricket. He has become the first Indian batsman to hit 100 sixes in red ball cricket. Apart from this, he has also made a world record for scoring the fastest century of sixes. Till now only 4 batsmen have been able to complete 100 sixes in Test cricket.

Rishabh Pant became the first Indian to hit 100 sixes

India played its first test match in the year 1932. It has been 94 years since then and in these years no Indian batsman had been able to hit 100 sixes in this format. But in the second innings of the Galle Test against Sri Lanka, Rishabh Pant has achieved this feat by hitting 2 sixes. With this he has become the first Indian to complete 100 sixes in red ball cricket.

Pant became the fourth batsman to hit the most sixes.

Rishabh Pant has come fourth in the list of batsmen who have hit the most sixes in Test cricket. In this format so far he has hit a total of 100 sixes. At the same time, the world record for hitting the most sixes in red ball cricket is held in the name of former England captain Ben Stokes, who has hit 138 sixes in his career. After him comes the name of Brendon McCullum of New Zealand, who has 107 sixes in his name.

Fastest 100 sixes hit

Rishabh Pant has topped the list of batsmen who have hit the fastest 100 sixes in Test cricket. He has faced the least number of balls to complete his century of sixes. Pant has completed 100 sixes in 4918 balls. Whereas Adam Gilchrist had to face 6578 balls to complete 100 sixes in Test cricket. At the same time, Stokes had touched the figure of 100 sixes in 9042 balls. Apart from this, Brendon McCullum faced 9756 balls to complete 100 Test sixes.

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