Rishabh Pant: The ongoing Galle Test match between India and Sri Lanka has reached a very exciting turn. On the last day, Team India has to take six wickets to win. Whereas Sri Lanka is still 288 runs away from victory. The victory of the Indian team seems almost certain. Well, on the fourth day of the test match, Rishabh Pant scored a quick 66 runs in India’s second innings. It was only because of his innings that the Indian team was able to reach the score of 193. Pant has made a big record. He has become the highest run scoring Indian batsman in the World Test Championship history. Pant has left behind Team India captain Shubman Gill.
Rishabh Pant created history
Rishabh Pant scored 39 runs in the first innings and 66 runs in the second innings. Due to this, he has become the highest run-scorer for India in the World Test Championship. Pant has now scored 2885 runs in WTC. At second place is Shubhman Gill, who has 2867 runs in his name. Former Indian captain Rohit Sharma is at number three. He has scored 2716 runs. There is now a competition between Pant and Gill to move forward.
Opportunity to join the 3000 club
Shubman Gill did not appear in form in the Galle Test match. He failed in both the innings. Rishabh Pant impressed with his aggressive batting. Pant can make a big record in his name in the second test also. He can join the three thousand club with one big innings. He can become the first Indian batsman to score three thousand runs in the World Test Championship.
Hit 100 sixes in test cricket
Rishabh Pant made another big record in his name on the fourth day. He created history by hitting 2 sixes in his innings of 66 runs. He has now become the first Indian player to hit 100 sixes in Test cricket. No Indian player before him has been able to accomplish this feat. Before him, Virender Sehwag and Rohit Sharma had hit 91 sixes from India’s side.