Team India's star wicketkeeper batsman Rishabh Pant registered his name in golden letters in the history of Indian cricket as soon as he stepped on the field in the Colombo Test match against Sri Lanka. Pant has left behind MS Dhoni, one of the most successful captains of Indian cricket, and has made the all-time record of scoring the most runs as a wicketkeeper for India in Test cricket on foreign or neutral grounds.
Pant achieved this special achievement on the second day of the second Test against Sri Lanka. Now he has scored more than 2500 runs in foreign and neutral test matches, where his batting average has been 41.68. With this he destroyed former legendary captain MS Dhoni's long-standing record of 2496 runs.
Rishabh Pant becomes number-1 by defeating Dhoni
Mahendra Singh Dhoni, counted among the greatest wicketkeeper batsmen in the history of Indian cricket, had held this prestigious record for a long time. Dhoni had scored 2496 runs as a wicketkeeper in foreign or neutral test matches in his career. Now Rishabh Pant has reached the top of this list. In this list, former legend Farooq Engineer is at third position with 1209 runs, while Syed Kirmani is at fourth position with 1109 runs and Kiran More is at fifth position with 901 runs.
Ignoring the pain of injury, Pant returned to the field, scored a blazing half-century
The first day of the Colombo Test was very challenging and painful for Rishabh Pant. A rising shot ball from Sri Lankan fast bowler Lahiru Kumara went straight to his left hand. Pant was trying to play that ball behind square towards fine leg, but missed the pace of the ball and the ball hit his hand straight.
Pant was seen in terrible pain as soon as the ball hit him. Team India's physio immediately reached the field and applied an ice pack and also tied a protective tape on the hand, but the pain did not subside. At that time Pant was playing after scoring only 3 runs in 15 balls. In the 58th over of the Indian innings, he retired with the physio and returned to the dressing room. But as soon as he returned to the field on the second day, Pant's old aggressive form was seen. Despite swelling and pain in his hand, he created a ruckus on the field by hitting fours and sixes and put the team in a strong position by scoring a brilliant half-century.