'Sixer King' Rishabh Pant created history, left Adam Gilchrist behind, broke Dhoni's big record too

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Rishabh Pant Record: In the Colombo Test match being played with Sri Lanka, the Indian team is batting well and is in a strong position. Rishabh Pant, who retired hurt on the first day, came on the field to bat on the second day, where he created history by hitting the first six. He has now become the wicketkeeper-batsman who has hit the most sixes in Test cricket. Not only this, Pant has also broken a great record of Mahendra Singh Dhoni.

Rishabh Pant left Adam Gilchrist behind

Rishabh Pant has created history by hitting a six in the first innings of the Colombo Test. He has become the second wicketkeeper-batsman to hit the most number of sixes in Test cricket. In this matter he has left behind former Australian great Adam Gilchrist. Pant has played 52 Test matches so far, in which he has hit 102 sixes in 90 innings. Whereas Gilchrist played 96 matches in his career, in which he hit 100 sixes in 137 innings. At the same time, the record for hitting the most sixes in Test cricket is held by Brendon McCullum, who has hit 107 sixes in Test cricket.

rank wicketkeeper-batsman Country test match sixes
1 Brendon McCullum New Zealand 101 107
2 Rishabh Pant Australia 52 102
3 adam gilchrist India 96 100
4 ms dhoni India 90 78
5 jonny bairstow England 100 56

Rishabh Pant broke MS Dhoni's record

Indian star wicketkeeper batsman Rishabh Pant has become the highest run scorer for India as a wicketkeeper batsman on foreign soil or neutral venue, leaving behind MS Dhoni. Dhoni scored 2,496 runs while playing away from home. In this list, Farooq Engineer is at third position with 1209 runs. After Saransh Jain returned to the pavilion on the second day of the Test, Pant came out to bat again. It is noteworthy that on the first day of the Test, Pant got injured while batting and he had to leave the field.

Rishabh Pant scored 63 runs

Good batting was seen from Rishabh Pant in the Colombo Test match. Pant played an inning of 63 runs in 89 balls, in which he hit 6 fours and 2 sixes. Pant was expected to convert his fifty into a century, but he could not do so and lost his wicket on the ball of Keshara Nuwantha at the score of 63.

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