Rishabh Pant And MS Dhoni
The Indian team is currently playing its first test match against New Zealand. In this match, Team India won the toss and decided to bat first, which proved wrong. Team India was reduced to just 46 runs in the first innings. After this, New Zealand scored 402 runs in the first innings and took a lead of 356 runs on the basis of first innings. After this, Indian players played well in the second innings and so far have scored 314 runs at the loss of 3 wickets.
Rishabh Pant scored an excellent half century
While Sarfaraz Khan has scored the first century of his Test career, Rishabh Pant has scored a half-century. Pant scored 53 runs in 56 balls, hitting five fours and three sixes. He is still present at the crease. Pant has scored the 12th half-century of his Test career. After scoring a half-century against New Zealand, he has completed 2500 runs in his Test career. Pant has become the fastest Indian wicketkeeper to complete 2500 runs in Test cricket. He did this in 62 innings and broke Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s record. Dhoni had completed 2500 runs in Test in 69 innings. Veteran wicketkeeper Farooq Engineer had achieved this feat in 82 innings.
Indian wicketkeeper who scored fastest 2500 runs in test cricket:
- 62 innings- Rishabh Pant
- 69 innings- MS Dhoni
- 82 innings- Farooq Engineer
Rishabh Pant has equaled Farooq Engineer in terms of scoring fifty plus scores in Test cricket for India. Both these players have scored fifty plus scores 18-18 times for India. Mahendra Singh Dhoni has scored the most number of fifty plus scores as a wicketkeeper in Tests for Team India. He has done this 39 times.
Indian wicketkeepers who have scored the highest fifty plus scores in test cricket:
- 39 – MS Dhoni (144 innings)
- 18 – Farooq Engineer (87 innings)
- 18 – Rishabh Pant (62 innings)
- 14 – Syed Kirmani (124 innings)
Also read:
Rishabh Pant broke the record of the legendary Indian captain, achieved this feat by batting fearlessly in the Bengaluru Test.
Sarfaraz is the first Indian to do so in the last 10 years, created history by scoring a century against New Zealand
