India’s star batter Rishabh Pant smashed a solid century during India’s second innings against Bangladesh in the first Test match at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on Saturday. On the third day of play, Rishabh Pant started the innings with Shubman Gill and ended up getting a century on his return to Test cricket 635 days.
Pant collected 109 runs off 128 balls before getting out to Mehidy Hasan Miraz. The left-hand batsman also smashed 13 fours and 4 sixes throughout his innings. He played some extraordinary shots all around the park and made his innings look effortless. The Delhi-based batsman also equaled the record of former India skipper MS Dhoni as both have six centuries under their belts in the Test format. Pant is now standing at the top of the list of most Test hundreds by an Indian Wicketkeeper. Pant scored six hundred in 58 innings while Dhoni took 144 innings to do the same.
The moment Pant reached his hundred, fans went berserk on social media as they started lauding the left-hander.
Rishabh Pant marks his return to Test cricket with a breezy century #WTC25 | #INDvBAN: https://t.co/rGbNF8A6pX pic.twitter.com/0QhACT03hy — ICC September 21, 2024
Virat Kohli appreciating the hundred of Rishabh Pant pic.twitter.com/Djf6ZPOypc
— Johns. (CricCrazyJohns) September 21, 2024
A CENTURY on his return to Test cricket.
What a knock this by @RishabhPant17
Brings up his 6th Test ton!
Live – https://t.co/jV4wK7BgV2…… #INDvBAN@IDFCFIRSTBank pic.twitter.com/A7NhWAjY3Z — BCCI (BCCI) September 21, 2024
Prime example of comebacks are stronger than setbacks#RishabhPant pic.twitter.com/UxxpIt8As6 — Heera Thakur (deepakraghav012) September 21, 2024
Bangladesh (Playing XI): Shadman Islam, Zakir Hasan, Najmul Hossain Shanto(c), Mominul Haque, Mushfiqur Rahim, Shakib Al Hasan, Litton Das(w), Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Taskin Ahmed, Hasan Mahmud, Nahid Rana.
India (Playing XI): Rohit Sharma(c), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, Rishabh Pant(w), Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Jasprit Bumrah, Akash Deep, Mohammed Siraj.