Rishabh Pant: Rishabh Pant suffered a knee injury on the second day of the Bengaluru Test, after which he did not take the field. Dhruv Jurel kept in his place, when it was his turn to bat, Pant scored a fearless fifty.
Rishabh Pant: The first test between India and New Zealand is going on in Bengaluru. On the fourth day of this match, Indian cricket team’s wicketkeeper batsman Rishabh Pant scored a fifty in the second innings. He is unbeaten at the crease after scoring 53 runs in 56 balls till lunch. By scoring the 48th run of this innings, Pant completed 2,500 runs in Test cricket. He has become the fastest Indian wicketkeeper batsman to score 2500 runs in Test, he defeated MS Dhoni in this matter.
Rishabh Pant achieved this feat in the 62nd innings of the 36th Test, while MS Dhoni had completed 2,500 runs in 69 innings. In this case, Farooq Engineer is at number three, who achieved this feat in 82 innings.
How has Pant’s Test career been?
Rishabh Pant’s Test career has been good so far. He made his Test debut against England in 2018. Since then, he has scored 2,505* runs in 62 innings of 36 Tests at an average of 44.73.
136 victims behind the wicket
Pant scored 6 centuries and 12 half-centuries in Tests. His high score is 159 runs. Has taken 136 victims behind the wicket, which includes 122 catches and 14 stumpings.
Bengaluru test account
If we talk about Bengaluru Test, the game was stopped due to rain on the fourth day. India has scored 344 runs for 3 wickets in the second innings and is just 12 runs behind New Zealand. Sarfaraz Khan has scored a century, while Pant has completed his fifty. There has been a century partnership between the two.
Sarfaraz’s century, Pant’s fifty
There was no toss on the first day due to rain. Team India, who came to bat after winning the toss on the second day, was all out for 46 runs and on the third day, New Zealand batted well and scored 402 runs on the board and took a lead of 358 runs. Now Team India has scored 344 runs after losing 3 wickets in the second innings. Now he is 12 runs behind. Sarfaraz Khan is unbeaten on 125 runs while Pant is unbeaten on 53 runs.
