On the 2nd day of the last test match between India vs New Zealand, Rishabh Pant created a new record in Test cricket as the only Indian wicketkeeper who has scored 50 and above with a strike rate of more than one hundred. He scored 60 runs off just 59 balls at an explosive strike rate of 101.69. He completed his half-century off just 36 deliveries. Pant being one of the few with five such innings is eclipsing other great wicketkeepers.
Rishabh Pant Sets New Record, Surpasses MS Dhoni
Now, Rishabh Pant sits in second place after the great Adam Gilchrist, who has the most integral strikes above the 50 score with eight such innings, and this makes Rishabh Pant the only Indian in this elite circle. MS Dhoni and John Bairstow from England, whose four such innings rate also include Pant.
In Test matches at a strike rate of 74, he is involved in trying to increase India’s scoring speed and so creates pressure on the opposition. He has a similar approach to Gilchrist, who made that style popular during his days with the Australian team. He is young, and already played 37 Test matches, scoring six centuries out of them, with a batting average of about 43.5
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The records she has achieved in such a young period would not only tint his stardom but also extoll his earlier being touted as one of the most talented players of the country in the game. Since he can turn the match with brisk scoring from the very earliest of his inning’s pleasure. In especially away matches, he has been hailed as one of the leading wicketkeeper-batsmen in the world.
