Rishabh Pant
IND vs BAN: India and Bangladesh are facing each other in the Chennai Test match. This is the first match of the 2-match Test series through which Rishabh Pant made a comeback in Test cricket after a long time. After being seriously injured in a horrific car accident, Pant made a comeback in Test cricket after 634 days. In the first innings of the Chennai Test, Rishabh Pant appeared in his old style but could not play a big innings. He returned to the pavilion after scoring 39 runs. However, in the second innings, he made up for everything and scored a brilliant century.
equals Dhoni’s record
Pant completed his sixth Test century of his Test career with the help of 11 fours and 4 sixes in 124 balls. In this way, he became the wicketkeeper to score the most Test centuries for India. He equaled Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s record. Dhoni had scored 6 centuries in 144 innings of 90 Tests. A score of more than 50 has come from his bat after 638 days in Tests. Earlier, Pant had scored a half-century against Bangladesh in Mirpur on 23 December 2022. Pant completed his fifty off 88 balls. During this, he hit 2 fours and 2 sixes. As soon as he completed his half-century, Pant changed his gear and started playing big shots all over the field. After this, he soon took his personal score beyond 80 by scoring 5 fours and 1 six. Till lunch, he was playing after scoring 82 runs. Immediately after lunch, he completed his century and created a new record.
Most Test centuries by Indian wicket-keepers
- 6 – Rishabh Pant*
- 6 – MS Dhoni
- 3. Wriddhiman Saha
Most 90+ scores by Indian wicket-keepers in Tests
- 12 times – Rishabh Pant*
- 11 times – MS Dhoni
Pant broke Shikhar Dhawan’s record
During this brilliant century innings, Pant also did a big feat. He surpassed Shikhar Dhawan in terms of scoring the most runs for India in Test cricket. Shikhar Dhawan had scored 2315 runs in 58 innings of 34 Test matches. Now Pant has left Dhawan behind in terms of Test runs by scoring a half-century in the second innings of the Chennai Test. Pant has scored more than 2400 runs in the same number of innings as Shikhar Dhawan, which includes 6 centuries and 11 half-centuries. Pant has become the 32nd Indian batsman to score the most runs in Test cricket. At the same time, Dhawan has slipped to the 33rd position.
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