IND vs BAN Test: Rishabh Pant, who has been struggling with his form in recent times in white-ball cricket, made a decent statement when he stepped on to the field in the first test against Bangladesh at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chattogram. It was India that won the toss and elected to bat first. They got off to a decent start, with both Shubam Gill (20) and skipper KL Rahul (22) adding 41 runs for the first wicket in 13.2 overs.
But once the first wicket fell, Team India slipped to 48/3 from 41/0. The former Indian skipper Virat Kohli (1) also couldn’t score much and got out cheaply, which brought Rishabh Pant to the crease. The left-hander, who took a break from the three-match ODI series against Bangladesh, was in a different mood. He began to play his shots for boundaries.
IND vs BAN Test: Rishabh Pant became the second fastest Indian batter to achieve this feat
Rishabh Pant was eager to take on the bowlers in his inning. He added 64 runs for the fourth wicket in just 73 balls with Cheteshwar Pujara. However, he missed his half-century and got out after scoring 46 runs from 45 deliveries, which included 6 fours and 2 maximums. In his innings, he also completed 50 sixes in his test career. Pant became the second-fastest Indian to achieve this feat and took 54 innings to do so.
Rohit Sharma is the fastest, having taken 51 innings to reach 51 sixes in his test career. Rishabh Pant became the 8th Indian batsmen to complete 50 test sixes. He has now joined an elite list of Indian batters with 50 or more test sixes. Other Indian batters on this list are Sachin Tendulkar, MS Dhoni, Virender Sehwag, Rohit Sharma, Sourav Ganguly, Kapil Dev, and Ravindra Jadeja.
Meanwhile, Pant also complete 4000 runs in his international career. The left-hander has played 136 innings across all three formats and scored 4021 runs, including 6 centuries and 18 fifties. Speaking of the game, India is at 278/6 at stumps on Day 1. Pujara scored 90 runs while Shreyas Iyer was not out on 82 runs with 10 boundaries.