India vs South Africa Test: The first Test between India and South Africa is being played in Kolkata from 14th November. Rishabh is returning to Pant’s team after injury. In the second day’s play, he broke an amazing record of Virender Sehwag.
Rishabh Pant Record: The first Test match between India and South Africa is going on from 14 to 18 November at Eden Garden Stadium, Kolkata. The play of the second day continues and Team India is in a strong position. A 2-match series is being played between the two teams. To reach first place in the points table of the World Test Championship 2025-27, the Indian team will have to win both the matches. Rishabh Pant has returned in this series and he has created history. Pant, who is returning after injury, has broken Virender Sehwag’s record in the first Test. Let’s know about that record…
Pant created history by hitting 1 six
Left-handed explosive batsman Rishabh Pant has created a new history in the first Test against South Africa. When he came to bat on the field, he had to hit only 1 six. He did this and on the basis of six sixes, he equaled the big record of former explosive Indian batsman Virender Sehwag. At the same time, as soon as he hit the second six, he took the number one position in his name. Pant has hit a total of 92 sixes in Test cricket so far. At the same time, Viru has lagged behind in this matter, whose bat has hit a total of 91 sixes in Test cricket.
These 3 Indians are behind Pant in terms of sixes
There are 3 cricketers far behind Rishabh Pant in terms of hitting the most number of sixes in Test cricket for the Indian team. The batsman who has hit the third most sixes for India in the list is Rohit Sharma, who has hit 88 sixes in Tests. Now he cannot go further from here, because he has retired from this format. Whereas, behind him Ravindra Jadeja has hit 80 sixes, while MS Dhoni has hit 78 sixes. Of these, only Jaddu can reach Pant, which is not going to be easy for him.
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Pant did not bat on return
All the batsmen who were returning to the Indian team after a long time did not perform well in the first test match. He was out after scoring 27 runs in 24 balls with the help of two fours and two sixes. As soon as he came, he started playing long shots, after which he was not successful for long and lost his wicket. At the same time, the Indian team also does not seem to be taking much lead in the first innings. South Africa had scored 159 runs in the first innings, in reply Team India is 180/7.
Rishabh Pant’s test career is amazing
If we look at Rishabh Pant’s Test series, till now he has performed amazingly with the bat for India. Scored 3427 runs in 82 innings of 47 Test matches at an average of 44.50. Apart from this, he has scored 8 centuries and 18 half-centuries with his bat. He has also hit 369 fours. His highest individual score in this format is 159 not out. He has gone not out 5 times. In 2018, he made his Test debut for Team India for the first time, after that there has been no looking back.
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