The third Test is being played between India and New Zealand in Mumbai. In the last session of the first day, the Indian team had lost 3 wickets and was in trouble. India started the second day at the score of 86 runs with the loss of 4 wickets. Like always, Rishabh Pant once again played a brilliant half-century in his own style. He scored a half-century in just 36 balls. With this stormy innings, he not only made the comeback of Team India but also created a new record.
Pant became number one in this matter
Rishabh Pant started hitting boundaries as soon as he came to the crease on the second day. He started scoring runs rapidly and put pressure on New Zealand with his explosive batting. Pant scored 50 runs in just 36 balls at a strike rate of 138 in the first hour of the second day. With this, he has become the Indian batsman to score the fastest fifty against New Zealand in Test.
Earlier this record was in the name of Yashasvi Jaiswal, who had achieved this feat by scoring a half-century in 41 balls in the Pune Test. Pant scored 60 runs in 59 balls and became the victim of Ish Sodhi. Let us tell you that Pant is also the number one Indian batsman in terms of scoring the fastest half-century in Test cricket. He scored fifty in just 28 balls against Sri Lanka in 2022.
Dhoni was also left behind
Rishabh Pant has left behind only Yashasvi Jaiswal and India’s most successful captain and wicketkeeper-batsman Mahendra Singh Dhoni. Pant has also become the Indian wicketkeeper who has scored the most half-centuries in Test cricket with a strike rate of more than 100. Earlier this record was held by Dhoni, who had scored 4 Test fifties at a strike rate of more than 100. Whereas Pant has done this 5 times.
On the first day of the Mumbai Test, the Indian team lost 3 wickets in scoring just 6 runs. After this, Rishabh Pant made a partnership of 96 runs with Shubman Gill. After this important partnership, Team India’s innings is back on track. Till lunch, the Indian team has scored 195 runs at the loss of 5 wickets and is just 40 runs behind New Zealand.
