IND vs BAN Test Series: Rishabh Pant appeared in his best form in red-ball cricket after a poor performance in ODI T20 Internationals. In the first match of the Test series against Bangladesh in Chittagong, the Indian team won the toss and decided to bat first. However, this decision of KL Rahul seem wrong when the Indian team lost its 3 important wickets very soon.
The Indian team’s wicket-keeper batsman Rishabh Pant in the first Test match of the two-Test series against Bangladesh, played a quick inning of 46 runs off 45 balls. Rishabh Pant achieved two different achievements during the match.
Pant joined the list of hitting 50 sixes
Rishabh Pant came out to bat and was seen playing cricket in his own style. During his innings, Rishabh Pant hit 6 fours and 2 sixes. After doing so, Rishabh Pant became the second Indian batsman to hit the fastest 50 sixes in Test cricket. Rishabh has hit 50 sixes in 54 innings. Captain Rohit Sharma has also achieved this milestone in 51 innings. Ravindra Jadeja had 71, MS Dhoni 92, and Virender Sehwag achieved the record of 50 sixes in 92 innings.
Completed 4000 runs in international cricket
Rishabh Pant missed his half-century in the first match of the Test series against Bangladesh. But he completed his 4000 runs in his international career. Rishabh Pant played an innings of 46 runs during this match. Pant has scored 2169 runs in 54 innings of 32 Test matches. Scored 865 runs in 26 innings of 30 ODIs and 987 runs in T20s. Rishabh has 5 centuries in Tests and 1 century in ODIs.
