Rishabh Pant Falls in Nervous Nineties Again
Rishabh Pant, who batted brilliantly in the Bangalore Test match against New Zealand, once again became a victim of the ‘Nervous Ninety’. He missed his century by just one run in the second innings of the Test against New Zealand.
He was dismissed when he was on the verge of his seventh Test century. It is a great coincidence that for the 7th time, he reached the ninth house and was disappointed. Pant was dismissed in the 89th over of the Indian team’s innings. Will O’Rourke fall short of length? With the edge of the bat, the ball hit the leg stump and it was time for Pant to return to the tent.
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Third Most Nervous Nineties in Tests
He is third in the list of most dismissed batsmen in the 90s. Master blaster Sachin Tendulkar tops this list. Sachin Tendulkar was a victim of Nervous Ninety 10 times in his Test career. Former Indian cricketer and coach Rahul Dravid was dismissed in the 90s 9 times in Tests.
Legendary stars like Sunil Gavaskar, MS Dhoni, and Virender Sehwag have been victims of Nervous Ninety 5 times. Pant has been dismissed in the 90s seven times in his short Test career so far
Pant became the fourth wicket-keeper batsman to be dismissed for 99 runs in Tests
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Memorable Partnership with Sarfaraz Khan
Rishabh Pant was injured in New Zealand’s first innings. Jaddu had to leave the field after the ball hit his knee on the bowling. But recovering from this, he showed a strong game by entering the field on the fourth day.
While facing 105 balls, he scored an important knock of 99 runs with the help of 9 fours and 5 sixes. Although he missed out on a century, there is no doubt that his innings were more than a century. On the fourth day of play, he made a strong partnership of 177 runs with Sarfaraz Khan for the fourth wicket.
Playing XIs
Team India:
Rohit Sharma (captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Virat Kohli, Suraj Kumar, Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammad Siraj
New Zealand:
Tom Latham (captain), Devon Conway, Will Young, Rachin Ravindra, Darrel Mitchell, Tom Bundell (wicketkeeper), Glenn Phillips, Matt Henry, Tim Southee, Ajaz Patel, William O’Rourke
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