London [UK], July 12 (ANI): India vice-captain Rishabh Pant dashed information for enjoyable and earned a spot in historical past after his tenacious effort with the bat on Day 3 of the third Take a look at towards England on the ‘House of Cricket’, Lord’s.
Pant etched his title within the six-hitting file books by surpassing the legendary Vivian Richards for tonking essentially the most in Assessments towards England. The explosive southpaw additionally went degree with former red-ball skipper Rohit Sharma for hammering the joint second-highest variety of sixes for India in Take a look at cricket.
Other than his six-hitting fest, the 27-year-old southpaw eclipsed the legendary MS Dhoni to emerge because the Indian wicketkeeper-batter with essentially the most runs in a tour to England. Pant additionally turned the primary visiting wicketkeeper to amass 400-plus runs in a single Take a look at collection in England.
Regardless of nursing a finger damage that he sustained throughout the opening day of the Take a look at, Pant fought valiantly, suffered blows and battled by way of ache to steer India by way of the opening session together with his stroke mastery. Throughout his rollicking 74(112), he smoked the ball into the stands for 2 towering maximums to interrupt Richards’ milestone for many sixes towards England within the format.
Pant has 35 sixes beneath his belt towards England, bettering the previous West Indies stalwart’s tally of 34. The belligerent swashbuckler went degree with Rohti’s tally of 88 sixes for India in Take a look at cricket, simply two shy of turning into the joint-highest with Virender Sehwag (90). Pant achieved the feat in 46 Assessments, 21 fewer than Rohit’s 67.
The Indian vice-captain has 416 runs to his title in three Assessments, essentially the most runs by an Indian wicketkeeper on English soil. Dhoni held the file for greater than a decade, courtesy of his 349-run tour he savoured throughout India’s tour of England in 2014.
Pant’s game-changing exploits ended on the ultimate ball earlier than the tip of the primary session. Whereas making an attempt to steal a fast single, Pant was late to set off and was caught in need of the crease by England Take a look at captain Ben Stokes’ brilliance. He picked up the ball, turned in the direction of the non-striker’s finish and rattled the stumps together with his exact throw, forcing Pant to return on 74(112). (ANI)
