Rishabh Pant has been at his deadly greatest with the bat in hand throughout India’s second Check towards Sri Lanka on the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. On Day one of many encounter, the left-hander smashed 39 runs off a mere 26 balls with seven fours on a troublesome pitch to bat on. Together with Shreyas Iyer, who scored 92 runs, he took India previous the 250-run mark within the first innings.
Pant upped his recreation within the second innings and scored 50 runs off 31 balls with the assistance of seven fours and two sixes. He additionally turned the Indian batter with the quickest fifty in Check cricket. The southpaw broke the file of Kapil Dev, who scored the half-century off 30 balls towards Pakistan in Karachi in 1982. Pant acquired to the milestone off solely 28 deliveries.
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He began his knock with a single and within the very subsequent ball, he deposited Praveen Jayawickrama over the deep mid-wicket boundary for an enormous six. Within the subsequent over, Pant determined to take Dhananjaya de Silva to the cleaners. He ended the over with a 4 adopted by a humongous six over lengthy off.
Pant didn’t cease there and saved on taking part in his photographs fearlessly. Within the forty second over, he broke Kapil Dev’s 40-year-old file after drilling Jayawickrama by way of the covers for a 4. The rub of the inexperienced additionally went within the batter’s favour as within the thirty eighth over, Niroshan Dickwella missed a stumping likelihood.
Right here’s the video of Rishabh Pant taking up the Sri Lankan bowlers
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After being put beneath strain, Sri Lanka used up a evaluate in an unsuccessful bid to dismiss Pant LBW. However within the very subsequent ball, Pant perished.
Watch: Rishabh Pant sends his bat to sq. leg and ball to backward level
The southpaw danced down the observe to ship Jayawickrama out of the park, however may solely handle a skier. The bowler known as for the catch took it safely. The Lankans would have breathed a sigh of reduction as Pant was wanting harmful.
In the meantime, the file for the quickest Check fifty is held by Pakistan’s Misbah-ul-Haq, who acquired to the milestone off 21 balls towards Australia in Abu Dhabi again in 2014.
