Rishabh Pant added one other milestone to his rising record of Take a look at data because the India wicketkeeper-batter surpassed Australia legend Adam Gilchrist to change into the third-highest six-hitter in Take a look at cricket throughout the second Take a look at towards Sri Lanka in Colombo on Monday.Pant’s aggressive method as soon as once more got here to the fore as he smashed two sixes throughout his 63-run knock off 89 balls, together with six fours. These two maximums took his Take a look at six tally to 102 in simply 52 matches, transferring him previous Gilchrist’s tally of 100 sixes in 96 Checks.Pant had already created historical past within the earlier Take a look at when he grew to become the primary Indian batter to hit 100 sixes in Take a look at cricket. He’s now solely behind England’s Ben Stokes and former New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum on the all-time record.Stokes leads the chart with 138 sixes in 122 Checks, whereas McCullum has 107 sixes in 101 matches. Pant, in the meantime, has reached 102 maximums in virtually half the variety of Checks performed by Gilchrist.
Surpasses Dhoni’s away/impartial document
Pant’s knock additionally helped him surpass one other landmark related to India’s best wicketkeeping-batters. He overtook MS Dhoni to change into India’s highest run-scorer by a wicketkeeper in away or impartial Checks. Pant has now scored 2,534 runs in 36 Checks and 64 innings, averaging 41.54, with six centuries and 11 fifties. Dhoni completed his Take a look at profession with 2,496 runs in 48 matches, together with one century and 18 fifties.
Pant additionally turns into India’s main WTC run-scorer
The Colombo Take a look at introduced one other main document for Pant as he moved previous India captain Shubman Gill to change into India’s highest run-scorer within the World Take a look at Championship. Pant has now amassed 2,948 runs in 42 WTC matches and 74 innings at a mean of 42.11 and a strike fee of over 74. His WTC document contains six centuries, 18 fifties and a greatest rating of 146.Gill, in the meantime, had 2,917 runs in 42 Checks, together with 10 centuries and 9 fifties.
