Rishabh Pant set a new record surpassing Dhoni; Tendulkar praised

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Rishabh Pant set a new record surpassing Dhoni; Tendulkar praised

Rishabh Pant set a new record surpassing Dhoni; Tendulkar praised

5 July 2022  Authorbaji55

The style of Test cricket in England has changed since Ben Stokes became captain and Brendon McCullum became the coach. They are winning the match by batting aggressively. This time Indian batsman Rishabh Pant walked that path, and he saved the team from danger by batting aggressively in the Edgbaston Test.

In the first innings of the first day, Panth picked up a Test century off just 89 balls. Not only has the team been saved, but the wicketkeeper-batsman has also set a personal record. Panth became the fastest centurian among the Indian wicketkeepers in Test cricket in this century. So far, the record was held by Mahendra Singh Dhoni. The former wicketkeeper-batsman scored a 93-ball century against Pakistan in 2006.

Panth made a 222-run stand with Rabindra Jadeja for the sixth wicket on the way to batting aggressively. That pair has spent only 239 balls. India finished the first day with 338/7, and Jadeja was unbeaten on 83 runs.

Meanwhile, Panth played 51 balls to make the first fifty of the innings, and it took less time to do the second fifty. He picked up 50 runs off just 38 balls to reach the century mark. In the end, Panth played a splendid inning of 146 runs off 111 balls with 19 fours and 4 sixes. But in the end, he was dismissed by English part-timer Joe Root.

Jadeja's important partnership with Panth helped collect a challenging score for India on this day. Seeing the two innings, Indian legend Sachin Tendulkar wrote in a tweet, "Just awesome. You played great. Jadeja's innings were also important, and he played some great shots while alternating the strike."