Rishabh Pant Breaks MS Dhoni’s 13-Year Old Record With SCG Ton
Jan 4, 2019 at 11:29 AM
Rishabh Pant made his Test debut just a few months ago, midway during the series in England. He had arrived in the team with a lot of hype and it is safe to say that the youngster has pretty much lived up to the expectations. In his very first Test series, he left made a mighty impression.
On his debut, he created history becoming just the fourth Indian wicket-keeper to take five catches on debut, achieving the feat in the Trent Bridge Test. In the same game, he had become the first Indian to get off the mark in Tests with a six. Two Tests later, he became the first Indian wicketkeeper to score a Test ton in England when he scored a thrilling century in the second innings of the Oval Test. In doing so, he also became the first Indian wicketkeeper to score a century in the fourth innings.
Pant has now impressed in the ongoing Test series in Australia too. He started the series by creating history in Adelaide. He created history by becoming the first Indian wicketkeeper to take six catches in a Test innings in Australia. Pant achieved the feat during the first Test. By the time the Test ended, he equalled the world record of Jack Russell and AB de Villiers for the most number of catches in Test by a wicketkeeper. With 11 catches in the Adelaide Test, Pant went past Wriddhiman Saha’s Indian record of 10 catches in a match.
And on Friday, he created history once again by becoming the first Indian wicketkeeper to score a Test century in Australia. The southpaw scored a stunning ton in the ongoing fourth Test in Australia. He also became the first Indian wicketkeeper to score two overseas centuries. And he went on to break MS Dhoni’s long-standing record of highest score by an Indian wicketkeeper in overseas Tests.
Dhoni had held the record for well over a decade after scoring 148 against Pakistan in Faisalabad in 2006 before Pant broke it in Sydney. Pant crossed Dhoni’s score in style when he hit Josh Hazlewood for a four to reach 149.