Rishabh Pant Breaks MS Dhoni's Record Of Most Runs By Wicketkeeper In...
Rishabh Pant is India's first-choice wicketkeeper-batter in Test cricket, and on Saturday (July 12), during the third day's play of the ongoing third India-England Test at Lord's, he entered his name in the history books by breaking MS Dhoni's record of scoring the most runs in India-England Tests by a wicketkeeper-batter. During his nine-year-long Test career, Dhoni played 21 Tests against England and amassed a total of 1157 runs, whereas Pant has 1158 runs to his name now in just 12 Tests.
The 27-year-old left-handed batter, who represents Delhi in domestic cricket, needed 35 runs in the first innings of Lord's Test to go past Dhoni's run mark, and he achieved the feat by taking a single on the second ball of the 52nd over of India's first innings bowled by Brydon Carse.
Rishabh Pant – 1158* in 12 Tests
MS Dhoni – 1157 in 21 Tests
Pant, who came out to bat at No. 5 for India in the first innings of the third Test at Lord's, has added more than 50 runs for the fourth wicket with KL Rahul. He would like to convert his good start into a big score once again and help India spoil England's plans of taking a big lead in the first innings.
England, riding on the 37th Test century by Joe Root and half-centuries from Jamie Smith and Brydon Carse, posted a total of 387 runs in the first innings on Friday. Root, who is England's leading run getter in Test cricket, faced 199 balls and, with the help of 10 fours, scored 104 runs, whereas Smith hammered 51 runs from just 56 balls as a No. 7 batter.
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