Happy Birthday Rishabh Pant: 3 inimitable records of the wicketkeeper-batter

The Wicketkeeper
of Indian cricket team and skipper of Delhi Capitals (DC) Rishabh Pant turns 24
today. Through his excellent performances in last 2-3 years in International
cricket he earned his reputation as one of the hottest young prospects in world
cricket who holds an ability to attack bowlers from a very first ball. By many
cricket experts, he is considered to be the X factor.

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Rishabh has represented
India in 25 matches so far and scored 1549 runs at an average of 39.7.  He is the only Indian wicket-keeper batter who
scored two Test centuries outside the subcontinent. Pant is an integral part of
limited over cricket since MS Dhoni’s retirement.

Currently,
Pant is in UAE with Delhi Capitals in the ongoing VIVO IPL 2021. On his special
day Pant will take on MS Dhoni’s Chennai Super Kings (CSK) at Dubai
International Stadium and he would like to end his special day with a memorable
win.

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So, on the
special occasion of his birthday, we will talk about 3 incredible records held
by Team India’s wicket-keeper batter.

#1 Fastest Indian wicketkeeper to
1000 Test runs:

The Delhi
Capitals skipper holds a record of fastest Indian wicket-keeper to score 1000
runs in Test cricket. Pant broke the record of Ms Dhoni during the Gabba Test
in the 2020-21 Border-Gavaskar Trophy.  Pant achieved this feat in 27 innings whereas
Dhoni had taken 32 innings to score 1000 runs.

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#2 First Indian batsman to open  his Test career with a six

In the third
Test match 2018 at Trent Bridge against England Viral Kohli handed a debut Test
cap to young Rishabh Pant. When Pant came to bat Adil Rashid was bowling and he
smashed a straight six on only his second ball of his innings and creates
history by becoming the first Indian batter to open his Test cricket account with
a six.

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#3 Most dismissals by wicket-keeper in a match

Pant become
the  only third wicketkeeper to be
credited with the most dismissals in a single match as he caught 11 times
behind the stumps during India vs Australia 1st Test at Adelaide in 2018. He
managed to took 6 catches in the first innings and  5 in the 2nd innings as India eventually won
the match by 31 runs. With this accomplishment, Pant also achieved the record of
the most catches in a match.