Rishabh Pant on Tuesday added another feather to his cap surpassing Mahendra Singh Dhoni to become the fastest Indian wicketkeeper to the 1000-run mark in Test cricket. Pant breached the mark in the second innings of the Brisbane Test between India and Australia. While Dhoni had taken 32 innings to get to a 1000 runs, Pant got there in just 27 innings.

With the match poised precariously, India would expect a lot more runs from Rishabh Pant if they are to have a chance of winning the Test. The series is currently level 1-1 and India need a win or a draw to retain the Border Gavaskar trophy.

Rishabh Pant has joined an elite list of Indian glovesman that only includes 6 members – Dhoni, Wriddhiman Saha, Nayan Mongia, Syed Kirmani, Kiran More and Farookh Engineer.

Globally, the record for the fastest 1000 Test runs by a wicketkeeper is held by South Africa’s Quinton de Kock, who achieved the milestone in just 21 innings.

Cheteshwar Pujara was alongside Pant with India needing 145 runs to win on the final day of a fascinating Test match. Australia, on the other hand, seven wickets to win the match and the series.

The highest run chase to achieve victory at the Gabba is the 236 that Australia scored to beat the West Indies in 1951.

But as India have shown since their disastrous capitulation in the first Test in Adelaide, when they were bowled out for 36, they are never out of the contest.