Birthday special: Rishabh Pant – 3 Best knocks in Test cricket
India’s young sensation Rishabh Pant is celebrating his 25th Birthday on October 04, 2022. The hard-hitting wicketkeeper batter made his international debut for India against England in a T20I in the year 2017. His maiden Test appearance came against the same opposition a year later and since then he has played some magnificent innings in the longest format of the game.
Let’s take a look at the 3 Best Test innings played by Rishabh Pant in his Test career so far:
3.114 vs England (2018)
The swashbuckling wicketkeeper batter Rishabh Pant announced himself in style in the international arena by smashing his maiden century in just his third Test match. He achieved the feat against England in the fifth and final Test of the series at The Oval in 2018. Chasing a mammoth target of 464, Pant slammed 114 off 146 which included 15 fours and four sixes. Though India lost the match and the series, Pant made his presence felt by slamming his first ton in the fourth innings of the Test.
2.159* vs Australia (2019)
Pant’s highest Test score of 159* came against Australia in the fourth and final match of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in Sydney in 2018/19. With India leading the series by a margin of 2-1, the visitors batted first and posted a mammoth total of 622/7d. Cheteshwar Pujara scored 193 with Pant playing an incredible innings of 159* off 189 with 15 fours and a six batting at no. seven. The match got drawn as India clinched their first-ever Test series victory down under.
1.89* vs Australia (2021)
Arguably, one of the finest knocks Rishabh Pant has played in his Test career so far came against Australia in the final match of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in Brisbane in 2020/21. With the series level at 1-1, both teams went into the decider with an aim to seal the match and the series by a margin of 2-1. Chasing a target of 328, Pant remained not out on 89 off 138 with nine fours and a six to win one of the most famous Tests for India in history. The Asian giants breached the Gabba fortress and registered their back-to-back series victory in Australia.
