Rishabh Pant Scores Maiden Test Century, Here’s a Quick Look at Some Stats
Rishabh Pant became only the seventh wicketkeeper in the history of the game to score a century in the fourth innings of a Test match.
India’s wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant scored his maiden Test century during the final day of the fifth and last Test against England at the Oval. Pant came in to bat at fall of Hanuma Vihari’s wicket with India’s score reading 121 for five. The left-handed batsman shared a mammoth partnership with KL Rahul, who earlier in the day notched his fifth Test century. At tea, India were 298 for five and the partnership between Rahul and Pant was worth 177 runs. Ind vs Eng 5th Test Day 5 Live Score Updates
Pant, who made his debut in third India vs England Test, scored 24 and one in his first Test. In his second Test, the wicketkeeper-batsman was dismissed for a duck in the first innings and scored 18 in the second innings.
In the first innings of the Oval Test, Pant could manage only five runs. The youngster didn’t have a great series behind the stumps as well. He dropped few catches and was at times sloppy with his glove work. Meanwhile, this century will do lots of good to his confidence, given how he played aggressively. KL Rahul Scores 5th Test Century as India Look to Earn Draw Against England at the Oval
Pant brought up his maiden century in style with a six and before crossing the three-figure he had smashed 14 fours. Meanwhile, here is a look at some stats as Pant dishes out an impressive performance.
# Pant became the fourth Indian player to complete a maiden Test century with a six. Kapil Dev, Irfan Pathan, and Harbhajan Singh are the other ones to have breached the three-figure mark in style.
# Pant became only the seventh wicketkeeper in the history of the game to score a century in the fourth innings of a Test match. England’s Alan Knott, Pakistan’s Moin Khan, Australia’s Adam Gilchrist, Bangladesh’s Mushfiqur Rahim, England’s Matt Prior, and South Africa’s AB de Villers are the other keepers to scored a hundred in the last innings of a Test. Alastair Cook Becomes 5th Batsman to Score a Century in His Debut and Last Test
# Aged 20 years 338 days, Pant becomes the second youngest Indian wicketkeeper to score a century in Tests. Ajay Ratra, 20 years 148 days, remains the youngest.
# Pant also surpassed MS Dhoni’s 92, which was the highest Test score by an Indian wicketkeeper in England.
# This is only the fourth instance of two Indian batsmen scoring a century in the fourth innings of a Test. Abbas Ali Baig & Polly Umrigar vs England at Manchester in 1959, Sunil Gavaskar & Gundappa Viswanath vs West Indies at Port-of-Spain in 1976, and Rahul Dravid & Sourav Ganguly vs New Zealand at Hamilton in 1999 are the other instances.
Meanwhile, Adil Rashid ended the impressive stand of 204 runs for the sixth wicket between Rahul and Pant after he removed the former. Rahul was dismissed on an individual score of 149.
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