Rishabh Pant
IND vs AUS: The 5th Test match between India and Australia is being played in Sydney. In this match, Team India captain Jasprit Bumrah won the toss and decided to bat first. In the first innings, the Indian team was all out for 185 runs. After this, Team India all out Australia for 181 runs. Team India now got a chance to set a good target in the second innings of the match. During this, Team India’s star wicketkeeper batsman Rishabh Pant has played a brilliant innings. He has made a big record in his name on Australian soil, but he missed a great record.
Rishabh Pant missed this great record
When Rishabh Pant came to the crease to bat for Team India, Team India had lost 4 wickets at the score of 78 runs. From here Pant played a explosive innings and created a special record for India. Rishabh Pant has played an inning of 61 runs in 33 balls in this match. He completed his half-century in just 29 balls. This is the second fastest half-century from India in the history of Test cricket. Earlier, Pant had scored a half-century in 2022 against Sri Lanka in 28 balls. Which is the fastest from India. He could have broken his own record with the fastest half-century in this match, but he missed.
Fastest half century for India in test cricket
- 28 balls – Rishabh Pant
- 29 Ball – Rishabh Pant
- 30 Ball – Kapil Dev
- 31 Ball – Shardul Thakur
- 31 Ball – Yashasvi Jaiswal
Fastest innings on 33 balls
Pant also hit a total of 6 fours and 4 sixes during his innings of 61 runs. This is the fastest innings of 33 balls by a visiting batsman on Australian soil. Pant has batted at a strike rate of 184.85 during this innings. Earlier, England’s John Brown (Melbourne 1895) and West Indies’ Roy Fredericks (Perth 1975) had played the fastest innings in 33 balls. Pant has broken this record after 50 years.
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