India vs New Zealand 3rd Test: Rishabh Pant scored a half-century in the test match between India and New Zealand being played in Mumbai. He made a special record in his name during this innings. Pant has become the fastest batsman from India to score the fastest half-century in Test against New Zealand. Even Indian captain Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli have not been able to achieve this feat. Pant has left Yashasvi Jaiswal behind in this matter.
Rishabh Pant came to bat at number six for India in the first innings of the Mumbai Test. During this period he scored a half-century in 36 balls. In this way, he became the fastest Indian batsman to score the fastest half-century against New Zealand. Earlier this record was recorded in the name of Yashasvi. Yashasvi scored a half-century in 41 balls in the Pune Test. Talking about Rishabh Pant, he scored 60 runs facing 59 balls in this innings. Pant hit 8 fours and 2 sixes.
Pant’s great partnership with Gill –
There was a partnership of 96 runs between Rishabh Pant and Shubhman Gill. Pant contributed 60 runs. Whereas Gill scored 35 runs during this partnership. Shubman has given a strong performance for Team India. He came to bat at number 3. Till the time of writing the news, he had scored 90 runs facing 144 balls. Gill also hit 7 fours and 1 six.
Team India’s performance in the first innings –
Till the time of writing the news, India had scored 227 runs with the loss of 7 wickets. During this period Gill scored 90 runs. Pant played an inning of 60 runs. Apart from these, no one could do anything special. Opener Yashasvi Jaiswal was out after scoring 30 runs. Rohit Sharma contributed 18 runs. Earlier, New Zealand scored 235 runs in the first innings. For that, Will Young played an inning of 71 runs. Daryl Mitchell contributed 82 runs.
..And now Rishabh Pant gets to his FIFTY!
Half-century off just 36 deliveries for the #TeamIndia wicketkeeper batsman 👏👏
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