Rishabh Pant Record In Australia: Rishabh Pant scored 37 runs with the help of 3 fours and 1 six in the first innings of the first match of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy being played against Australia in Perth. You might be thinking that this is a low score for Pant, but for Team India, this was the second highest individual score in the innings. With these runs, Pant defeated big giants and made himself number one in a special record.
In fact, now Rishabh Pant has scored the most runs in Test cricket as a visiting wicketkeeper (wicketkeeper accompanying the touring teams) in Australia.
Earlier this record was recorded in the name of former England wicketkeeper Alan Knott. Knott had scored 643 runs in Australia. Now Pant broke Alan Knott’s record by scoring 661 runs. The thing to note is that Knott had played 22 innings, whereas Pant did this feat in the 13th innings.
Visiting wicketkeeper who scored the most test runs in Australia
Rishabh Pant- 661 runs
Alan Knott- 643 runs
Jeff Dujon- 587 runs.
The first day was in the name of bowlers
It is noteworthy that the first day of the Perth Test was in the name of the bowlers. A total of 17 wickets fell on the first day. After winning the toss and opting to bat first, Team India was all out for 150 runs in 49.4 overs. During this, Nitish Kumar Reddy played the biggest innings of 41 runs for the team with the help of 6 fours and 1 six. For Australia, fast bowler Josh Hazlewood took the maximum of 4 wickets in this innings.
Then the Australian team, which came out to bat in its first innings, could score 67/7 runs on the board by the end of the day. During this period, Jasprit Bumrah, who was captaining the match for Team India, took the maximum of 4 wickets. The remaining 2 wickets went to Mohammad Siraj and 1 wicket to Harshit Rana.
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