Rishabh Pant continued his purple patch in Test cricket and played a brilliant 99-run knock in the opening game of the series against New Zealand in Bengaluru. Rishabh, who made his Test comeback in the series against Bangladesh, scored a ton in the opening game of the series in Chennai. Rishabh struggled in the first innings against New Zealand and made a solid comeback in the second innings.
Rishabh etched his name in history books and broke MS Dhoni's record en route to his 99-run knock in the ongoing Test. Rishabh now holds the record for being the fastest Indian wicketkeeper-batsman to score 2500 runs in Tests. The record previously belonged to Dhoni.
Rishabh breached the elusive mark in 62 innings. Dhoni took 69 innings to complete 2500 runs in Tests. Rishabh has excelled in Tests since his debut and he has scored century in every part of the globe.
Rishabh scored a century on his maiden tour to England, Australia and South Africa. He has 6 centuries in his career. Dhoni finished his career with 6 tons in 90 Test matches. Rishabh has a long career ahead of him and he can score more than 20 centuries.
Sarfaraz Khan slams ton
Before Rishabh, Sarfaraz Khan shone with the bat and breached the 100-run mark. He played a brilliant 150-run knock. Back in the playing XI in place of Shubman Gill, Sarfaraz capitalised on the opportunity and hit a game-changing ton.
The right-handed batsman was on the bench in the series against Bangladesh. Sarfaraz's brilliant knock could see him retain his place in the playing XI for the second Test against New Zealand.
Talking of the game, India are six down for 438 and lead by 82 runs. NZ are still ahead of India and will hope to bowl out the home team before the end of the day's play.