Team India’s wicketkeeper batsman Rishabh Pant scored an explosive half-century in the second innings of the Sydney Test. Pant scored runs at a strike rate of 150+ and contributed significantly to the team’s score. He scored a half-century at a strike rate of 150+ for the second time in his Test career.
Known for aggressive batting
Team India’s wicketkeeper batsman Rishabh Pant Arni is known for his aggressive batting. He bats openly in Test format also. A similar scene was seen on the Sydney ground in the last match of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25. He managed to score a explosive half-century in the second innings of the Sydney Test. He hit a lot of fours and sixes during his innings and gave a tough class to the Kangaroo bowlers. During this time he also made a special record in his name.
Rishabh Pant scored a record breaking half century
When Rishabh Pant came to bat in the second innings of the Sydney Test, Team India lost 3 wickets for 59 runs. In such a situation, Rishabh Pant batted explosively to reduce the pressure of the team and within some time the score crossed 100 runs. In this match, Pant scored 61 runs in 33 balls at a strike rate of 184.84. In this innings, 6 fours and 4 sixes came from his bat. During this innings, he completed his half-century in just 29 balls. He also touched the 50-run mark with a six.
This is the second fastest half century
This is the second fastest half-century in Indian Test cricket history. Along with this, the record of scoring the fastest half-century is also registered in the name of Rishabh Pant. Earlier, Rishabh Pant had also achieved the feat of scoring a half-century in 28 balls. He did this feat against the Sri Lankan team in the year 2022. Apart from this, he is the third batsman in the world to score two half-centuries with a strike rate of 150+ in Test cricket. Before this, only Viv Richards and Ben Stokes could do this.
Pant scored more than 250 runs in the series
Before the Sydney Test, Rishabh Pant could not play any big innings in this series. But he got a good start in almost every match. There were many short innings from Pantani. Due to which he was successful in scoring 255 runs by playing 9 innings in the 5 match series. During this period, he scored only 1 half-century, which came in this innings. Rishabh Pant also scored 40 runs in the first innings of Sydney Test.
