Rishabh Pant Achieves Milestone: On the second day of the fifth and final match of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25 between India and Australia at the Sydney Cricket Ground, the match took an exciting turn. The bowlers dominated the game, with a total of 15 wickets falling throughout the day. In this match, Rishabh Pant made a significant record in Test cricket by scoring 61 runs with the bat in the second innings of Team India. Pant completed his half-century in just 29 balls, which is the second-fastest fifty of his Test career.
Pant Sets Record for Scoring Two Half-Centuries in Under 30 Balls in Test Cricket.
Rishabh Pant holds the record for the fastest fifty in Test cricket for India, but he missed breaking this record by just two balls in this match. Pant had completed his half-century in 28 balls in the Bengaluru Test match against Sri Lanka in 2022. Now, in the Sydney Test match, he achieved his fifty in 29 balls. Pant has become the first player in world cricket to hold the record of playing two half-century innings in Test cricket in 30 or fewer balls. Pant played an inning of 61 runs in 33 balls, hitting four sixes and six fours, with a strike rate of 184.85. His innings made the match exciting for Team India.
Pant Becomes the Second Player to Score at Least 50 Runs in Australia.
Scoring fast runs in Tests in Australia is a challenging task for any batsman. However, Pant, with his inning of 61 runs, has included himself in a list that previously included the names of David Warner and Adam Gilchrist. Pant has become the second-fastest player to score at least 50 runs in Australia. Pant scored runs at a total strike rate of 187.84 during his innings, while David Warner, who is at number one in this list, scored runs at a strike rate of 203.70 against Pakistan in 2017. Adam Gilchrist is now at number three in the list, scoring runs at a strike rate of 172.88 in his innings in the Perth Test match against England in 2006.
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