Rishabh Pant beats MS Dhoni for BIG all-time Indian record in Test cricket at The Gabba

Indian wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant played an innings of a lifetime to help India script history and beat Australia by three wickets at Gabba. tably, this was Australia's first loss at venue in 32 years. Courtesy of win, hosts were able to retain  Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2-1. 

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Rishabh Pant becomes fastest Indian wicketkeeper to 1000 Test runs

southpaw came in to bat at . 5 with scoreboard reing 167/3 and India wanting ar 161 runs to win. Pant, along with Pujara, h a formidable task to tackle Australian bowling and score runs at same time to keep Indian on course for a win. While Pujara played his natural game and kept rotating strike, Pant played aggressor's role and kept scoreboard by ticking by scoring occasional boundaries.

Pant's partners kept changing but left-hander ensured that visitors didn't lose plot. dynamic batsman showed a lot of maturity in his innings as he respected good balls and dispatched b ones for boundaries. Pant ensured that he stayed put at crease until end and guided India home with three wickets to spare. Delhi based cricketer scored an unbeaten 89 off 138 balls. Pant's stroke-filled innings was laced with nine fours and one six. Pant was rightly judged 'Player of Match' for his match-winning kck.

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Enroute his magnificent kck, Pant also broke one huge record that was previously held by former Indian captain and his predecessor, MS Dhoni. 23-year old became fastest Indian wicket-keeper to scored 1000 runs in Test cricket. Pant reached milestone in his 27th innings whereas MS Dhoni h done same in 32 innings.

Or Indian stumpers who have over 1000 Test runs to ir name are Farokh Engineer (36 innings), Wriddhiman Saha (37 innings), Nayan Mongia (39 innings), Syed Kirmani (45 innings) and Kiran More (50 innings). As far as fastest wicketkeeper to have scored 1000 runs in Test cricket is concerned, South African captain Quinton de Kock tops list who achieved feat in just 21 innings.

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Here are highlights of Rishabh Pant's sensational kck

Rishabh Pant stats

Rishabh Pant stats in Test cricket are impressive, to say th least. Pant has played 15 Tests where he has scored 976 runs at a decent aver of 40.7 with three fifties and two hundreds to his name. As fas as Pant's wicketkeeping stats in Tests are concerned, 23-year old has grabbed 67 catches and effected two stumpings.

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SOURCE: CRICKET.COM.AU