ALERT! Rishabh Pant breaks MS Dhoni's decade-long record

NEW DELHI: India vice-captain Rishabh Pant lit up Lord’s with a record-breaking innings connected Day 3 of the 3rd Test against England, etching his sanction successful the past books with a tenacious and fearless show of batting.Pant shattered aggregate records during his knock, astir notably surpassing the legendary Vivian Richards for the astir sixes deed against England successful Test cricket. The explosive southpaw present has 35 sixes against England, eclipsing Richards’ tally of 34.

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He besides drew level with erstwhile India Test skipper Rohit Sharma for the second-most sixes by an Indian successful the longest format, some present sitting connected 88. Remarkably, Pant reached the milestone successful conscionable 46 Tests—21 less than Rohit’s 67—and is present conscionable 2 sixes abbreviated of equaling Virender Sehwag’s all-time India grounds of 90.

The 27-year-old's exploits didn't halt there. Pant besides overtook MS Dhoni’s long-standing grounds for the astir runs by an Indian wicketkeeper successful a Test bid successful England. With 416 runs successful 3 matches truthful far, helium became the archetypal visiting wicketkeeper to people implicit 400 runs successful a azygous Test bid connected English soil. Dhoni had amassed 349 runs connected the 2014 tour.

What made Pant’s innings adjacent much awesome was the grit with which helium played done pain.

Despite nursing a digit wounded sustained connected Day 1, helium batted with courageousness and flair, absorbing blows portion playing his earthy attacking game. His 74 disconnected 112 balls included 2 towering sixes, 1 of which helped him surpass Richards' record.

Pant’s counterpunching innings ended connected the last shot earlier lunch. Attempting a speedy single, helium hesitated astatine the non-striker’s extremity and was tally retired by a infinitesimal of brilliance from England skipper Ben Stokes, who swooped successful from cover, collected the ball, and deed the stumps astatine the bowler’s extremity successful 1 swift motion.

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