Rishabh Pant turned the third batter to slam 50 sixes within the ICC World Take a look at Championship throughout three cycles, reaching the feat throughout India’s chase towards New Zealand within the third Take a look at on the Wankhede Stadium on Sunday.
Pant adopted England captain Ben Stokes and India skipper Rohit Sharma because the third batter to the mark, reaching the milestone in solely his 51st innings throughout three cycles. Returning after greater than a yr’s break earlier in September, Pant has tonked 12 sixes in 10 innings.
Pant is India’s third-highest run-getter throughout three WTC cycles, behind Rohit (2684) and Virat Kohli (2427). Pant additionally broke into the highest six of India’s highest six-hitters in Take a look at cricket, with solely Virender Sehwag (90), Rohit (88), MS Dhoni (78), Sachin Tendulkar (69) and Ravindra Jadeja (68) forward of him.
Pant has struck 67 maximums in solely 66 innings in his profession, making him the one batter to have amassed as many sixes in Assessments faster than one-per innings.
Within the first Take a look at towards Bengaluru, Pant fell on 99, lacking his seventh Take a look at ton. He smacked 5 sixes – the joint-most for him in an innings. The opposite two situations the place he struck 5 sixes additionally ended with dismissals within the nineties – 91 v England in 2021 and 93 v Bangladesh in 2022.
Curiously, 5 Indians occupy the highest 10 checklist of highest sixes within the World Take a look at Championship, with Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill and Jadeja following Rohit and Pant.
Most World Take a look at Championship sixes
81 sixes (92 innings) – Ben Stokes
56 sixes (64 innings) – Rohit Sharma
50 sixes (51 innings) – Rishabh Pant
35 sixes (26 innings) – Yashasvi Jaiswal
32 sixes (67 innings) – Jonny Bairstow
31 sixes (54 innings) Shubman Gill
