He is not called ‘Spiderman’ for no reason as Rishabh Pant yet again proved why he is so good behind the stumps. In the ongoing Test against South Africa, the India wicketkeeper-batsman yet again broke MS Dhoni’s record at the SuperSport Park in Centurion.
The young lad on Tuesday, surpassed MS Dhoni to become the fastest Indian wicketkeeper to record 100 Test dismissals. Pant reached this feat with the dismissal of Temba Bavuma who had scored his half-century just before being sent back by Mohammed Shami.
A century of dismissals for @RishabhPant17 from behind the stumps in whites
He becomes the fastest Indian wicket-keeper to achieve this feat.#SAvIND pic.twitter.com/6pHpfnLDO1
— BCCI (@BCCI) December 28, 2021
Pant had reached the feat in his 26th match (50th innings), eclipsing Dhoni who achieved the same in 36 Tests. Leading the chart is South African wicketkeeper Quinton de Kock having reached the landmark in just 22 matches.
Among Indian’s, he is sixth behind Dhoni, Syed Kirmani, Kiran More, Nayan Mongia and Wriddhiman Saha to reach the three-figure mark. The Chennai Super Kings (CSK) ‘Thala’ leads the list among Indians with 294 dismissals.
Tests to 100 wicketkeeper dismissals (India):
26 R PANT
36 MS Dhoni/W Saha
39 K More
41 N Mongia
42 S Kirmani
Earlier, in January 2021, Pant had overtaken Dhoni to become the fastest Indian wicketkeeper to cross 1000 Test runs in 27 innings.
As for the clash, India faced trouble by Proteas pacers, but they managed to do the same on the host’s side as South Africa have lost seven wickets and scored 167 runs.
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