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Rishabh Pant grew to become the primary participant in historical past to attain 2,000 runs as a keeper in WTC.© AFP
Rishabh Pant entered report books on the opening day of the first Take a look at between India and Australia in Perth on Friday. Pant hit an important 37-run knock to propel India to 150 following a top-order collapse on the Optus Stadium. Along with his knock, Pant grew to become the primary participant in historical past to attain 2,000 runs as a wicketkeeper within the World Take a look at Championship (WTC). He at the moment has 2,034 runs and is carefully adopted by Pakistan white-ball captain Mohammad Rizwan, who’s at the moment on 1,930 runs, amongst wicketkeepers.
In the meantime, England’s Joe Root leads the all-time listing of run-scorers in WTC, having scored 5,325 runs in 61 matches. Pant is third highest run-getter for India behind veteran Rohit Sharma (2,685) and Virat Kohli (2,432), respectively.
Pant’s outstanding achievement got here as India mounted a spirited fightback after being all out for 150. Debutant Nitish Kumar Reddy top-scored for India with a well-made 41 and shared an important partnership with Pant.
Nitish made a powerful 41 off 59 balls that lent a semblance of respectability to India’s total poor batting effort that yielded 150 of their first innings right here on the Optus Stadium.
“I heard a lot about the Perth wicket. There was a bit of nervousness. It was in the back of my mind that everyone was talking about the bounce on Perth wicket. But then I remembered the chat I had with Gautam sir after our last practice session,” Nitish advised reporters throughout the post-day press meet.
“He was mentioning that ‘when you get a bouncer, take it on your shoulder. It was like taking a bullet for your country’. That just boosted me. When he said that I felt that I needed to take the bullet for the country. That’s the best thing I have heard from Gautam sir,” he added.
(With IANS Inputs)
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