India vs England 2nd Test: Big milestone! Rishabh Pant scripts SENA history with explosive knock at Edgbaston | Cricket News

Rishabh Pant added one other feather to his already illustrious cap on Saturday by turning into the primary Asian wicketkeeper-batter to attain 2,000 Test runs as a delegated keeper in SENA nations (South Africa, England, New Zealand, and Australia) — a landmark that underlines his standing as one of the impactful wicketkeeper-batters in modern-day cricket.Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW!Pant reached the milestone throughout his enterprising second-innings knock of 65 off simply 58 balls within the ongoing second Test in opposition to England at Edgbaston. His innings featured eight fours and three sixes, mixing aggression with goal as he helped India consolidate their mammoth lead. This knock got here after a modest 25 within the first innings however additional solidified his rising repute as a big-match participant, particularly in difficult abroad circumstances.

With this, Pant has now scored 2,023 runs in 28 SENA Tests at a wholesome common of 41.28, together with six centuries and 6 fifties, with a better of 159 not out.

In the present England collection, Pant is India’s second-highest run-getter, amassing 342 runs in 4 innings at a median of 85.50 and a outstanding strike charge of 81.81, together with two centuries and one fifty, with a highest rating of 134.Pant additionally shattered a long-standing report throughout his explosive Edgbaston innings — he now holds the report for probably the most sixes by a visiting batter in Tests in England, hitting 24 sixes, surpassing Ben Stokes’ earlier mark of 21 sixes in South Africa.His contributions had been central to India’s historic effort with the bat, as they piled up 1,014 runs at Edgbaston, their highest-ever mixture in a Test match, eclipsing the 916 in opposition to Australia at the SCG in 2004. It’s solely the sixth occasion of a crew scoring over 1,000 runs in a single Test match.