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Rishabh Pant Becomes First Indian to Reach 100 Test Sixes

Rishabh Pant Becomes First Indian to Reach 100 Test Sixes
Rishabh Pant hits 100th Test six, becomes first Indian to reach milestone · thestatesman.com

Cricket is a game where players hit a ball with a bat, and Test matches last for several days.

Rishabh Pant is a very strong batter who plays for India's cricket team.

On the fourth day of India's Test match against Sri Lanka in Galle, Pant was trying to score runs quickly so Sri Lanka would have a very hard target to chase.

Pant hit a gigantic six that soared over the field and out of the stadium, appearing to land near buses parked on a road outside.

Because the ball was gone, the umpires had to replace it with a new one.

Later, Pant hit another six off the same bowler, Lahiru Kumara.

That shot was his 100th six in Test cricket, making him the first Indian player ever to reach that number.

He is also the fastest player in the world to reach 100 Test sixes.

Only three other players in cricket history have ever hit 100 sixes in Test matches.

Key facts

Player
Rishabh Pant
Team
India
Opposition
Sri Lanka
Match
IND vs SL 1st Test, Day 4
Venue
Galle International Stadium
Milestone
100th six in Test cricket; first Indian to reach the mark
Fastest to milestone
89th innings in 51st Test, surpassing Adam Gilchrist
All-time Test six leaders
Ben Stokes (138), Brendon McCullum (107), Adam Gilchrist (100), Rishabh Pant (100)

Quotes

Rishabh Pant

Indian wicketkeeper-batter, Test cricketer

“Eating sugar ho jayega”
thestatesman.com

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