The young Indian wicket-keeper batsman, Rishabh Pant became the first Indian gloveman to reach the top 10 of the ICC men’s Test Rankings for batsmen. He managed to attain his career-high 6th position in the ICC Test batting charts. Pant has been in sensational form in India’s last two Test series – away against Australia and at home versus England.
Earlier this year in March, Rishabh Pant also notched his third Test century during this period when he played a counter-attacking knock against England in the fourth and final Test at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. His Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise, Delhi Capitals, took to Twitter to congratulate him on the feat.
Career-high ranking 📈
A first for an 🇮🇳 wicket-keeper 💙Congratulations on making history, @RishabhPant17 🙌🏻#YehHaiNayiDilli #ICCRankings pic.twitter.com/7a7jQzS3RU
— Delhi Capitals (Stay Home. Wear Double Masks😷) (@DelhiCapitals) May 6, 2021
After being dropped from India’s limited-overs squad for their Australia tour after a quiet IPL 2020 season, Pant has managed to show a completely new side to him in the next six months. He hit two crucial half-centuries against Australia, with one helping them secure pulling off an unlikely draw in Sydney and the other sealing a win against all odds at the hosts’ Gabba fortress.
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Against England, Rishabh Pant played a fiery knock of 92 in the first Test and followed it up with an unbeaten 58 in the second. After a low-scoring match in the third Test in Ahmedabad, the young gloveman pulled off a match-winning century in the final game to help India seal a 3-1 series win.
After some quickfire cameos in the T20I series, Pant again shone in the ODI series that followed. Coming in for the injured Shreyas Iyer in the second ODI after being left on the bench for the first, Pant played a fiery knock of 77 off just 40 deliveries.
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In the series decider, Rishabh Pant helped the Indian team to recover from a collapse, hitting a watchful 62-ball 78. He was then appointed as the captain of the Delhi Capitals for the 2021 season of the IPL in place of Shreyas Iyer. Pant helped Delhi Capitals to 2nd spot in the table before the tournament was suspended until further notice on Tuesday due to a number of cases among players and staff.
