During the historic Adelaide Test, where the Test cricket fans observed a thrilling and exciting cricket match before the visitors India won by 31 runs against the hosts Australia, the Indian wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant created a record. However, he grabbed the limelight in this game for other reason.
While India won the first Test of the four-match Test series by 31 runs on Monday (December 10), the 21-year-old Indian wicketkeeper Pant became the most catches taker in a Test match as an Indian wicketkeeper. The young man took 11 catches in the game while the previous record was taking 10 catches by Wriddhiman Saha against South Africa during the Cape Town Test in January 2018.
Moreover, Pant the Third wicketkeeper to take 11 catches in a Test match while no wicketkeeper has crossed this number till the date. The other two wicketkeepers are Jack Russell (England) and AB de Villiers (South Africa) who had achieved the same special feat once in their respective Test careers.
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Though the Aussie lower-order batsmen put some desperate fights in the ending moment, the visitors just managed to win the game in the closing moment.
Talking about the game and his milestone, Pant said, “It was really nervous as they were coming close, but we did well. I’m very happy to contribute to the team, first time getting to this milestone.”
However, Pant has got the special attention in this game for his funny banter to Pat Cummins during the fourth innings of the match.
On Monday, when Cummins was playing a very patience knock of 28 runs off 121 balls, Pant was constantly chirping on him from behind the stumps.
Some of those were, “Come on Pat – you’re not putting the bad ball away!”, “Tough to play here,” “Let’s see some sixes, come on Patty”, “Not going for the shots Patty? etc. His constant chirping amused everyone who heard those.
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It’s cricket like never before, no commentary in the whole over 😮 #AUSvIND #foxcricket pic.twitter.com/8R2nwVMa9W— Fox Cricket (@FoxCricket) December 10, 2018
Speaking on that, Pant added, “I always enjoy troubling batsmen. I love it when they concentrate on me and not on the bowlers.”
