Rishabh Pant on Saturday took six catches during Australia’s first innings to equal predecessor Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s record of most catches by an Indian wicketkeeper in a Test innings.
The 21-year-old Pant played a key role in dismissing Usman Khawaja, Peter Handscomb and Tim Paine on the second day before pouching on to edges off Mitchell Starc, Travis Head and Josh Hazlewood’s bat on Saturday.
He equalled the record after taking Hazlewood’s catch off a Mohammed Shami delivery in the first innings.
Most catches as a wicketkeeper in an innings for India:
6 – MS Dhoni vs New Zealand, 2009 Wellington
6 – RISHABH PANT vs Australia, 2018 Adelaide #AUSvIND— Sampath Bandarupalli (@SampathStats) December 8, 2018
In 2009, Dhoni had achieved his record feat during the Wellington Test against New Zealand. Pant, who is playing his sixth Test, was selected in the Indian team following an injury to Wriddhiman Saha and the retirement of Dhoni in 2014.
Pant has so far scored 346 runs at an average of 43.25, having registered a highest score of 114 against England.
India have ended the third day’s play at 151-3, thus extending their lead to 166 runs against Australia in the second innings of the opening Test at the Adelaide Oval on Saturday.
Source: Zee News