Rishabh Pant Made History, Fastest Test Half-century For India

Rishabh Pant made history, fastest half-century for India in Test cricket in just 28 balls: Rishabh Pant half-century.

Rishabh Pant created history by creating a new Test record for India with his batting in the second innings of the Day-Night Test match against Sri Lanka.

In this match, Pant played an innings of 50 runs in 31 balls with the help of 2 sixes and 7 fours.

Although he completed his half-century in just 28 balls and he came first in terms of playing the fastest fifty in Test cricket for India.

Rishabh Pant breaks Kapil Dev’s record.

Before Rishabh Pant, Kapil Dev was the fastest batsman to score the fastest fifty in Test cricket for India.

Kapil Dev had scored a half-century in Test cricket against Pakistan in Karachi in 1982 in just 30 balls.

But now Rishabh Pant broke Kapil Dev’s 40-year-old record by scoring a half-century in just 28 balls and came at number one.

Shardul Thakur is at number three in terms of scoring the fastest half-century in Test cricket for India and he did this feat in 31 balls against England in 2021.

Top 4 batsmen who scored the fastest half-century in Tests for India-

Rishabh Pant – 28 balls.

Kapil Dev – 30 balls.

Shardul Thakur – 31 balls.

Virender Sehwag – 32 balls.

Rishabh Pant equals Ian Batham.

Shahid Afridi holds the record for the fastest half-century in Test cricket on Indian soil and he did it in just 26 balls against India in 2005.

At the same time, in the year 1981, Ian Batham scored a half-century in Test against India in 28 balls.

Rishabh Pant is now on par with Batham in terms of scoring the fastest half-century in India and scoring a 28-ball fifty against Sri Lanka.

Fastest fifty in test cricket.

The record for the fastest fifty in Test cricket is held by Pakistan’s batsman Misbah-ul-Haq. He did this feat against Australia in 2014 in 21 balls.

At the same time, in this case, David Warner is at number two, who scored a half-century in 23 balls against Pakistan in 2017.

While Jacques Kallis is at number three against Zimbabwe in 2005 with a half-century off 24 balls.