Rishabh Pant: Rishabh Pant Scored His First ODI Century
Rishabh Pant: Rishabh Pant scored his first ODI century, and became the second Indian wicketkeeper to score a century in ODIs in England.
The innings that Indian wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant played in the third ODI against England at Old Trafford ground in Manchester will always be remembered in Indian cricket history.
The image of Rishabh Pant in the limited format (of an attacking batsman) was in stark contrast to it and the patience and restraint he showed proved what he was capable of.
Rishabh Pant completed his century in this match and it was the first century of his ODI cricket career. On the strength of this innings, Pant gave India a 5-wicket victory and Team India won the three-match ODI series 2-1.
Rishabh Pant scored the first century of ODI cricket. Unbeaten 125 runs against England. Completed his century in 106 balls.
Became the second Indian batsman to score a century in ODIs in England. Pant scored the first century of his ODI career.
Rishabh Pant completed his first century in the 28th ODI match of his ODI cricket career, as well as this was also the best score of his ODI career.
At the same time, he scored his first century in ODI cricket against the England cricket team, as well as his first century in ODI cricket on foreign soil.
He played this innings in 106 balls with the help of 2 sixes and 10 fours.
Rishabh Pant scored an unbeaten 125 runs in 113 balls with the help of 2 sixes and 16 fours and gave India a five-wicket victory.
At the same time, this was Rishabh Pant’s second century on this tour of England.
Earlier, he scored 146 runs in the first innings of the Birmingham Test against England and now after that, he scored a century in the third ODI.
Pant became the second Indian wicketkeeper to score a century in ODI cricket in England.
Apart from this, he became the third batsman outside Asia to score a century for India in ODI cricket. Before Pant, Rahul Dravid and KL Rahul did this wonder.
Dravid scored a century against Sri Lanka in 1999, while KL Rahul scored a century as an Indian wicketkeeper against New Zealand in 2020. After these two, now Pant did this amazing against England.
Three Indian wicketkeepers who scored centuries in ODIs outside Asia-
Rahul Dravid – 145 runs v SL Taunton 1999.
KL Rahul – 112 runs v NZ Mount Maunganui 2020.
Rishabh Pant – 125* Run v Eng Manchester 2022.
This was Rishabh Pant’s overall 5th century outside Asia as an Indian wicketkeeper.
At the same time, Indian wicket-keepers, Rahul Dravid, KL Rahul, Wriddhiman Saha, Ajay Ratra and Vijay Manjrekar have scored one century each.
