On This Day In 2022: MS Dhoni is still termed as India’s greatest wicketkeeper, batter of all three forms of the game and skipper. But he was often criticized for not scoring a ton in the SENA countries. MSD has played seven matches in the Proteas Nation, and he has scored 370 runs to his name.
India’s current wicket-keeper batter, Rishabh Pant has scored a century in the last match of the Test series against South Africa and he is the only wicketkeeper from India to achieve this extraordinary feat in the red ball format. Pant has scored centuries in S- South Africa, E – England, and A, Australia.
Now he needs to score a hundred in N – New Zealand to become the first Indian wicket-keeper batsman ever to score centuries in SENA – South Africa, England, New Zealand, and Australia. Pant also holds a record for achieving the highest score in the SENA countries.
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On This Day In 2022: Here Are The Top Three Knocks Of Rishabh Pant In The Red Ball Form Of The Game In SENA Countries –
1. 114 Runs Against England –
Pant’s first ton in the SENA countries came in England on the 2018 tour. India had lost the series as they managed to win just one Test match at Trent Bridge. But at The Oval in London, India found a new star wicketkeeper-batsman named Rishabh Pant. His 114 runs knock against England in London didn’t save India the match. But it gave a ray of hope that his kid could do wonders for the team.
2. 159 unbeaten Runs Versus The Aussies At SCG –
Pant scored his second hundred in the SENA countries at the Sydney Cricket Ground against Australia. His 159 not-out runs are the highest score by an Indian wicket-keeper batter in Test matches in the SENA countries. India won their first Test series Down Under after 72 years on the 2018/2019 tour to the Aussie nation, and Rishabh Pant’s century in the fourth innings was the icing on the cake.
On This Day In 2022: Pant Scored Unbeaten 100 Runs In South Africa And He Became The Only Indian Wicketkeeper Batter To Achieve This Feat –
His 100 not-out runs against South Africa in their backyard came at a critical time for India. The tourists reached 198 runs in their second innings mainly because of Pant’s hundred. Apart from Virat Kohli, who scored 29 runs, no other Indian batters reached the double figures. Due to Pant’s heroics in the second innings, India could set a target of 212 runs for South Africa. But that wasn’t enough as the home side, The Proteas won that match and the series as well that too after being 1-0 down after India won the opening Test match in Centurion.
Rishabh Pant is just the third Asian wicket keeper batsman to score three century in SENA countries. Moin Khan of Pakistan and Sri Lankan keeper batsman, Kumara Sangakkara are the other two WK batters from Asian Sub Continent to achieve this feat.
