Rishabh Pant has always considered former Indian captain, MS Dhoni as his inspiration in cricket. There was no one like MS Dhoni when it comes to wicketkeeper batsmen but Rishabh Pant is now showing us a promising future. In this article, we will tell you in which stat Rishabh Pant equalized the great MS Dhoni.
India is currently playing against Bangladesh in a two-match test series at home. Indian wicketkeeper batsmen, Rishabh Pant made a comeback in test cricket with this series. It was after almost 2 years Pant was back in the whites for India. We all know Rishabh Pant has been a great asset for Team India in tests. He has performed in both overseas and home tests. He has also played some very important knocks for Team India in pressure situations. Pant has already established himself as a promising wicketkeeper batter in the Indian team.
Earlier than Pant it was Wriddhiman Saha who was playing as a wicketkeeper batter in the Indian team but he was not as effective as Pant in overseas test matches. And we all know earlier than him it was MS Dhoni who was playing as captain of the Indian team. Now the record in which Rishabh Pant has come equal to his ideal is the number of centuries in test cricket.
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Rishabh Pant’s 6th century came against Bangladesh in the second innings of the Chennai test match after which he equalized the centuries tally of his ideal MS Dhoni who has scored 6 test centuries in his career. Pant is still young and he has the potential to be India’s No.1 wicketkeeper batter in tests.