Team India has made a strong comeback in the first match of the Test series being played against New Zealand. After being all out for 46 runs in the first innings of the match, the Indian batsmen have shown excellent performance in their second innings. By lunch of the fourth day, the Indian team had a lead of only 12 runs. This means that Team India can now set a big target for New Zealand. Wicketkeeper batsman Rishabh Pant also has an important contribution in this performance. He has once again been successful in playing a good innings for the team at an important moment.

Rishabh Pant's brilliant half century

Rishabh Pant has scored the 12th half-century of his Test career. He remained unbeaten on 53 runs till lunch on the fourth day. During this, he faced 56 balls, which included 5 fours and 3 sixes. Along with Sarfaraz Khan, he has put Team India in a strong position. There has been a partnership of 113 runs between these two players so far. At the same time, during this strong innings, Rishabh Pant has left behind former Team India captain MS Dhoni in a special list.

Pant became number-1 leaving Dhoni behind

Rishabh Pant also completed his 2500 runs in Test cricket during this innings. The special thing is that he has also become the fastest wicket-keeper batsman for India to score 2500 test runs. He has achieved this feat in 62 innings and has left MS Dhoni behind. Dhoni took 69 innings to score 2500 test runs. Before this, Rishabh Pant has also scored the fastest 500 Test runs, 1000 Test runs, 1500 Test runs and 2000 Test runs for India.

equaled Farooq Engineer

This is Rishabh Pant's 18th 50+ score in Test cricket. With this, he has equaled Farooq Engineer in terms of scoring the most 50+ scores as a wicket-keeper batsman for India. Farooq Engineer also scored 50+ scores 18 times in his Test career. Although he had taken 87 innings for this, Pant has reached his level in just 62 innings. Apart from this, MS Dhoni leads this list with scoring 50+ scores 39 times.