Rishabh Pant Fifty IND vs AUS Sydney Test: Indian batsman Rishabh Pant added spice to T20 in the fifth Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy being played in Sydney. Pant completed his half-century in just 29 balls. Pant hit 6 fours and 3 sixes to reach his half-century. With this half-century, Pant once again became the player to score the fastest half-century in Tests for India. Apart from this, Pant became the player to score the fastest half-century as a visiting team player in Australia.
Pant batted aggressively and scored 61 runs in 33 balls with the help of 6 fours and 4 sixes. During this period his strike rate was 184.85. Team India lost the fifth wicket through Pant.
Pant’s great record
Pant completed his half-century in 29 balls. Earlier, in 2022, he had completed fifty in 28 balls in the match played against Sri Lanka in Bengaluru, with which he became the fastest batsman to score the fastest half-century in Test for India. Now Pant once again came close to his record by completing a half-century in 29 balls in the Sydney Test. Former captain Kapil Dev is at third position in the list, who scored a half-century in 30 balls against Pakistan in Karachi in 1982.
Fastest half century in test for India
28 balls Rishabh Pant vs Sri Lanka, Bengaluru, 2022
29 balls Rishabh Pant vs Australia, Sydney, 2025
30 balls Kapil Dev vs Pakistan, Karachi, 1982
31 balls Shardul Thakur vs England, The Oval, 2021
31 balls Yashasvi Jaiswal vs Bangladesh, Kanpur, 2024.
Rishabh Pant in the series so far
Pant played all five tests of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. Pant looked flop in the first four tests and did not score any half-century with his bat. Now, during India’s second innings in the fifth Test, Pant scored the first half-century of the series. In the series, Pant scored 37, 01, 21, 28, 09, 28, 30, 40 and 61 runs respectively in 9 innings.
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