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5 Best Innings Of Rishabh Pant

Rishabh Rajendra Pant is an Indian cricketer who plays as a middle order wicket-keeper batter for India, Delhi, and captains the Delhi Capitals in the Indian Premier League. The 24 year old left hand batsman has been able to leave his mark in the Indian domestic circuit and the Indian Premier League with his explosive batting and Athletic Wicket keeping skills. Talking of his 5 Best Innings Of Rishabh Pant here they are:

5. 97 runs Delhi Capitals vs Gujarat Lions – 2017

In the 2017 IPL in the League stage match between the Delhi capitals and Gujarat Lions Pant’s explosive 97 runs with a strike rate of over 225. Rishabh Pant’s 43-ball 97 and Sanju Samson‘s rapid half-century powers to Delhi Daredevils’ record seven-wicket victory over Gujarat Lions. Keeping their playoff hopes alive in a high-scoring game of the 42nd match of a Indian Premier League.

4. 97 runs Australia vs India – 2021

This innings from Rishabh Pant wasn’t converted into a hundred. However, it would form an ideal of patriotic batting that came on tour of Australia. India were chasing a massive 407 runs in the second innings, the team was at 102/3. India then chose to promote Rishabh Pant ahead of the usual no 5 while Pujara at the other end displayed dire concentration and defence, Pant mounted a counter-attack. The Rishabh Pant show ended with a miscue, and the match was then best remembered for Vihari and Ravichandran Ashwin‘s bravery. It was Pant’s batting which took India out of the misery and the test match got drawn.

3. 114 runs England vs India – 2018

In August 2018 in the India’s tour of England Rishabh hammered 114 runs with an impressive strike rate of 78 in Kennington, Oval. With the top order toppled K.L. Rahul and Rishabh pant anchored the Indian innings to a respectable total. This was Rishabh Pant’s debut series. Pant was under some pressure heading into the final innings of the final Test against England. Not only was the team 3-1 down in the series, but was desperately searching for a good finish. Although the chase ended rather quickly once the duo’s 204-run stand was brought to an end. Pant’s innings at a strike rate of close to 80, was enough for everyone to hear a new lion’s roar.

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2. 128* runs Delhi Daredevils vs Sunrisers Hyderabad – 2018

On the list of 5 Best Innings Of Rishabh Pant this knock is ranked second. In 2018 IPL edition Rishabh Pant became the highest scoring Indian. Pant slammed his hundred off 56 balls and then finished off with an unbeaten 128 as DD posted 187/5 from their 20 overs. Moreover, He overtook Murali Vijay’s 127 for CSK versus RR in 2010 and later his team went on to win this game.

1.159* runs Australia vs India – 2019

Rishabh’s Top notch innings came in the Sydney test on 30th January 2019. Pant’s explosive batting of 159 not out with an impressive strike rate of 84 helped India to be in a comfortable position to declare the innings at 622 runs. Pant became the first Indian wicketkeeper to score a century down under. Batting with the sturdy Cheteshwar Pujara, Pant combined attack with defence to take India to a towering 622/7 declared. He registered his personal-best score of 159 in the process. Australia was battered out of the contest and India comfortably clinched the series.

5 Best Innings Of Rishabh Pant

NumberOpponentRunsYear
1Australia159*2019
2Sunrisers Hyderabad128*2018
3England1142018
4Australia972021
5Gujarat Lions972017

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