'From the first ball itself...' Sachin Tendulkar became a fan of Rishabh Pant, said a big thing after seeing his fast batting
Finally, Rishabh Pant's bat thundered in a stormy manner in the second innings of the Sydney Test. Rishabh Pant showed his explosive game in the last match of the Border Gavaskar Trophy being played in Sydney. He batted in T-20 mode and scored a brilliant half-century in just 29 balls. Pant's stormy fifty forced the fans present in the stadium to dance. At the same time, the 'God of Cricket' Sachin Tendulkar also became a fan of Rishabh's innings. After this innings of Pant, he said that it is always entertaining to watch Pant bat.
Sachin praised Pant a lot.
After Rishabh Pant's stormy innings, Sachin Tendulkar also could not stop himself from praising the Indian wicketkeeper. Sachin wrote for Pant on Xpost, 'On a wicket where most batsmen have batted at a strike rate of 50 or less, Rishabh Pant's innings with a strike rate of 184 is truly remarkable. He has troubled Australia from the very first ball. It is always entertaining to watch him bat. What an impressive innings'.
On a wicket where majority of the batters have batted at a SR of 50 or less, @RishabhPant17's knock with a SR of 184 is truly remarkable. He has rattled Australia from ball one. It is always entertaining to watch him bat. What an impactful innings!#AUSvIND pic.twitter.com/rU3L7OL1UX
— Sachin Tendulkar (@sachin_rt) January 4, 2025
Rishabh Pant scored the highest 40 runs for India in the first innings of the Sydney Test. In the second innings, he scored a fifty. First, he completed his half-century in 29 balls. Even after this, he continued to play aggressively but on a personal score of 61 runs, Pant got caught by Alex Carey on Pat Cummins' ball. Pant hit 6 fours and 4 sixes in 33 balls. His strike rate was more than 184.
Sydney Test reaches exciting mode.
In the last Test, Team India's first innings was limited to 185 runs. Rishabh scored 40 runs. Scott Boult took the maximum of 4 wickets. Australia's first innings collapsed at 181 runs. Debutant Beau Webster contributed 57 runs. For India, Mohammad Siraj and Prasidh Krishna took three wickets each. By the end of the second day's play, Team India had scored 141 runs after losing 6 wickets in the second innings. On the basis of a lead of four runs in the first innings, India's total lead has become 145 runs.