Rishabh Pant's record-breaking half-century devastated the Kangaroo bowling in just these many balls.

Team India's wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant is known for his aggressive batting. He also bats openly in the Test format. Something similar was seen in the Sydney ground in the last match of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25. He managed to score a smashing half-century in the second innings of the Sydney Test. He hit a lot of fours and sixes during his innings and taught a lesson to the Kangaroo bowlers. During this, he also made a special record in his name.

Rishabh Pant hit a record-breaking half-century.

When Rishabh Pant came to bat in the second innings of the Sydney Test, Team India had lost 3 wickets for just 59 runs. In such a situation, Rishabh Pant played explosive batting to reduce the pressure of the team and took the score beyond 100 runs in no time. Pant scored 61 runs in 33 balls in this match at a strike rate of 184.84. In this innings, 6 fours and 4 sixes were seen from his bat. He completed his half-century in just 29 balls during this innings. He also touched the 50-run mark with a six.

Let us tell you, this is the second fastest half-century in the Test history of Indian cricket. At the same time, the record of scoring the fastest half-century is also in the name of Rishabh Pant. Rishabh Pant has also done the feat of scoring a half-century in 28 balls before this. He did this feat against the Sri Lankan team in the year 2022. Apart from this, he is only the third batsman in the world to score a half-century at a strike rate of 150+ twice in Test cricket. Before this, only Viv Richards and Ben Stokes have been able to do this.

Rishabh Pant could not play any big innings before the Sydney Test in this series. But he got a good start in almost every match. Many small innings were seen from Pant. Due to which he managed to score 255 runs in 9 innings in the 5 match series. During this, he scored only 1 half-century, which came in this innings. Rishabh Pant also scored 40 runs in the first innings of the Sydney Test.