IND vs SA / Pant breaks Dhoni record and becomes fastest Indian keeper to reach 100 Test dismissals

IND vs SA | The first Test of the three-Test series between India and South Africa is being played at the SuperSport Stadium in Centurion. Team India's wicket-keeper batsman Rishabh Pant has made a big record in this match. Pant has become the first wicketkeeper to hit the fastest 100 in Tests for India. The young wicketkeeper has broken the record of former Indian wicketkeeper Mahendra Singh Dhoni in this matter.

Pant made the fastest 100 for India in Test cricket by catching South African batsman Temba Bavuma on the third day of the match on Monday. Pant has achieved this feat in 50 innings of 26 matches. Before him, Dhoni and Wriddhiman Saha had taken 100 wickets in 36 Test matches. At the same time, Kiran More had 39, Nayan Mongia 41 and Syed Kirmani had 100 victims in 42 Test matches. The record for the fastest 100 in world cricket is held by South African wicketkeeper Quinton de Kock, who achieved this feat in 22 matches.

Pant is the sixth Indian wicketkeeper to have 100 or more wickets in Test cricket. Before him, Dhoni, Kiran More, Nayan Mongia and Syed Kirmani have done this feat. Dhoni is at the top in this matter and has 294 Test victims to his name. Pant had scored 1000 Test runs in 27 innings, breaking Dhoni's record in January 2021.