IND vs NZ 1st Test Day 1: The fourth day of the first match of the 3-match Test series between India and New Zealand has ended. India scored 402 runs for 10 wickets in its second innings and set a target of 107 runs for New Zealand. Before the Indian innings ended, Sarfaraz and Pant made a brilliant partnership for the fourth wicket. During this, Sarfaraz was out on 150 runs. After Sarfaraz, Pant along with KL Rahul took over the innings and took the score to 430. However, during this time he once again became a victim of nervous nineties on the score of 99. Not only this, the record of former Indian team captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni was also saved from being broken.
Let us tell you that if Rishabh Pant had completed his century, it would have been the 7th century of his Test career, making him the wicketkeeper who has scored the most centuries in Tests for India. However, this could not happen. At present, both Pant and Mahendra Singh Dhoni have scored 6 centuries each and are jointly at the first position. Wriddhiman Saha has scored 3 centuries.
Wicketkeeper who has scored most centuries for India in Test cricket:
Rishabh Pant – 6 centuriesMahendra Singh Dhoni – 6 centuriesWriddhiman Saha – 3 centuriesFarukh Engineer – 2 centuriesSyed Kirmani – 2 centuries
Contribution of Rishabh Pant in the Indian team: After the retirement of Mahendra Singh Dhoni, the Indian team gave a chance to Wriddhiman Saha as wicketkeeper, but he could not live up to the expectations. After this, Pant made his Test debut in 2018 and strengthened his place in the team by performing brilliantly on foreign soil. He led India to a historic win against Australia at the Gabba, where he became the team hero. Pant has so far scored 2542 runs in 36 Test matches, which includes 6 centuries. Apart from this, he has scored 871 runs in ODIs and 1209 runs in T20 Internationals.
What happened on the fourth day of the match?
India has given New Zealand a target of 107 runs. The Indian team was all out for 462 runs in the second innings, in which Sarfaraz scored 150 and Rishabh Pant scored 99 runs. The two made a partnership of 177 runs on the fourth day, giving India a lead of 106 runs. However, the Indian batting order disintegrated after the change of ball in the second session. KL Rahul scored 12, Jadeja scored 5, Ashwin scored 15, and Kuldeep scored 6 runs. For New Zealand, Henry and Rourke took three wickets each, while Ijaz took two, and Saudi and Phillips took one wicket each.
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