Rishabh Pant, the star wicketkeeper batsman of the Indian cricket team and famous by the nickname of Spider, made his debut for Team India on this day in the year 2018 in the biggest format of the game i.e. Test cricket.

In his debut Test match, Pant scored a total of 25 runs in both innings. It is worth mentioning that this match was the third match played at Trent Bridge Nottingham during India’s 2018 England tour. In the first innings of this match, Pant scored 24 runs, while in the second innings he was out after scoring 1 run. Pant was dismissed by Stuart Broad in India’s first innings, while in the second innings he was dismissed by James Anderson. India won the match by 203 runs.

On the other hand, since his debut in Test cricket, he has managed to establish his place in the Indian team. Also, at present, Pant is known for playing Test cricket in his aggressive style.

Also, in the year 2021, when India achieved a historic victory against Australia at Gabba, who can forget the unbeaten innings of 89* played by Pant during that time. Well, apart from this innings, Pant has played some special innings in Test cricket, information about which is given below.

RISHABH PANT MADE HIS TEST DEBUT “OTD in 2018” – here are some of his iconic innings:

159* at Sydney
146 at Edgbaston
114 at Oval
101 at Ahmedabad
100* at Newlands
89* at the Gabba
93 at Mirpur
97 at Sydney
96 at Chinaswamy
92 at Rajkot
92 at Hyderabad
91 at Chepauk pic.twitter.com/6C29MRBgNP

— Johns (@CricCrazyJohns) August 18, 2024

A look at Rishabh Pant’s cricket career

On the other hand, if we tell you about the Test career of 26-year-old Rishabh Pant, till the time of writing the news, he has played 33 Test matches for Team India, in which he has scored a total of 2271 runs at an average of 43.67 and a strike rate of 73.61. Also, during this period, 5 centuries and 11 half-centuries have come from Pant’s bat.

So in white ball cricket, Pant has played 31 ODIs and 76 T20 matches for the Indian team, in which he has scored 871 and 1209 runs respectively. Pant can now be seen playing for the Indian team in the home Test and T20 series against Bangladesh starting from 19 September.