Star wicketkeeper batsman Rishabh Pant is an important part of the Indian cricket team in red ball cricket. Pant has played some memorable innings for Team India in the biggest format of the game, including his 89* innings played at the Gabba in 2021.

26-year-old Pant has played a total of 33 Test matches for the Indian team so far, in which he has scored five centuries, which is very close to the 6 centuries scored by former Indian captain MS Dhoni in 90 Test matches. Pant has achieved this feat in one-third fewer matches than Dhoni.

On the other hand, now former Australian captain and legendary cricketer Ricky Ponting has made a big statement comparing Rishabh Pant with Dhoni. Ponting says that Pant is a serious cricketer, and this is reflected in his batting.

Ricky Ponting compared Rishabh Pant to Dhoni

Let us tell you that recently in a discussion with Sky Sports, Ricky Ponting said – We all have seen him (Pant) playing and heard him in the stump mic. He is a great character of the group. He loves his cricket, he is a match winner, that’s what he is.

Ponting further said- He has 4-5 Test centuries and has also reached 90 figures 9 times, which is much better than Dhoni’s Test matches played (90). What a good character he is in cricket. He is a serious cricketer.

On the other hand, if we give you information about Pant’s Test career, he has scored a total of 2271 runs in 33 Test matches played at an average of 43.67. Pant has also scored 5 centuries. On the other hand, Dhoni has scored a total of 4876 runs in 90 Test matches at an average of 38.09. During this period, only 6 centuries have come from Dhoni’s bat.