A total of 17 wickets were bowled on the first day of the five-match Border-Gavaskar Trophy between India and Australia at the Optus Stadium in Perth. India was restricted to 150 runs in the first innings and the hosts Australia also lost 7 wickets till the end of the day with a score of 67 runs. In this case, the next day’s game is very important for both teams. Meanwhile, Team India’s star wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant has undoubtedly performed a great feat upon his arrival in Australia with his 37-run knock in the Perth Test. Breaking a 47-year-old record.
Pant is Australia’s highest scorer among guest wicketkeeper-batsmen.
Rishabh Pant faced 78 balls in India’s first innings of the Perth Test and scored a total of 37 runs with the help of 3 fours and a six. With this, Pant has now become Australia’s highest run-scorer among guest wicketkeeper-batsmen. In this incident, Pant broke the 47-year-old record held by England wicketkeeper-batsman Alan Knott, who scored 643 runs in 22 Test innings in Australia as an overseas wicketkeeper at an average of 33.84, These included one run involving a century and four half-centuries. Nott last played in Australia in 1977. It took Pant just 8 Tests and 13 innings to break this record. Pant has so far scored 661 matches in Australia at an average of 60.09, including 2 half-centuries and a century.
Collaboration with Reddy brings score over 100
When Rishabh Pant came to bat in the Perth Test match, India had lost 3 wickets until the score reached 32 runs. Thereafter, Pant held on till 73, but India had already lost 6 wickets. From here, Pant was supported by Nitish Reddy, who was playing his first Test match, alongside Nitish Reddy The 48 runs played a major role in India scoring over 100 runs. Nitish Reddy scored an innings of 41 runs and India could score 150 runs.
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