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RISHAB Rajendra Pant Equals Dhoni’s Record In catches

RISHAB Pant, 21, from Uttarakhand has taken six catches during Australia’s first innings at Adelaide equalling predecessor Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s record of most catches by an Indian wicketkeeper in a Test innings. The left handed batsman had a hand in dismissing Usman Khawaja, Peter Handscomb and Tim Paine on the second day before pouching on to edges off Mitchell Starc, Travis Head and Josh Hazlewood’s willow on Saturday. He equalled the record after taking Hazlewood’s catch off Mohammed Shami’s ball in the first innings in Australia. In 2009, Dhoni had achieved his record feat during the Wellington Test against New Zealand. Pant, who plays Ranji for Delhi,  is playing his sixth Test for India against Australia. He was inducted  in the Indian team following the injury of Wriddhiman Saha and retirement of Dhoni in 2014.He has so far scored 346 runs with an average of 43.25 with the highest score of 114 against England. It may be recalled that Roorkee born Rishabh Rajendra Pant was named in India’s squad for the 2016 Under-19 Cricket World Cup. On 1 February 2016, during the tournament, he hit an 18-ball fifty, the fastest at this level. He made his Twenty20 International (T20I) debut for India in January 2017, his Test debut in August 2018 and his One Day International (ODI) debut in October 2018. He has succeeded Gautam Gambhir as Delhi’s captain following retirement of Gautam Gambhir.

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