Duleep Trophy, Rishabh Pant smashes 61 for India B: Stats
What's the story
Indian cricket team batter Rishabh Pant played an entertaining knock of 61 for India B in the Duleep Trophy 2024 clash against India A at M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru on Saturday. Pant, who scored a disappointing 35-ball 9 in the first innings, hit an aggressive fifty in the 2nd innings. He arrived to the crease when India B were 22/3. Here are further details.
Knock
Pant plays an aggressive knock
Pant walked in and shared a valuable 72-run stand alongside Sarfaraz Khan (46) for the 4th wicket. He added another 46 runs alongside Nitish Reddy. Pant looked solid during his stay and played his strokes freely. He dealt in boundaries, smashing nine fours and two sixes. Tanush Kotian dismissed Pant in the 25th over. Pant faced 47 balls and struck at 129.79.
Runs
20th FC fifty for Pant
As per ESPNcricinfo, playing his 58th First-Class match (94 innings), Pant has raced to 4,191 runs at 48-plus. This was his 20th FC fifty. He also owns 10 centuries. In 33 Test matches for India, Pant has smashed 2,271 runs at 43.67. He has five tons and 11 fifties under his belt.
Summary
Summary of the contest
India B rode on Musheer Khan's 181 and Navdeep Saini's half-century to post a score of 321. Notably, India B were 94/7 at one stage. Akash Deep took four wickets for India A. In response, no India A batters managed a half-century in their score of 231. Saini and Mukesh Kumar claimed three-fers. In their second innings, India B are 150/6 at stumps.