STAT OF THE DAY: Rishabh Pant hits fastest Test fifty in Australia by visiting player, breaks 50-year record
India’s swashbuckling wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant delivered a match-defining half-century, breaking the record for the fastest Test fifty by a visiting batter in Australia during Day 2 of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy Test in Sydney on Saturday.
Walking in at No. 5 after India were reduced to 59 for three following the four-run lead from the first-innings, Pant shed the inhibitions from the previous knock and pressed on the accelerator from ball one, smashing Scott Boland for a six over wide long-on. Pant then blitzed his way to a fifty in only 29 deliveries and broke numerous records along the way.
Pant’s fifty was the second-fastest fifty in Tests in Australia, behind David Warner’s 17-ball half-century against Pakistan at the same venue in 2017. Pant also set a new record for the quickest f...