IND vs BAN Test Series: A two-Test series is currently being played between India and Bangladesh. In the first match of this series in Chennai, Rishabh Pant has made a new record by returning to Test cricket. Pant stayed away from cricket for a long time after being injured in a road accident in 2022 and then returned to international cricket from the T20 World Cup 2024. But, his performance in the T20 World Cup was not very special. However, returning to Test cricket after 634 days, he completed 4000 runs in international cricket and became the second Indian wicketkeeper batsman to score so many runs after Mahendra Singh Dhoni.
Scored 19 runs and made a record
In the first test match played between Bangladesh and India in Chennai, Bangladesh bowled brilliantly from the first over itself, due to which India lost 3 wickets for just 34 runs in 10 overs. Rohit Sharma was out for 6 runs and Shubhman Gill was out for zero. After this, Virat Kohli was out after scoring 6 runs. These three wickets were taken by Hasan Mahmud. After which Rishabh Pant, who came to bat in the middle order, completed his 4000 runs in international cricket by scoring 19 runs.
Joined Dhoni's club
Actually, in this match, Rishabh Pant set a record by scoring 19 runs. He is the second Indian wicketkeeper batsman after Mahendra Singh Dhoni to do so. Dhoni has 17092 runs in international cricket as a wicketkeeper-batsman. After Dhoni, now Pant has joined this club by scoring 4000 runs.
Indian wicketkeeper with most runs in international cricket
Mahendra Singh Dhoni – 17092
Rishabh Pant – 4003
Syed Kirmani – 3132
Farooq Engineer – 2725
Nayan Mongia – 2714
Rahul Dravid – 2300