{"id":13618,"date":"2026-08-18T08:14:50","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T08:14:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=13618"},"modified":"2026-08-18T08:14:50","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T08:14:50","slug":"rishabh-pant-creates-history-becomes-first-indian-to-achieve-this-feat-in-tests-cricket-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=13618","title":{"rendered":"Rishabh Pant creates history, becomes first Indian to achieve this feat in Tests | Cricket News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-articlebody=\"1\"><video-embed value=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"ihgno clearfix  \">\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-133316168,imgsize-27542,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/rishabh-pant-1808-bcci.jpg\" alt=\"Rishabh Pant creates history, becomes first Indian to achieve this feat in Tests\" title=\"Rishabh Pant (BCCI Photo)\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Ta7d_ img_cptn\"><span title=\"Rishabh Pant (BCCI Photo)\">Rishabh Pant (BCCI Photo)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>NEW DELHI: India&#8217;s star wicketkeeper batter <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/rishabh-pant\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rishabh Pant<\/a> created history on Tuesday during the first Test against Sri Lanka in Galle. The India wicketkeeper-batter became the first Indian cricketer to hit 100 sixes in Test cricket.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"4\"\/>Pant reached the milestone with a big six off Lahiru Kumara. The shot also brought up his 20th Test fifty.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"6\"\/><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"8\"\/><\/p>\n<p><h2>Pant joins elite list<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"10\"\/>Pant became only the fourth batter in Test history to hit 100 sixes.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"12\"\/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/ben-stokes\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ben Stokes<\/a> leads the list with 138 sixes, followed by Brendon McCullum with 107. Pant is now third with 100 sixes, while former Australia wicketkeeper Adam Gilchrist also has 100.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"16\"\/>Pant reached the landmark in his aggressive style against Kumara. The Sri Lankan pacer bowled a delivery on a length and angled it into the left-hander. <!-- -->Pant got inside the line and pulled it over long leg.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"21\"\/>Nuwantha tried to catch the ball but could only watch it sail over the boundary.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"23\"\/>The six also brought up Pant&#8217;s fifty, his 20th in Test cricket.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"25\"\/><\/p>\n<p><h2><keyword id=\"7993573\" type=\"General\" weightage=\"20\" keywordseo=\"most-sixes-in-Test-cricket\" source=\"Orion\">Most sixes in Test cricket<\/keyword><\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"27\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"cdatainfo   id-r-component \" data-pos=\"28\">\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Batter<\/th>\n<th align=\"right\">Sixes<\/th>\n<th align=\"right\">Balls per six<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Ben Stokes<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">138<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">90.05<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Brendon McCullum<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">107<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">93.39<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Rishabh Pant<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">100*<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">49.2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Adam Gilchrist<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">100<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">67.92<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"29\"\/>With the shot, Pant became the first Indian and only the fourth batter overall to reach 100 sixes in Test cricket.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/india-vs-sri-lanka\/rishabh-pant-creates-history-becomes-first-indian-to-achieve-this-feat-in-tests\/articleshow\/133316107.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rishabh Pant (BCCI Photo) NEW DELHI: India&#8217;s star wicketkeeper batter Rishabh Pant created history on Tuesday during the first Test against Sri Lanka in Galle. The India wicketkeeper-batter became the first Indian cricketer to hit 100 sixes in Test cricket.Pant reached the milestone with a big six off Lahiru Kumara. The shot also brought up [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13619,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13618","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-31"],"magazineBlocksPostFeaturedMedia":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/rishabh-pant-1808-bcci.jpg","medium":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/rishabh-pant-1808-bcci.jpg","medium_large":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/rishabh-pant-1808-bcci.jpg","large":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/rishabh-pant-1808-bcci.jpg","1536x1536":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/rishabh-pant-1808-bcci.jpg","2048x2048":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/rishabh-pant-1808-bcci.jpg","blogsy-small":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/rishabh-pant-1808-bcci.jpg","blogsy-small-tall":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/rishabh-pant-1808-bcci.jpg","blogsy-small-square":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/rishabh-pant-1808-bcci.jpg","blogsy-small-masonry":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/rishabh-pant-1808-bcci.jpg","blogsy-medium":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/rishabh-pant-1808-bcci.jpg","blogsy-medium-masonry":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/rishabh-pant-1808-bcci.jpg","blogsy-large":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/rishabh-pant-1808-bcci.jpg","blogsy-wide":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/rishabh-pant-1808-bcci.jpg"},"magazineBlocksPostAuthor":{"name":"admin","avatar":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8709732a479614e7a8aa24d3eb1b239f30dc6d90c61464ed495001e7a469d856?s=96&d=mm&r=g"},"magazineBlocksPostCommentsNumber":"0","magazineBlocksPostExcerpt":"Rishabh Pant (BCCI Photo) NEW DELHI: India&#8217;s star wicketkeeper batter Rishabh Pant created history on Tuesday during the first Test against Sri Lanka in Galle. 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