This inning of Rishabh Pant on the second day of Mumbai Test came at a time when Team India was in trouble. Before the end of the first day’s play on Friday evening, Team India’s score was one wicket for 78 runs, which became four wickets for 84 runs within 15 minutes.
On Saturday, in the third and last Test of the series being played between India and New Zealand, Team India’s first innings was reduced to 263 runs. Shubman Gill (90 runs) and Rishabh Pant (60) batted brilliantly in the Indian innings.
Pant also made the record of the fastest half-century against New Zealand in Test cricket. Pant broke the record of his teammate Yashasvi Jaiswal in Team India by scoring fifty in 36 balls. Pant had scored 50 runs in 41 balls in the Pune Test.
Rishabh Pant’s batting gave a chance to Team India
- Pant hit 7 fours and 2 sixes in his innings of 50 runs. On the second day of the Test match, the morning game was in the name of Pant and Gill.
- Shubhman Gill, who missed a century, hit 7 fours and 1 six in his innings of 90 runs. Washington Sundar remained unbeaten on 38 runs.
- New Zealand won the toss and decided to bat first. New Zealand’s innings ended at 235 runs.
- In reply, Team India could score 263 runs in its first innings. In this way India got a lead of 28 runs in the first innings.
- New Zealand did not have a good start in the second innings. Click here to know the latest score of Mumbai Test.
Big challenge in front of Team India
It is very important for Team India to win the Mumbai Test. Rohit Sharma’s team has already lost the three-Test series 2-0. If Mumbai also loses the Test, the series will be wiped out 3-0.
This is the first time in 92 years in the Test history of the Indian team that Team India is in danger of a clean sweep at home.
