Rishabh Pant becomes fastest batter to hit 100 Test sixes, breaks Gilchrist’s record
India's wicket-keeper Rishabh Pant became the quickest ever to reach 100 sixes in Test cricket during the first Test against Sri Lanka in Galle on Tuesday. The 28-year-old achieved the milestone on his 53rd delivery of his second innings, following a six in the first innings. Pant is now only the fourth batter, after Adam Gilchrist, Brendon McCullum, and Ben Stokes, to accomplish this feat.
The Delhi batter attained the milestone in just 4918 deliveries, surpassing Gilchrist's record of 6578 deliveries. McCullum and Stokes required 9756 and 9042 deliveries to reach the same milestone, respectively. Pant's rapid achievement of this historic feat puts him second in the ICC World Test Championship for six-hitters, trailing only behind Stokes with 88 sixes.
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