Rishabh Pant slams fifty with fractured toe
New Delhi: On the second day of the fourth Test of the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy in Manchester, Rishabh Pant showed remarkable courage by coming out to bat despite an injury and managed to score a gritty half-century. During his knock, Pant also set a new record by becoming the Indian cricketer with the most sixes in Test cricket.Meanwhile, England captain Ben Stokes delivered a memorable performance with the ball, claiming five wickets in a Test match for the first time in eight years, giving his team a significant boost in the crucial contest.India’s wicket-keeper Rishabh Pant, who injured his right toe on the opening day and retired hurt on 37, returned to bat on the second day after the fall of the sixth wicket despite limping. Showing great determination, Pant faced 75 balls and scored 54 runs, helping India cross the 350-run mark.Mohammed Siraj, India’s leading wicket-taker in the ongoing Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy 2025, lost his temper during the third session of the second day’s play at Old Trafford in Manchester. The pacer got involved in a heated verbal exchange with England opener Ben Duckett.Rishabh Pant smashed two sixes during his innings, taking his tally to 90 in Test cricket. With this, he equalled former opener Virender Sehwag’s record for the most sixes by an Indian in Tests. Pant also overtook Rohit Sharma, who has 88 sixes, to join Sehwag at the top of the list.Rishabh Pant has become India’s highest run-scorer in the World Test Championship (WTC), surpassing Rohit Sharma. Pant now has 2,731 runs in 67 innings, moving past Rohit’s tally of 2,716 runs in 69 innings.gland captain Ben Stokes picked up 5 wickets for 72 runs in the first innings, marking his first five-wicket haul since 2017 when he took 6 for 22 against West Indies at Lord's. With this feat, Stokes became only the fourth cricketer to claim five five-wicket hauls and score more than 10 centuries in Test cricket.Before him, this rare achievement was held by South Africa's Jacques Kallis, England's Ian Botham, and the West Indies' Gary Sobers. Stokes has 13 Test centuries to his name.
