Rishabh Pant on Saturday added one other feather to his superb cap. Batting on the day of the Pink Test towards Sri Lanka, the wicketkeeper-batter smashed a 28-ball half-century, setting the report of quickest fifty by an Indian batter within the longest format of the sport.

Pant reached this milestone within the forty second over of India’s second innings with the assistance of a cracking boundary off Praveen Jayawickrama. With this feat, he surpassed former India captain Kapil Dev’s 40-year-old report. The legendary all-rounder had smashed a 40-ball half century in 1982 towards Pakistan in Karachi.

Batting at no. 7, Kapil scored a fifty off 30 balls and ended up scoring 73 off 53 deliveries. However, India misplaced that sport by an innings and 86 runs.

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