Rishabh Pant breaks MS Dhoni’s Indian record for fastest wicketkeeper to 100 dismissals.

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• Rishabh Pant has set a new Indian record for the fastest wicketkeeper to 100 dismissals. He broke the joint- record held by MS Dhoni and Wriddhiman Saha by affecting his 100th dismissal in his 26th Test which came at the SuperSport Park in Centurion on December 28,

About Rishabh Pants record

• Rishabh Pant picked up his 100th dismissal as wicketkeeper when he caught Temba Bavuma off Mohammed Shami’s bowling on Day 3 of the Boxing Day Test in
• Pant needed 3 dismissals in the Boxing Day Test to eclipse his idol, Dhoni. He got there on Day 3 as India pacers dominated the South African bowling attack after the visitors posted 327 on the board. Pant took the catches of Bavuma, Dean Elgar and Wiaan Mulder at the SuperSport Park to achieve the