Rishabh Pund hits fastest fifty in Test cricket

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Rishabh Pund has hit a record fifty off 28 balls in the 2nd innings of the 2nd Test against Sri Lanka.

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Bengaluru, First Published Mar 13, 2022, 6:12 PM IST

India won the toss and elected to bat first and scored 252 in the first innings of the 2nd Test between India and Sri Lanka in Bangalore. Shreyas Iyer, who batted brilliantly for India, scored 92 runs.

Sri Lanka then bowled out Bumrah for the first innings. Sri Lanka were bowled out for 109 in their first innings. Pumra took a maximum of 5 wickets for India.

Mayank Agarwal, the opening batsman of the second innings with a lead of 143, was dismissed for 22. Captain and another opener Rohit Sharma batted well and scored 46 runs before missing the target by 4 runs. Hanuma Vihari was dismissed for 35 and Virat Kohli for 13.

Rishabh Pund, who was in the 5th row, hit the Audi score fast from the start. Rishabh Pund hit a four and a six off 28 balls with 7 fours and 2 sixes. But he was out for 50 in just fifty overs. Following this, Jadeja joins the pair with Shreyas.

Rishabh Pund became the fastest Indian batsman to score a fifty in 28 balls. Earlier, Kapil Dev had hit a half-century off 30 balls in Test cricket, the fastest fifty by an Indian batsman. In this situation, Rishabh Pund has shattered the record of Kapil Dev. Shardul Tagore, who scored a fifty off 31 balls, is third in the list.

Last Updated Mar 13, 2022, 6:12 PM IST

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