Rishabh Pant has been in sensational form with the bat in Test cricket in this year. Pant has smashed the most number of runs (680) for India in 2022 Test matches. He has 2 centuries (vs SA & vs ENG) and also has been dismissed in the nineties (90-99) score twice, unfortunately. In the ongoing 2nd Test match between BAN & IND, Rishabh Pant smashed a brilliant 93 from 105 balls which comprised of 7 boundaries and 5 sixes. Overall, Pant has smashed 21 Test sixes in 2022.
Is that the most for any Indian player? Let us check in this article.
Instances of Rishabh Pant getting out in nineties score (90-99) in Test cricket:
92 vs WI in Rajkot, 2018
92 vs WI in Hyderabad, 2018
97 vs AUS in Sydney, 2021
91 vs ENG in Chennai, 2021
96 vs SL in Mohali, 2022
93 vs BAN in Mirpur, 2022
Most Test Sixes by an Indian batsman in a calendar year:
Virender Sehwag - 22 in 2008
Rishabh Pant - 21 in 2022
Rohit Sharma - 20 in 2019
Most Test Sixes by a wicket-keeper in a calendar year:
Adam Gilchrist - 22 in 2005
Rishabh Pant - 21 in 2022
Looking at the above list, the answer is- Sehwag has smashed most Test Sixes for India in a calendar year.
Pant Test Score in 2022:
17(43) & 0(3) vs SA in Johannesburg - 0 Sixes
27(50) & 100*(139) vs SA in Cape Town - 4 Sixes
96(97) vs SL in Mohali - 4 Sixes
39(26) & 50(31) vs SL in Bengaluru - 2 Sixes
146(111) & 57(86) vs ENG in Birmingham - 4 Sixes
46(45) vs BAN in Chattogram - 2 Sixes
93(104) & 9(13) vs BAN in Mirpur - 5 Sixes
