Rishabh Pant smashed a 73-ball century in the pink ball practice game in Sydney.© Twitter
Rishabh Pant smashed Australia A bowlers to all components of the iconic Sydney Cricket Ground in the course of Day two of the 3-day pink ball practice game on Saturday to attain a swift-fire century. Pant, batting on 81, smashed 22 runs off the final more than of the day bowled by Jack Wildermuth to attain the landmark. He got hit on his stomach on the initially ball of the 90th more than, but them smashed 4 boundaries and a six of the remaining balls to attain his seventh initially-class century off just 73 deliveries. The wicketkeeper-batsman hit nine boundaries and six maximums in the course of his keep in the middle. Cricket Australia took to Twitter to term Pant’s knock as “unbelievable”. “UNBELIEVABLE! Pant hits 22 runs off the final over to bring up his 100! #AUSAvIND,” the tweet study.
UNBELIEVABLE! Pant hits 22 runs off the final more than to bring up his one hundred! #AUSAvIND pic.twitter.com/RByRy0kedO
— cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau) December 12, 2020
Here’s the highlights of Pant’s swift-fire century in Sydney:
He remained unbeaten on 103 as India completed the day, major Australia A by 472 runs.
India began Day two of the practice game with a lead of 86 runs. Prithvi Shaw failed with the bat and was sent back in the second more than by Mark Steketee.
Except Shaw, each and every other Indian batsmen located their groove at the SCG ahead of the 4-match Test series Down Under.
Shubman Gill and Mayank Agarwal then added 104 runs for the second wicket. Both batsman scored half-centuries. Agarwal created 61 even though Gill scored 65 runs.
India’s stand-in skipper Ajinkya Rahane got a start off but failed to convert it into a huge one particular as he edged one particular straight to Alex Carey behind the stumps off Steketee.
Hanuma Vihari kept going from one particular finish and scored an unbeaten century. The middle-order batter smashed 13 boundaries en route to his hundred.
For Australia A, apart from Steketee, Mitchell Swepson and Jack Wildermuth also picked up one particular wicket apiece.