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Rishabh Pant is on the Brink Of Surpassing MS Dhoni’s Noteworthy Record In Test Cricket

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Rishabh Pant could overtake MS Dhoni

Indian cricket team’s one of the hottest prospect and young wicketkeeper batsman Rishabh Pant could surpass Indian legend MS Dhoni in the upcoming Test series against South Africa.

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No doubt that Rishabh Pant is considered one of the most talented and hottest prospect in the Indian cricket team. Whereas, Mahendra Singh Dhoni (MS Dhoni) is India’s top wicketkeeper as well as India’s of the best captain ever.

But the youngster could very well be getting past MS Dhoni in a certain record during the upcoming 3 match Test series against South Africa.

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Pant could overtake MS Dhoni in terms of getting the quickest to 100 dismissal in the least matches possible. MS Dhoni currently leads the chart to have got 100 dismissal from 36 Test matches, whereas, Rishabh Pant already has 97 dismissal to his name from 25 matches.

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With Rishabh Pant certain to play all the 3 Test matches in the upcoming 3 match Test series against South Africa, there is all the possibilities that Pant might find those 3 missing dismissal to surpass the Indian legend MS Dhoni and will join one of the top most wicketkeepers from the country.

Rishabh Pant Career

Even though Pant received a lot of criticism from the fans and experts due to his poor performance with the Indian team in the early phases of his career, he has worked well on his technique to make a strong return into the team.

Pant has so far (before the South Africa Test series in 2021) has played 25 Test matches so far and has scored 1549 runs at an average of 39.7.

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India tour of South Africa

The Indian team is set to play South Africa with 3 Test matches and as many One Day International matches scheduled. The first match of the series will be played from the 26th of December, though originally it was scheduled to begin from the 17th December, but was postponed due to the rise COVID-19 cases in the African country.