Fastest fifties by Indians in Test cricket: In the second innings of the Sydney Test match, Rishabh Pant won the hearts of the fans by batting explosively. Pant stunned the Australian bowlers by scoring a half-century in just 29 balls. Pant has scored the second fastest half-century in the history of Indian Test cricket. Let us tell you that Pant holds the record for scoring the fastest half-century for India in Tests. In the year 2022, Pant was successful in scoring a half-century in 28 balls in the Test against Sri Lanka. (IND v AUS, 5th Test)
Indian batsman who scored the fastest fifties in Test cricket (Fastest fifties by Indians in Test cricket)
28 balls – Rishabh Pant Vs Sri Lanka, 2022
29 balls – Rishabh Pant Vs Australia, 2025
31 balls – Shardul Thakur vs England, 2021
31 balls – Yashasvi Jaiswal Vs BAN, 2024
32 balls – Virender Sehwag Vs England, 2008
Gambhir’s record broken (Rishabh Pant vs Gautam Gambhir)
Let us tell you that in the second innings of the Sydney Test match, Pant was out after scoring 61 runs on 33 balls. Pant was successful in hitting 6 fours and 4 sixes in his innings of 61 runs. Even though Pant was out on 61 runs, this left-handed batsman broke a special record of his own coach Gautam Gambhir. Rishabh Pant has now succeeded in leaving behind his current coach Gautam Gambhir’s figure of Test runs (1832) outside his home soil. Pant has played 29 Test matches outside India so far and scored 1842 runs, which included 4 centuries and 6 half-centuries. At the same time, Gautam Gambhir played a total of 24 matches in Tests outside India and during this period he was successful in scoring 1832 runs. Gambhir has done wonders by scoring 4 centuries and 10 half-centuries in Tests outside India.
Pant created history
Apart from this, Rishabh Pant has become the Indian batsman with the highest strike rate in 50+ scores in Tests. In the second innings, he scored 61 runs in 33 balls. Pant did wonders in scoring runs with a strike rate of 184.85. (Highest strike-rate by Indians with 50+ score in Tests)
Indian batsmen who scored 50+ scores with the highest strike-rate in Tests (Rishabh Pant vs Kapil Dev)
184.84 – Rishabh Pant Vs Australia, (2025), Sydney
161.81 – Kapil Dev Vs England, 1982
161.29 – Rishabh Pant Vs Sri Lanka, 2022
158.33 – Shardul Thakur Vs England, 2021
158.13 – KL Rahul Vs Bangladesh, 2024