In the first of two test matches against Bangladesh, Indian wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant has a remarkable record to his name.

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Pant, who batted at position five, made a quick-fire 46 off 45 pitches to aid India's counterattack before being taken out by Mehidy Hasan.

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Virat Kohli departed the crease after scoring only one run, bringing India's score to 48/3.

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Rishabh Pant started playing aggressively right after Kohli was benched and quickly scored 46 runs

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Additionally, Pant is the eighth Indian player to score 50 sixes in a Test match

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In the longest version of the game, Virendra Sehwag, MS Dhoni, Sachin Tendulkar, Rohit Sharma, Kapil Dev, Sourav Ganguly, and Ravindra Jadeja have all struck 50 sixes.

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In 2022, Pant will be India's top test batter

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In his last seven test innings, he has scored 534 runs, including two hundreds and three fifty-sevens.

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Rishabh Pant now has 2169 runs in 54 Test innings, with 10 fifties and 5 hundred to his name.

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