Rishabh Pant can create History at Lord’s: Might surpass Virender Sehwag and achieve THIS massive feat in Test cricket

India’s star wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant has been in great form in the ongoing five-match series against England. This Roorkee-based player has completed two centuries and a half-century. Now, the left-handed batter has a chance to achieve massive record at the upcoming third-Test against the English team at the iconic Lord’s cricket ground.

Rishabh Pant is in great form:
Rishabh Pant has performed greatly during this series and has come close to a massive record by Indian batter. Aggressive-hitting Pant is known to play fairly weird shots and deal a lot in boundaries. Due to this habit of the left-hander, he is close to become the Indian batter with the most sixes in Test cricket.

Virender Sehwag holds the top place:
Virender Sehwag is at the top place for the Indian batter to hit the most sixes in Test cricket. Sehwag played 104 red-ball matches during his international career, and he hit 91 sixes during that time. It is worth noting that the cricketing great his 90 maximums in 103 Test matches and his 1 six while playing in ICC World XI.

Rohit Sharma is at the second place:
Rohit Sharma is at the second place in this list. Rohit recently announced his retirement from Test cricket, but did wonders during the time he represented the nation. He played 67 red-ball matches- and hit 88 maximums for the team.

Rishabh Pant is at third place:
Wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant has played only 45 Test matches for India so far, but has impressively struck 86 sixes for the team. Looking at his form in the ongoing England series, it is not far away that he might even surpass Virender Sehwag and secure the top place in the list.

Will Rishabh Pant reach this feat in Lord’s Test?
Rishabh Pant needs to hit only 5 sixes to secure the top place in the record. As soon as he reaches 91 sixes, he will become the Indian batter to hit most maximums in Test cricket. Looking at the numbers of the previous two Tests, Pant has hit a total of 13 sixes- averaging 6.5 maximum per match. Looking at this star, it is possible that Rishabh can achieve this feat in the Lord’s Test itself.

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