Mumbai: Rishabh Pant smashed a triple-century in only his fourth FC match, scoring 308 runs from 326 balls. Pant became the third-youngest Indian to score a first-class triple hundred, after Wasim Jaffer and Abhinav Mukund, as well as the second wicket-keeper to score a triple century in the Ranji Trophy, and seventh in first-class cricket.
The Delhi wicket-keeper, during his triple century, smashed 42 fours and nine sixes. He has scored 454 runs from only two games this season at an average of 227 runs.
As a result of Pant’s attacking batting display, Delhi reached very close to taking three points from the ongoing Ranji Trophy match against Maharashtra, but fell short of the first innings lead by 45 runs. After Pant got out, the rest of the side collapsed. Maharashtra got three points as a result.
In what was an unusually high scoring match, Maharashtra had piled on a first innings total of 635/2, built on an unbroken 594-run partnership between Swapnil Gugale and Ankit Bawne. Both batsmen had batted for almost two days, facing around 500 balls each, Gugale scoring 351 and Bawne scoring 258.
Pant’s overwhelming knock saw the crowd cheer with the ball travelling to all parts of the ground.
