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India vs South Africa 2nd Take a look at: Rishabh Pant races to 100 catches, joins MS Dhoni on elite list

Rishabh Pant

Rishabh Pant is the 42nd wicketkeeper in the all-time list to capture 100 catches in the longest layout and the fourth Indian wicketkeeper to enact this landmark. 

Team of workers India wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant. (Source: Twitter)

Team of workers India wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant joined his idol and former India captain MS Dhoni on an elite list when he executed 100 catches in Take a look at cricket. Pant had earlier shattered Dhoni’s fable of fastest to 100 dismissals in Take a look at, grabbed his 100th take care of on Day 2 of the 2nd Take a look at against South Africa at Wanderers in Johannesburg on Tuesday (January 4).

The 24-300 and sixty five days-faded wicketkeeper executed Lungi Ngidi’s dismissal off Shardul Thakur by taking a pointy take care of on Day 2. Ngidi’s take care of in the 80th over no longer most productive ended South Africa’s innings however the dismissal additionally supposed that Pant joined 100-club with Dhoni. Pant is now the fourth Indian wicketkeeper to discontinue 100 catches on the Take a look at level.

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— Rishabh pant followers (@rishabpantclub) January 4, 2022

The Delhi Capitals captain has joined Dhoni, Syed Kirmani and Kiran Extra on this elite list. Pant is the 42nd wicketkeeper in the all-time list to capture 100 catches in the longest layout. Gentle Team of workers India skipper Dhoni had bagged 256 catches in his authorized Take a look at profession. Dhoni is adopted by Kirmani (160), Extra (110) and Pant (100) in the list of Indian wicketkeepers with a century of catches.

Pant has executed the special feat in his 27th Take a look at look for Team of workers India. He has additionally scored 1608 runs from 27 fits.

Dean Elgar, SA group supervisor meet match officials to discuss Rassie van der Dussen’s dismissal

South Africa skipper Dean Elgar and group supervisor Khomotso Masubelele met match officials right via the lunch damage on day two of the 2d Take a look at to discuss a questionable caught on the serve of dismissal of Rassie van der Dussen. Fixed with ESPNcricinfo internet page, Elgar and Masubelele wished to discuss the dismissal with on discipline umpires Marais Erasmus and Allahudien Palekar, third umpire Adrian Holdstock and match referee Andy Pycroft.

What modified into once discussed between them remains unclear. Van der Dussen modified into once adjudged caught on the serve of by the on-discipline umpire on the stroke of lunch off Shardul Thakur but there had been questions about the legality of the take care of taken by wicket-keeper Rishabh Pant.

Nonetheless, there modified into once no conclusive evidence that the ball bounced old to going into Pant’s gloves. Regulations 2.12 requires conclusive evidence for an on-discipline decision to be overturned.

“An umpire would possibly maybe alter any decision offered that such alteration is made promptly. This aside, an umpire’s decision, once made, is closing,” it states.

(with PTI inputs)

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