Indian wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant has impressed everyone with his excellent innings in the Bengaluru Test against New Zealand. However, he missed his century and was out on 99 runs. After being dismissed for 99 runs, Pant became the second batsman in Indian Test history to be dismissed on this score. Pant had scored the highest score of 20 runs for India in the first innings and would have scored a century in the second innings but unfortunately he failed to complete it.
MS Dhoni was the first wicketkeeper to be out for 99 runs in Indian Test history. Dhoni was out for 99 runs in the test match against England in 2012 and became the first Indian wicketkeeper to be out on this score. Now after 12 years, something similar happened with Rishabh Pant and he became the second Indian wicketkeeper after Dhoni to be out in Test on this score. Vale Pant became the fourth wicketkeeper in the world to be out on 99 overall. Pant has scored 6 centuries in Test cricket and has been out in the nineties 7 times.
International wicketkeeper who was out for 99 runs in test matches
Brendon McCullum vs Sri Lanka, Napier 2005
MS Dhoni vs England, Nagpur 2012
Jonny Bairstow vs South Africa, Old Trafford 2017
Rishabh Pant vs New Zealand, Bengaluru 2024
Pant became the 11th Indian player to be out on 99 in Test cricket. This has happened with 10 players before him. Players like Sourav Ganguly, Navjot Singh, Virender Sehwag, MS Dhoni, Murali Vijay are present in this list.