With a amazing performance and a century against the test match with Australia. Indian Cricketer Rishabh Pant has broke the record of former Indian Cricket team captain M.S Dhoni and became the highest ranking batsmen among an Indian wicketkeeper, in the latest list of Test Player Rankings released by ICC.
The 21-year-old player jumped and reached the 17th place, becoming the joint-highest by a specialist India wicketkeeper along with Farokh Engineer, who did so in January 1973.
Also Pant’s aggregate of 673 rating points are the highest by an India wicketkeeper, with Dhoni having the next highest aggregate of 662 points and Engineer 619 points. Dhoni’s highest Test ranking was 19th.
Pant became a star at the ICC U19 Cricket World Cup in 2016 when he scored an 18-ball half-century against Nepal since then he has moved into the top-20 after his ninth Test match with an unbeaten 159. Pant had started the Australia tour in 59th place and made rapid progress, scoring 350 runs in a series that also saw him take 20 catches the highest by any Indian wicket-keeper in a Test series.
