IND vs NZ: Rishabh Pant out on 99 vs New Zealand; Full l of Indians to miss Test hundreds | Cricket News

Rishabh Pant missed out on his seventh Test hundred for India when he fell on 99 during the first Test against New Zealand at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on Saturday.
Batting in India’s second-innings comeback after being skittled for 46, their lowest Test score, Pant walked in at No. 5 on day four and partnered centurion Sarfaraz Khan. The southpaw was a run away from his hundred before being cleaned up Will O’Rourke off an inside-edge. Pant’s innings lasted 105 balls with nine fours and five sixes.
Pant is the second Indian wicket-keeper after MS Dhoni to be dismissed on 99 in a Test. He has been dismissed seven times in the nineties in Tests, only second to Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid among Indians.
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Pant was eyeing his second hundred in three Tests since his comeback after a long injury layoff after the fateful car accident in December 2022. In only his second innings since his return last month, Pant cracked his sixth century against Bangladesh in Chennai.
Pant was returning to play on day four after being absent from the field for the entirety of Day 3.
Pant suffered a knock on his knee while wicket-keeping on Day 2 on Thursday. The 27-year-old missed a stumping chance against Devon Conway off Ravindra Jadeja’s bowling and got hit on the knee after he failed to collect the ball. He went off the field immediately and was replaced Dhruv Jurel for the remainder of the day.
Most Test nineties ( Indians)10 = Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid7 – Rishabh Pant
Indians to be out on 99 and 199 in Tests

Player
Runs
Balls
4s
6s
Opposition
Ground
Match Date

P Roy
99
–
–
–
v Australia
Delhi
12 Dec 1959

ML Jaisimha
99
–
12
–
v Pakan
Kanpur
16 Dec 1960

AL Wadekar
99
146
12
–
v Australia
Melbourne
30 Dec 1967

RF Surti
99
–
–
–
v New Zealand
Auckland
07 Mar 1968

M Azharuddin
199
–
16
1
v Sri Lanka
Kanpur
17 Dec 1986

NS Sidhu
99
228
9
2
v Sri Lanka
Bengaluru
26 Jan 1994

SC Ganguly
99
188
13
–
v Sri Lanka
Nagpur
26 Nov 1997

SC Ganguly
99
159
13
–
v England
Nottingham
08 Aug 2002

V Sehwag
99
101
15
–
v Sri Lanka
Colombo (SSC)
26 Jul 2010

MS Dhoni
99
246
8
1
v England
Nagpur
13 Dec 2012

M Vijay
99
234
10
2
v Australia
Adelaide
09 Dec 2014

KL Rahul
199
311
16
3
v England
Chennai
16 Dec 2016

Rishabh Pant
99
105
9
5
v New Zealand
Bengaluru
19 Oct 2024