India Vs New Zealand, 1st Test: List Of Indian Batters To Get Dismissed On 99 In Tests
Rishabh Pant Dismissal On 99: The left-handed Indian batsman joins an unwanted list after his dismissal on 99 vs New Zealand. Read below for more.
Rishabh Pant Dismissal On 99: Rishabh Pant suffered a heartbreak on Day 4 of the first Test match between India and New Zealand at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru, as the 27-year-old becomes the second Indian wicketkeeper-batsman after Mahendra Singh Dhoni to get dismissed on 99 in Tests.
The left-handed explosive batsman was batting superbly and looked in great touch, but on the 1st ball of the 89th over from Will O'Rourke, he lost his control over the punch shot and chopped it on the stumps, and the home crowd was left stunned.
Inspite of suffering a knock in his knee on Day 2, the Indian cricketer was seen warming up on Day 3 with a bat, and this innings is nothing short of true determination to help out your team in times of crisis.
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However, Rishabh Pant is not the only Indian batsman to get dismissed on 99 in Tests, as he now becomes the 13th case and 12th different player to attain the unwanted feat. Sourav Ganguly is the only Indian batsman to get dismissed on 99 in Tests twice.
Rishabh Pant's score of 99 was his 7th score inside the 'Nervous 90s' and is second on the list for most number of scores in the list, behind Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid (both tied at 10).
List Of Indian Batters To Get Dismissed For 99 In Tests
| Player Name | Score | Opposition | Venue | Year |
| Pankaj Roy | 99 | Australia | Delhi | 1959 |
| M.L. Jaisimha | 99 | Pakistan | Kanpur | 1960 |
| Ajit Wadekar | 99 | Australia | Melbourne | 1967 |
| Rusi Surti | 99 | New Zealand | Auckland | 1968 |
| Mohammad Azharuddin | 199 | Sri Lanka | Kanpur | 1986 |
| Navjot Singh Sidhu | 99 | Sri Lanka | Bengaluru | 1994 |
| Sourav Ganguly | 99 | Sri Lanka | Nagpur | 1997 |
| Sourav Ganguly | 99 | England | Nottingham | 2002 |
| Virender Sehwag | 99 | Sri Lanka | Colombo | 2010 |
| MS Dhoni | 99 | England | Nagpur | 2012 |
| Murali Vijay | 99 | Australia | Adelaide | 2014 |
| KL Rahul | 199 | England | Chennai | 2016 |
| Rishabh Pant | 99 | New Zealand | Bengaluru | 2024 |
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