Rishabh Pant: Records happen if you keep scoring

Tags: India, Rishabh Rajendra Pant

Published on: Jan 15, 2018

Axed Delhi captain Rishabh Pant hit a 32-ball hundred in a North Zone match against Himachal Pradesh in Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 Trophy on Sunday. In 2016, Pant hit a first-class hundred off 48 balls.

Axed Delhi captain Rishabh Pant hit a 32-ball hundred in a North Zone match against Himachal Pradesh in Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 Trophy on Sunday. In 2016, Pant hit a first-class hundred off 48 balls.


Speaking about his records, he was quoted as saying in an NDTV report, "Obviously, I felt good about it when I came to know, you always do, when that happens. Last season too, I had scored the fastest first-class hundred in India and then this year in T20; so yes, it feels good to see your name in the record books.”


He added, "But one doesn't play for records. I try to perform and while doing that records happen, like Virat bhai keeps scoring, I try to do the same. Records happen if you keep scoring, so at the end of the day, if you are scoring runs then everything is good.”


On his mind-set during the innings, Pant explained, "It was like I bat every day. Today, I came in with a bit more positive mindset. I was thinking that I have to bat long and score big. The wicket was good for batting.”


"I started off normally. I even left two-three balls when I got a good delivery, but then I was middling the ball well and runs began to flow and I capitalised on that. I felt I had played 40-45 balls but later came to know that I had played 32 balls only for the hundred," he was quoted as saying by the BCCI website.


--By A Cricket Correspondent

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