Rishabh Pant achieves massive milestone, joins MS Dhoni in elusive wicketkeeper list

India’s young wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant on Tuesday got to a huge milestone as he joined former captain MS Dhoni in an elusive list during the ongoing second Test between India and South Africa in Johannesburg.

The 24-year-old has gone on to become only the fourth Indian wicketkeeper to register 100 catches in red ball cricket. The youngster took the catch of Lungi Ngidi off Shardul Thakur's delivery to pull off the milestone.

Only MS Dhoni (256), Syed Kirmani (160) and Kiran More (110) have taken more catches as a wicketkeeper for India than Pant (100).

During the first Test in Centurion, Rishabh Pant went on to become the quickest wicketkeeper to 100 dismissals in Test cricket, going past MS Dhoni in the elite list. While Dhoni had taken 36 games to get to the milestone, Pant achieved the same in his 26th Test.

In the meantime, Shardul Thakur scalped seven wickets giving away 61 runs on Day 2 of the ongoing Johannesburg Test, recording the best figure by an Indian bowler against South Africa in the longest format of the game.

Restarting from their overnight score of 35 for one, South Africa were bundled out for 229 on Day 2. However, the hosts managed to take a 27-run first innings lead over the men in blue, thanks to a half-centuries from Keegan Petersen (62) and Temba Bavuma (51).

At the end of Day 2, team India were 85 for 2 with KL Rahul and Mayank Agarwal back in the dugout. They now lead the South African side by 58 runs.

Cheteshwar Pujara and Ajinkya Rahane are batting unbeaten on 35 and 11, respectively, and will look to create an important partnership for the visitors when play resumes on Day 3 of the Test.

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