Star India wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant once again came to the rescue of the team against the task of overcoming the 356-run lead given by New Zealand in the Bengaluru Test. Significantly, after losing Virat Kohli on the final ball of Day 3, Pant joined hands with Sarfaraz Khan and put up a 177-run stand for the fourth wicket and pulled India out from a tough situation. Pant was eyeing his hundred, but he was sent back by William O'Rourke when on 99. This is Pant's seventh dismissal in the 90s in Tests. He broke the record of legendary MS Dhoni and went past to become the fastest Indian wicketkeeper-batter to reach the 2,500-run mark in the longest format of the game. Also Read | 'This kind of self-belief that Sarfaraz has shown over the past few years has helped,' - Saba Karim Shed Light on Sarfaraz's Confidence Southpaw achieved the milestone in just 62 innings, whereas Dhoni consumed 69 innings to reach the figure. Former India captain Farokh Engineer took 82 innings to reach the 2500 run mark. He also became the second batter with the most number of fifty-plus scores by an Indian wicketkeeper batter in terms of innings. Rishabh Pant's individual score comprised of his 12th fifty in just 55 balls, and the batters ended up with a strike rate of 94.29. The impact of his innings could be gauged as he smashed nine boundaries and five maximums. Just before the tea, India's scorecard read 438 for six with a lead of 82 runs. Risbahb Pant helped India to get a decent position in the Test match against New Zealand, in which India were all out on just 46 in the first inning. He scored a brilliant knock of 99 in just 105 runs. He shared a great partnership with his mate Sarfaraz Khan, who scored his first century in Test cricket; he was brilliant with his 150 runs in the second inning.