The commentary panel all of a sudden started shouting, mentioning the word "risk" often, because it was Rishabh Pant batting. The 18th over was full of drama. First ball defence off Scott Boland, with the next three balls going for boundaries and the last one dropped after an edge! Rishabh Pant, batting with a strike rate of almost 188, has already 5 boundaries to his name. In the third ball of the 18th over, Rishabh Pant walked down and tried to pull a length delivery, to which he literally fell down on his back. The ball beat the square leg and went for the boundary. In Rishabh Pant's 33-ball, 61-run innings:🔥 6 fours🔥 4 sixesAnd here's every one of those boundaries #AUSvIND pic.twitter.com/Hc3Sx66DSr — 7Cricket (@7Cricket) January 4, 2025 Not only that, he scored his fifteenth test half century, taking just 29 deliveries, hitting 6 fours and 3 towering sixes. The fifty came with a huge six behind deep mid-wicket off Mitchell Starc. Pant thus registered the second fastest fifty by any Indian. However, he himself holds the record for the fastest century among the Indians. NO NAME OPPONENT YEARS BALLS TAKEN 1 Rishabh Pant Sri Lanka 2022 28 2 Rishabh Pant Australia 2025 29 3 Kapil Dev Pakistan 1982 30 4 Shardul Thakur England 2021 31 5 Yashasvi Jaiswal Bangladesh 2024 31 Read also: Watch Scott Boland dismisses Rahul India still struggling with a batting falter Earlier, Rohit Sharma mentioned that the batting order is struggling. He even clarified his reason to stand out from Sydney, saying it would be bizarre to add another out-of-form batter in the order. Rohit's words are truely refected in the scorecard even in the second innings as India lost KL Rahul (13), Virat Kohli (6), and Shubman Gill (13) in rapid succession. Yashasvi Jaiswal did give a good start but left to Scott Boland, scoring 22. Speaking of Rishabh Pant, he has been gritty since the second inning at Melbourne. The first inning mistimed shot dismissal broke Sunil Gavaskar's control as he fired on Rishabh Pant from the commentary panel, calling him "stupid" at least thrice. In the first inning in Sydeny, Rishabh Pant flexed his defence and grit, taking 12 blows on his body. Even Gavaskar sounded threatened with the thought that his intent might have been carved out when his shot selection needed to be cured. However, Pant came out with his style, hitting the very first ball for a boundary. Sadly, his innings ended with 61 runs after attempting to cut Pat Cummins' short and wide ball in the 23rd over.