India Pant equals AB's record
Updated | By Sky Tshabalala
India wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant claimed a record-equalling 11 catches in the match during his side's win over Australia in the first Test in Adelaide.
The 21-year-old, playing in just his sixth Test, matched the feats of England's Jack Russell and South Africa's AB de Villiers, who achieved the feat in Johannesburg in 1995 and 2013 respectively - Russell against South Africa and De Villiers against Pakistan.
Pant took six catches in Australia's first innings - matching the number MS Dhoni achieved versus New Zealand in Wellington in 2009 - and then five in the Baggy Greens' second knock.
The youngster topped the previous India record of 10 catches in a Test, which Wriddhiman Saha achieved against South Africa in Cape Town in January 2018.
Australia's Adam Gilchrist and England's Bob Taylor are the only other wicketkeepers to take a double-figure number of catches in a Test match.
Gilchrist managed 10 against New Zealand in Hamilton in 2000, with Taylor also bagging 10 against India in Mumbai in 1980.
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