Overview
- Pant moved past Sehwag’s mark during Day 2 of the India–South Africa Test in Kolkata, advancing with a towering hit over mid-off off Keshav Maharaj.
- Outlets concur he eclipsed Sehwag’s 90 sixes, with reports differing on Pant’s running total, listing either 91 or 92.
- India Today and News18 peg Pant at 92 sixes, placing him seventh on the all-time global list led by Ben Stokes.
- Pant, serving as India’s Test vice-captain, scored 27 off 24 balls with two fours and two sixes before falling to Corbin Bosch.
- The milestone came in a match India controlled after Jasprit Bumrah’s 5 for 27 helped bowl South Africa out for 159, with India progressing to 105 for 2 by the 38th over.