Virender Sehwag believes Rishabh Pant will be immortalised if he plays 100 Tests 

Rishabh Pant was touted as the ideal replacement for former India captain MS Dhoni as a wicket keeper-batter across formats. The beginning of his career saw him giving away his wickets on multiple occasions due to some mistimed shots but his wicket-keeping skills saw him continue to retain his place. Pant has also played many valuable knocks for India in overseas conditions which displayed his aggressive intent to rescue the side from a difficult situation. 

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Virender Sehwag gives valuable advice to Rishabh Pant

Former India opener Virender Sehwag, who was the first Indian to score a Test triple century, however, had an important word of advice for Rishabh Pant. He believes that Pant will be immortalised in cricketing history if he plays more than 100 Tests.

“If he goes on to play 100+ Tests, his name would be etched in the history books forever. Only 11 Indian cricketers have achieved this feat, and everyone can recall those 11 names,” said Sehwag in an episode of Home of Heroes on Sports18. “Why does Virat Kohli emphasise so much on playing Tests? He knows that if he plays 100-150 or even 200 Tests, he will be immortalised in the record books,” Sehwag said.

Virender Sehwag recalls his first-ball four hitting ability

Sehwag also believes that Test cricket is the ultimate format. He, moreover, recalled his first-ball boundary hitting habit which almost became a compulsion for him in his international career. “In my humble opinion, Test cricket is the ultimate cricket,” says the former India batter. Many, including Tendulkar, told me that I planned to hit the first ball to the fence. But I never did. “I would be prepared to hit the first ball thinking it would more often be a loosener or a warm-up delivery,” added Sehwag, who is second in the list of batsmen with most fours in an innings in both Tests and ODIs.