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Indian cricket team's star wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant has achieved such a historic milestone during the first Test match being played against Sri Lanka, which no Indian or Asian batsman had been able to achieve till date. His brilliant half-century innings played at Galle ground not only proved to be very important for Team India, but he also completed his 100 sixes in Test cricket. With this, he has joined that special list of selected legends of the world, who have created a stir in the cricket world. Pant's aggressive half-century and unique coincidence in the Galle Test. On the fourth day of the match against Sri Lanka, Rishabh Pant batted in a very aggressive manner and played a brilliant inning of 66 runs in 69 balls. During this innings, 8 fours and 2 skyscraper sixes came from his bat. During this match, along with completing the 20th half-century of his Test career, he also completed his century of sixes. The special thing is that an interesting coincidence is also associated with this achievement. Rishabh Pant made his Test debut against England exactly 8 years ago i.e. on 18th August 2018 and coincidentally, on 18th August itself, he also completed his 100 Test sixes. He has become the fourth player in the world to hit 100 or more sixes in Test history. Before him, only England's Ben Stokes (138 sixes), New Zealand's Brendon McCullum (107) and Australia's Adam Gilchrist (100) could achieve this feat. Entry into the exclusive club of Sachin Tendulkar and Rohit Sharma With this historic achievement, Rishabh Pant has entered a very unique '100 sixes' club along with two of India's biggest legends – Sachin Tendulkar and Rohit Sharma: Rishabh Pant: The first Indian and Asian batsman to complete 100 sixes in Test cricket. Sachin Tendulkar: The first Indian batsman to score a hundred sixes in One Day International cricket. Rohit Sharma: The first player to hit 100 sixes in T20 International cricket for India (who is also currently the world record holder with 662 sixes in international cricket). Pant became the victim of Lahiru Kumara, India set a big target. During his stormy innings, Pant maintained pressure on the Sri Lankan bowlers, although ultimately he became the victim of Lahiru Kumara's ball. India scored 193 runs in its second innings, thanks to useful innings of Devdutt Padikkal (44 runs) and Rishabh Pant. Adding to the lead of 178 runs on the basis of first innings, India has set a very difficult target of 372 runs for Sri Lanka to win. In the history of Galle Stadium, chasing such a big target in the fourth innings has been like a mountain to climb for any team.