During the fifth Test match against England, Team India's Akash Deep hit a half-century against the home team in the second innings. His knock has earned him a place in an elite club along with some of the greats. Here's all you need to know (Pic: AFP/X)
Updated On: 2025-08-02 08:26 PM IST
Compiled by : Sujay Shivalkar
Coming in as a night watchman, Akash Deep smashed 66 runs off 94 deliveries, with the help of 12 boundaries
With this half-century, he joined an elite list of cricketers who have a ten-fer during a match and a fifty on an England tour. He has now joined the likes of Hugh Trumble, Shane Warne, Imran Khan, Keith Miller and Richard Hadlee to do so
The half-century also helped him become just the fourth Indian batsman to score a men's Test half-century at number four in England, in this century. The other three Indian batsmen are Sachin Tendulkar, Virat Kohli and Shubman Gill
Akash is also the first Indian night watchman to score 50-plus runs since Amit Mishra (84 runs) against the same opponent at the same venue back in 2011
During the match, Akash and Yashasvi Jaiswal also stitched a partnership of 100 runs for the third wicket in the fifth Test match (Pic: X/@BCCI)
