Rishabh Pant Biography, Family, Awards, Stats & Achievements

FULL NAMERishabh Rajendra Pant

BORNOctober 4, 1997

HEIGHT5 ft 7 in

NATIONALITYIndian

ROLEBatsman/Left-handed, Wicket-keeper

RELATION(S)Saroj Pant (Mother), Rajendra Pant (Father), Isha Negi (Girlfriend)

ABOUT

Rishabh Rajendra Pant is an Indian cricketer who represents the country in international cricket. On the domestic level, Pant plays first class cricket for Delhi. He also plays for the Delhi Capitals in the Indian Premier League.

Table of Content

Biography - About Rishabh Pant
Rishabh Pant - Along the years
Records
Awards and Accolades
Career
Domestic Career
International Career
Family

Biography - About Rishabh Pant

Rishabh is one of India's best Wicket Keeper-Batsman, and features regularly in the Indian cricket team in Dhoni's absence, especially in Tests, from which the ex-captain has retired. Pant is very popular for his aggressive batting style and his fearless approach to situations. Rishabh was the first Indian batsman to get off the mark on his Test debut with a six. Rishabh is one of the finest young talents which India has to offer to world cricket.

Rishabh Pant - Along the years

Year	Age	Achievement
2015	18	Ranji Trophy Debut
2016	19	IPL Debut - Delhi Daredevils
2017	19	T20I Debut
2018	20	Test Debut
2018	20	ODI Debut
2019	21	Selected for 50-over WC

*Last updated on 31 August 2020

Records

Second youngest player for India to debut in a T20I match.
First batsman for India to begin his career in Test cricket with a six
Fastest wicket-keeper for India to affect fifty dismissals in Test cricket.

Awards and Accolades

ICC Emerging Cricketer of the Year Award - 2018.
ICC Rising Star of the squad - ICC World Cup 2019.

Career

Domestic Career

Pant initially represented Rajasthan at U-14 and U-16 level. However, at Rajasthan, Pant faced discrimination for supposedly being an outsider and was thrown out of an academy. Pant decided to move from Rajasthan to Delhi to save his career.

Pant made his first class debut in Ranji Trophy debut at the age of 18 in 2015. Pant broke several records by scoring a triple-hundred against Maharashtra. In the 2016-17 season Pant scored a blistering 48-ball hundred against Jharkhand. His exploits and achievements in Ranji Trophy earned him a call-up to India's T20 squad for England's tour of India 2017.

IPL Career

Pant's fearless batting style in domestic cricket and India U-19 earned him a lot of attention. So much so, that his first IPL contract bagged him 1.9 crore rupees. Having such a huge IPL price Worth put Pant under a lot of pressure. Pant, however, came out on top of all of it and meet everyone's expectations.

Although his inaugural season wasn't as fruitful as Pant would have expected it to be, his second season, 2017 IPL, turned out to be a miraculous one for the Delhi boy. In his third season, Pant was retained by the Delhi Capitals and was their only light in what was a pretty dark campaign. Rishabh's endeavors in the IPL, earned him his position in the Indian team.

International Career

T20 International Career

Pant made his debut for India in Twenty20 Internationals against England 2017, at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore on 1 February 2017. He is the second youngest player for India to debut in a T20I match (youngest at that time) at the age of 19 years 120 days.

Also see - ICC ODI Ranking

Test Career

Pant was named in India's Test squad for the series against England in August 2018. He made his Test debut against England cricket team on 18 August 2018. Pant became the first batsman for India to begin his career in Test cricket with a six. Pant went on to score his maiden Test century in the same tournament. Pant thus became the second-youngest wicket-keeper and the first Indian wicket-keeper to score a Test century in England.

During India's tour of Australia, Pant took eleven catches. It was the most by a wicket-keeper for India in a Test match. He also scored a century in that series, becoming the first Indian wicket keeper to achieve this feat in Tests in Australia.

ODI Career

After his test debut against England, Pant was selected in India's ODI squad for their series against the West Indies. Pant made his ODI debut against the West Indies on 21 October 2018.

ICC World Cup

In June 2019, Pant got an opportunity to play for India in the Cricket World Cup. He was called up as a replacement for an injured Shikhar Dhawan, who suffered a hairline fracture on his left thumb during India's game against Australia. Pant was named as the rising star of the squad by International Cricket Council (ICC) named Pant.

Family

Rishabh Pant was born on 4 October, 1997 at Haridwar, Uttarakhand, to Rajendra Pant and Saroj Pant. He has a sister named Sakshi Pant. In 2017, Pant's father passed away due to a cardiac arrest. Pant showed extreme dedication and determination and merely two days after cremating his father, Pant scored 57 runs for Delhi Daredevils in an IPL match and dedicated it as a tribute to his late father.

MOST RECENT MATCHES

MATCH	RUNS	BF	4s	6s	SR
IND vs ENG	0	0	0	0	0
IND vs ENG	30	23	4	0	130.43
IND vs ENG	25	20	3	0	125.00
ENG vs IND	26	13	2	2	200.00
IND vs ENG	21	23	2	1	91.30

BATTING STATS

GAME TYPE	M	INN	RUNS	BF	NO	AVG	SR	100s	50s	HS	4s	6s	CT	ST
ODIs	16	14	374	361	0	26.71	103.60	0	1	71	40	10	8	1
TESTs	20	33	1358	1900	3	45.26	71.47	3	6	159	145	33	75	7
T20Is	32	29	512	416	5	21.33	123.07	0	2	65	39	21	8	5
T20s	115	112	3120	2091	16	32.50	149.21	2	18	128	275	154	70	18
LISTAs	52	48	1292	1254	4	29.36	103.03	1	7	135	133	42	51	11
FIRSTCLASS	44	69	3210	3815	6	50.95	84.14	8	14	308	339	114	145	14

BOWLING STATS

GAME TYPE	M	INN	OVERS	RUNS	WKTS	AVG	ECO	BEST
ODIs	16	0		0	0		0	0
TESTs	20	0		0	0		0	0
T20Is	32	0		0	0		0	0
T20s	115	0		0	0		0	0
LISTAs	52	0		0	0		0	0
FIRSTCLASS	44	1	2	9	1	9.00	4.50	1/9

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