17 Rishabh Pant

Cricketer Rishabh Pant was born in Roorkee, Uttarakhand, on October 4, 1997. He competes for Delhi and the Indian cricket team. Since being chosen for the India Under-19 team, the Rishab Pant has attracted attention.

Rishabh Pant Personal Bio

Physical Stats

Cricket Info

Rishabh Pant Family

Rishabh Pant Education

Rishabh Pant’s Net Worth & Salary

Records

• He is the first Indian batsman to hit a six in his Test debut.
• He is the second-youngest player in India to play in a T20 match.
• The Indian wicketkeeper who reached fifty dismissals in Test cricket was the fastest.
• With 267 runs, he was India’s second-highest run-scorer in Bangladesh’s 2016 Under-19 World Cup.
• He hit the quickest half-century during the 2016 Under-19 World Cup (18 balls).
• When Pant completed a triple century in first-class cricket in the 2016–17 Ranji Trophy against Maharashtra, he was the third youngest Indian and fourth overall. Pant scored 308 runs against Maharashtra.
• Against Jharkhand in November 2016, Pant scored the Ranji Trophy’s quickest century (48 balls).
• In 2018, he made history by becoming the first Indian wicketkeeper to make his Test debut with seven catches, ranking sixth overall.
• He smashed a six as the first scoring shot in his Test debut in 2018, becoming the first Indian and the 12th player worldwide to do it.
• He is the first Indian wicketkeeper in English history to record a century. He made history 2018 when he became the first Indian wicketkeeper to reach a century in a Test’s fourth innings.
• Rishabh Pant broke the record for the most catches in a Match on December 10, 2018, the final day of the first test between Australia and India, by taking the 11th catch in the shape of Mitchell Starc. Panth equalled the record held by A.B. de Villiers of South Africa and Jack Russell of England.

Awards

• 2018’s IPL 11 Emerging Player and Stylish Player Awards
• ICC Rising Star of the Team for the 2019 ICC World Cup.
• For his 89* against Australia at the Gabba, Rishabh Pant received the Espn Cricinfo 2021 Best Batting Performance of the Year Award.

Career

Test

• Rishabh Pant was included in India’s Test team for the August 2018 series against England.
• On August 18, 2018, he played his first Test against the England cricket team.
• Pant became the first Indian batter to start a Test cricket career with a six.
• Against England on September 11, 2018, Pant recorded his first Test century. He achieved a Test century in England, becoming the first Indian wicketkeeper and the second-youngest wicketkeeper overall.
• Pant took eleven catches in India’s first Test match against Australia in December
• 2018, the most ever for a wicketkeeper in a Test match.
• Pant became the first wicketkeeper for India to make a century in a Test match in Australia in January 2019 during the fourth Test against Australia.
• Pant made history by being India’s wicketkeeper to cause fifty dismissals in Test cricket in the second Test against the West Indies in September 2019.
• Later, in the same competition, Pant scored his first Test century. Consequently, Pant became the first Indian wicketkeeper and the second-youngest wicketkeeper to hit a Test century in England.
• On Day 2 of the fourth Test match against England (2021) in Ahmedabad, Rishabh Pant reached his third Test century, the first in India.

T20

• Rishabh Pant was included in the T20I team for India’s series against England in January 2017.
• On February 1, 2017, Pant played in his first Twenty20 International match for India against England at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore.
• Before Washington Sundar, who made his debut in 2017 at 18 years and 80 days, Pant was the youngest player for India to make his T20I debut at 19 years and 120 days.

ODI

• Pant was chosen for India’s ODI team for their series against the West Indies after making his test debut against England.
• On October 21, 2018, he played in his first ODI for India against the West Indies.
• In place of Dhawan, Pant opened the innings on February 9, 2022, at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad during the second ODI match against the West Indies. Rohit Sharma outlines the rationale behind Pant starting the innings later in the post-game presentation.
• Pant has yet to record his first ODI century.

IPL Career

The Delhi Daredevils acquired Rishabh Pant for the first time in the 2016 Indian Premier League due to his better domestic cricket performance, which marked the beginning of his IPL career. He doesn’t want to miss this opportunity because he knows that if he performs well in the IPL, he will have the chance to represent India in international matches.

He gained many followers worldwide thanks to his aggressive hitting and many runs scored in the IPL. He was named the team captain of the Delhi Capitals in 2021, and the franchise kept him in that position for the 2022 IPL season.

Favorite Things

Facts

• Rishabh grew up idolizing Australian wicketkeeper-batsman Adam Gilchrist and has always desired to play cricket.
• He relocated from Roorkee to Delhi at 12 to receive professional cricket coaching. At first, he was enrolled at the Sonnet Club, where his childhood cricket instructor, Tarak Sinha, advised him to transfer to Rajasthan to pursue more excellent cricketing prospects.
• He competed at the U-14 and U-16 levels for Rajasthan. Due to his outsider status, he experienced persecution in the Rajasthan cricket community and was expelled from an academy.
• Rahul Dravid, the coach of the India-A team, spent a lot of time working with Pant to hone his batting skills before he began playing for the side.
• He is reputed to be both a joker and an emotional individual.
• Few people are aware of his excellent gymnastic abilities.
• Pushkar Singh Dhami, the chief minister of Uttarakhand, nominated him as the state’s brand ambassador on December 20, 2021.