Often regarded as the Spiderman of world cricket Rishabh Pant is a young Indian wicketkeeper-batsman who plays for India in international cricket and for Delhi Capitals in the IPL.
Rishabh Pant had made a name for himself at a very young age at the international level but was away from competitive cricket after meeting with a car accident in 2022.
So, let’s delve into the complete Rishabh Pant biography.
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1. Basic Knowledge
| Height | 5 feet 7 inches |
| Weight | 70 kgs |
| Body measurements | Chest 40 inches |
| Waist | 30 inches |
| Biceps | 14 inches |
| Eye colour | black |
| Hair colour | black |
2. Family and relationships
- Marital status – Unmarried
- Affairs – Urvashi Rautela, Isha Negi
- Parents – Rajendra pant(father), Saroj pant(mother)
- Siblings – Sakshi pant (elder sister)
3. Rishabh Pant Early life:
Rishabh pant was born on 4 August 1997 in Haridwar, Uttarakhand. Rishabh pant’s father name is Rajendra pant who had his own school but he always wanted his son to play cricket. Rishabh’s mother name is Saroj pant and she is a home maker. Rishabh also has an elder sister named Sakshi pant.
Rishabh pant got his primary education from “The Indian Public school” Dehradun. After completing his school Rishabh pant god himself enrolled in “Shree Venkateshwara collage” affiliated from university of Delhi to complete his graduation in B.COM.
4. Early Cricketing Career
RISHABH Pant had a keen interest in playing cricket since his childhood. He started playing cricket at the age of 12. He along with his mother Saroj pant would travel from Uttarakhand to Delhi on every weekend. Rishabh pant got himself enrolled at sonnet cricket academy and started his professional cricketing journey under the coachship of Tarak Sinha.
His coach was very impressed by wicketkeeping skills pf Rishabh pant and wanted to make him an attacking middle-order batsman. On his coach’s advice, Rishabh pant shifted to Rajasthan from Delhi. Rishabh pant started his under14 under16 journey from Rajasthan but had to face discrimination which forced Rishabh pant to return back to Delhi.
5. Domestic Cricket
Rishabh pant started his professional cricketing journey on 22 October 2015 by playing the Ranji trophy for Delhi. Rishabh immediately made a mark scoring fifty in his second inning. Rishabh pant played his debut list a match for Delhi in the same year on 23 December. However, Rishabh Pant the beast was unleashed in 2016-17 season as he played a terrific knock of 308 against Maharashtra.
On 8 December Rishabh pant made a record of scoring fastest hundred in Ranji trophy. he scored 100 of just 48 deliveries against Jharkhand. It was because of his splendid performance in first class cricket Rishabh pant was selected in India under19 squad. Rishabh pant grabbed headlines when he scored half-century against Nepal in just 18 deliveries which was the fastest at that time.
Rishabh pant had a phenomenal under19 world cup with the bat, the southpaw scored 267 runs in six outings. He scored two fifties and one hundred in the tournament helping his team to reach the finals.
6. IPL Career of Rishabh Pant
After his phenomenal performance in the under19 world cup Rishabh pant was picked by Delhi capitals at price of1.90 crore. In his debut ipl season Rishabh pant got chance to feature in 10 ipl matches where he scored 198 runs at a strike rate of 130.28.
Rishabh pant had an improved show with the bat in the 2017 ipl season where he scored 366 runs in 14 matches at a staggering strike rate of 165.60. Rishabh pant had another memorable and this time most successful season with the bat where southpaw scored 684 runs. He was made the skipper of the Delhi capitals in the 2021 IPL.
7. International cricket career
A) T20 International career
Rishabh pant got his first opportunity to represent India on international stage when he was selected for a t20 series against England. The southpaw made his first international appearance in the third match of the series on February 1, 2017. Rishabh pant made his T 20 debut for India at the age of 19 years 120 days.
B) ODI debut
Rishabh pant made his ODI debut for India on 21st october2018 against the west indies. however, Rishabh pant did not get a chance to bat in his debut match. Pant made his maiden ODI hundred against England in Manchester where he scored 125* in a wining cause. The southpaw hit 16 boundaries and two sixes in that knock.
C) Test debut
Rishabh pant made his test debut against England on 18 august 2018. In his debut match, Rishabh pant took 7 catches behind the wicket and made 25 runs with the bat. On 11 august 2018 Rishabh pant became second youngest wicketkeeper to score hundred against England. In 2019 Rishabh pant became the first Indian wicketkeeper to score a hundred in Australia.
8. Rishabh Pant’s Net worth
As per various reports, Rishabh pant’s net worth in 2024 is 100 crores. The major source of income of Rishabh pant is cricket. He was awarded grade a (5 crore) contract by BCCI for 2022-23 season. Pant is currently enrolled in grade B contract (3 crore) of BCCI. Apart from international cricket pant earns 16 crores for playing a single season of IPL.
9. Rishabh pants favorite
| Cricketers | Ms Dhoni and Adam Gilchrist |
| Cricket ground | lords |
| Actors | Shahrukh khan, Amitabh Bachchan |
| Actresses | Shraddha Kapoor |
| Film | Baghban |
| Football club | Manchester united |
| Destination | Australia |
9. Brand endorsements
Rishabh pant is currently endorsing various brands like JSW, dream11, Adidas, Zomato, Realme, SBI life insurance and many others.
10. Expensive things owned
Rishabh pant owns various houses in Delhi, Haridwar and Uttarakhand. The Delhi house owned by Rishabh pant is around 2 crores. Apart from all these Pant also owns various cars like Audi A8, MERCEDES BENZ GLF, and Yellow ford mustang to name a few.
Summary
In short, Rishabh pant have seen a lot of ups and down in his life from the epitome of success in cricket to a heart wrenching car accident recently.
However, he is back in action now and playing as a batsmen and wicket keeper in Delhi capitals, IPL (Moreover, He hit a half century in his 3rd match).
From his life, we can learn that a middle class boy from Delhi can become a widely know cricket star just by pure hard work and dedication.
