Happy Birthday Indian Cricketer Rishabh Pant

Happy birthday Indian cricketer Rishabh Pant, his full name is Rishabh Rajendra Pant. Rishabh was born on 4 October 1997 in Roorkee, Uttarakhand. Rishabh Pant is celebrating his 25th birthday today.

Vice-captain of India Under-19 team:-

He plays as a middle-order wicket-keeper batsman for India, Delhi, and captains Delhi Capitals in the Indian Premier League. He was the vice-captain of the India Under-19 team for the 2016 Under-19 Cricket World Cup.

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He made his Twenty20 International (T20I) debut for India in January 2017, his Test debut in August 2018, and his One Day International (ODI) debut in October 2018.

Pant was named the ICC Men’s Emerging Cricketer of the Year. At the 2018 ICC Awards. In February 2021, Pant was named the Men’s Player of the Month at the first edition of the ICC Player of the Month Awards.

Rishabh’s Early Life:-

In June 2022, Pant was naming as the Indian captain for the T20I series against South Africa. After being named captain KL Rahul was ruled out of the series due to injury.

Rishabh Pant was born in Roorkee, Uttarakhand, India to Rajendra Pant and Saroj Pant. At the age of 12, Pant accompanied his mother to Delhi during weekends to train at the Sonnet Cricket Academy with Tarak Sinha.

He and his mother stayed in a gurudwara in Moti Bagh as they did not have suitable accommodation in the city. Sinha suggested Pant go to Rajasthan to play U-13 and U-15 cricket but to no avail.

Pant was instructing by his mentor to change his entire batting technique in the hope of becoming a better batsman.

Pant’s Indian Premier League:-

Pant was buying by the Delhi Daredevils ahead of the 2016 Indian Premier League. On the same day, he scored a century for India’s Under-19 team at the 2016 Under-19 Cricket World Cup, leading them to the semi-finals.

Playing his third game of the season, Pant scored 69 off 40 balls to help Delhi seal an eight-wicket win over Gujarat Lions. In the 2017 season, he scored 97 runs in 43 balls against the same team.

During the 2018 Indian Premier League, Pant scored an unbeaten 128 off 63 balls against Sunrisers Hyderabad.

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This made it the highest individual score by an Indian cricketer in IPL history. He also became the second youngest player to score a century in the IPL.