Rishabh Pant reached Delhi with his mother at the age of 12, spent his nights sleeping in a Gurudwara, this is how he made his cricket career.

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New Delhi. Today is a very special day for Team India’s star batsman Rishabh Pant. He was born on this day (4th October) in Uttarakhand. He was born in 1997. Rishabh started playing cricket at the age of 12. He came to Delhi with his mother and took admission in Sonet Cricket Academy. When he came to Delhi for the first time, he spent the night in the Gurudwara with his mother.

After hard work, Rishabh Pant made his debut in the first class match of Ranji Trophy on 22 October 2015. After this, he made his List A debut in the 2015–16 Vijay Hazare Trophy the next month. While playing the match against Maharashtra in the 2016-17 Ranji Trophy, Pant scored 308 runs in an innings. He became the third youngest Indian to score a triple century in a first class match. After this he became a topic of discussion among the people.

The day Pant scored a century for the Indian Under-19 team in the 2016 Under-19 Cricket World Cup, Pant was bought by Delhi Daredevils in the Indian Premier League. Pant was included in the team for the first time by Delhi by paying Rs 1.9 crore. However, he could not do anything special in his IPL debut season. But Pant’s storm came in 2017. When he scored a total of 366 runs in 14 innings.

Made T20 debut against England
Rishabh Pant got the chance to debut against India for the first time in the year 2017. He made his debut in the third T20 against England. In the first match, he remained unbeaten after scoring 5 runs in 3 balls. Pant played good innings continuously after his debut. Because of this, he is one of the needed players of the team today. Recently, Pant had scored an amazing century in the T20 series against Bangladesh.

FIRST PUBLISHED: October 4, 2024, 05:51 IST