Rishabh Pant Joins Lucknow Supergiants, Batting Performance, Captaincy Record and IPL 2025

One of the most unpredictable batters in Indian and world cricket, Rishab Pant, will wear a Lucknow Supergiants jersey in IPL 2025, ending his nine-year journey with Delhi Capitals. He will lead the LSG this year, as the team released its earlier captain, KL Rahul, before the IPL 2025 mega auction. This article will discuss Rishab Pant's IPL career as a batter and a captain.

Why did Pant leave Delhi Capitals?

Rishabh Pant's journey with the Delhi Capitals started in 2016 when the team picked him as a young wicketkeeper with explosive batting skills. His departure from the Delhi capital is linked to some financial incentives. He wanted to test himself in the auction to find a better price, which did happen. Pant became the most expensive batter in the IPL auction history when LSG picked him at a mind-boggling 27 crore.

Rishab Pant’s Accident 

A significant turning point in Pant’s life comes on the 2023 New Year's Eve. When he got in a car accident where the death was just in front of his eyes, it was no less than a miracle that he survived. Pant returned to the field after 1.5 year recovery period in the IPL 2024 

Rishab Pant's IPL Batting Stats

In the 11 matches played, Pants scored 3284 runs with an average of 35.31 and a strike rate of 148.93. He scored only one century in his eight-year IPL career. Pant's importance goes beyond the batting no. He brings a different kind of X factor to the team, and that can be understood by the fact that he has hit 154 sixes.

Season-wise Performance

Rishab Pant's Captaincy Record

Rishabh Pant became the full-time captain of Delhi Capitals in 2021. Since then, he has left the team for 30 matches, winning 16 of them and losing 14, for a 53.33% winning strike rate.

He also played an important role behind the stumps; in his IPL career, he took 75 catches and did 23 stumpings.

Rishab Pant's IPL Salary History

LSG IPL 2025 Squad