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.

 

Category	Stats
Matches	111
Innings	110
Runs	3284
Highest Score	128*
Average	35.31
Strike Rate	148.93
Fifties	18
Hundreds	1
Fours	296
Sixes	154
Catches	75
Stumpings	23

 

Season-wise Performance

Year	Team	Matches	Runs	Average	Strike Rate	Highest Score	50s	100s
2024	DC	13	446	40.54	155.40	88*	3	0
2022	DC	14	340	30.90	151.78	44	0	0
2021	DC	16	419	34.91	128.52	58*	3	0
2020	DC	14	343	31.18	113.95	56	1	0
2019	DC	16	488	37.53	162.66	78*	3	0
2018	DC	14	684	52.61	173.60	128*	5	1
2017	DC	14	366	26.14	165.61	97	2	0
2016	DC	10	198	24.75	130.26	69	1	0

 

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.

 

Team	Period	Matches	Won	Lost	Win%
Delhi Capitals	2021-2024	30	16	14	53.33

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

Year	Team	Salary (INR)
2025	LSG	27.00 Crore
2024	DC	16.00 Crore
2023	DC	16.00 Crore
2022	DC	16.00 Crore
2021	DC	15.00 Crore
2020	DC	8.00 Crore
2019	DC	8.00 Crore
2018	DC	8.00 Crore
2017	DC	1.90 Crore
2016	DC	1.90 Crore

 

LSG IPL 2025 Squad

Category	Players
Batters	David Miller, Aiden Markram, Ayush Badoni, Himmat Singh, Arshin Kulkarni, Matthew Breetzke
Wicketkeepers	Rishabh Pant, Nicholas Pooran, Aryan Juyal
All-rounders	Mitchell Marsh, Shahbaz Ahmed, Abdul Samad, Rajvardhan Hangargekar
Spinners	Ravi Bishnoi, M Siddharth
Pacers	Mayank Yadav, Mohsin Khan, Avesh Khan, Akash Deep, Yuvraj Chaudhary, Shamar Joseph, Akash Singh, Digvesh Singh