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Rishabh Pant Height, Age, Girlfriend, Family, Biography

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Hometown: Roorkee, Uttarakhand
Age: 26 Years
Girlfriend: Isha Negi

Rishabh Pant

Bio/Wiki
Full NameRishabh Rajendra Pant
ProfessionCricketer (Batsman, Wicket-keeper)
Physical Stats & More
Height (approx.)5' 7" (170 cm)
Weight (approx.)70 Kg (154 lbs)
Body Measurements (approx.)- Chest: 40 inches
- Waist: 30 inches
- Biceps: 14 inches
Eye ColourBlack
Hair ColourBlack
Cricket
International DebutTest- 18 August 2018 vs England at Nottingham
ODI- 21 October 2018 vs West Indies at Guwahati
T20- 1 February 2017 vs England at Bengaluru
Jersey Number#77 (India)
#777 (Domestic)
Domestic/State Team(s)Delhi, Delhi Daredevils
Coach/MentorTarak Sinha [1]Sport Star Live
Batting StyleLeft-hand bat
Favourite ShotPull Shot
Records (main ones)• In the 2016 Under-19 World Cup in Bangladesh, he was India's 2nd highest run-scorer with 267 runs.
• In the 2016 Under-19 World Cup, he scored the fastest half-century (18 balls).
• In the 2016–17 Ranji Trophy, Pant scored 308 runs against Maharashtra and became the 3rd youngest Indian and 4th overall, to hit a triple century in first-class cricket.
• In November 2016, Pant scored the fastest century (in 48 balls) in the Ranji Trophy, against Jharkhand.
• In 2018, he became the 1st Indian and 6th overall player to take 7 catches on Test debut as a wicket-keeper.
• In 2018, he became the 1st Indian and 12th overall player to hit a six as the first scoring shot on Test debut.
• The first ever Indian-wicketkeeper to score a century in England.
• In 2018, he became the 1st Indian wicketkeeper to score a century in the fourth innings of a Test.
Rishabh Pant - The first wicketkeeper-batsman to score a century in the fouth innings
• On 10 December 2018, on the final day of the first test between India and Australia, he equalled the world record for most catches taken in a Test by taking the 11th catch in the form of Mitchell Starc. Panth matched the record currently held by England’s Jack Russell and South Africa’s A.B. de Villiers.
• On 28 March 2024, he became the first DC player to make 100 appearances in the IPL.
Awards, Achievements 2018- Emerging Player of IPL 11, Stylish Player Award
Career Turning PointHis performance in the 2016 U19 World Cup
Personal Life
Date of Birth4 October 1997 (Saturday)

Note: In July 2023, he shared a post on Instagram, mentioned his second date of birth to be 5 January 2023. He dedicated this birthday to the doctors who treated him after he met with a road accident on 30 December 2022.
Rishabh Pant's Instagram post about his second date of birth
Age (as of 2023)26 Years
BirthplaceHaridwar, Uttarakhand, India
Zodiac signLibra
Signature Rishabh Pant's Signature
NationalityIndian
HometownRoorkee, Uttarakhand, India
SchoolThe Indian Public School, Dehradun
College/UniversitySri Venkateswara College, Delhi University, New Delhi
Educational QualificationNot Known
ReligionHinduism
CasteKumauni Brahmin
Food HabitVegetarian
HobbiesListening to Music, Swimming
Relationships & More
Marital StatusUnmarried
Affairs/GirlfriendsUrvashi Rautela (actor) (rumoured) [2]The Indian Express
Urvashi Rautela
Isha Negi
Rishabh Pant With Isha Negi
Family
Wife/SpouseN/A
ParentsFather- Rajendra Pant (Died in 2017)
Mother- Saroj Pant
Rishabh Pant with his parents and sister
SiblingsBrother- None
Sister- Sakshi Pant (Elder)
Favourites
Cricketer(s)MS Dhoni, Adam Gilchrist [3]Scroll
Cricket GroundLord’s in London [4]Sport Star Live
Actor(s)Amitabh Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan
ActressShraddha Kapoor [5]Sport Star Live
FilmBaghban [6]Sport Star Live
Song"Helplessly" by Tatiana Manaois [7]Sport Star Live
Football ClubManchester United FC
BookPanchatantra by Vishnu Sharma [8]Sport Star Live
DestinationAustralia [9]Sport Star Live
Style Quotient
Car CollectionMercedes-Benz GLC
Rishabh Pant - Mercedes-Benz GLC
Money Factor
Salary (approx.)IPL 11- Rs. 15 crore (as of 2018)

Rishabh Pant

Some Lesser Known Facts About Rishabh Pant

  • Does Rishabh Pant smoke?: No
  • Does Rishabh Pant drink alcohol?: Not Known
  • Rishabh always wanted to be a cricketer and grew-up idolizing Australian Wicket-keeper Batsman, Adam Gilchrist.
  • At the age of 12, he moved from Roorkee to Delhi for professional coaching in cricket. Initially, he was enrolled at the Sonnet Club, where his childhood coach Tarak Sinha suggested him to move to Rajasthan for better opportunities in cricket.
  • He represented the Rajasthan at U-14 and U-16 level. He faced discrimination in the Rajasthan cricket circle for being an outsider and was thrown out of an academy.

    Rishabh Pant in younger days

    Rishabh Pant in younger days

  • To save his cricketing career, he moved from Rajasthan to Delhi, which proved to be the right move for him; as he played exceptionally well for Delhi at various age-level tournaments, and made his first-class debut for Delhi in 2015.
  • When he started playing for the India-A team, its coach Rahul Dravid played a big role in grooming his batting skills as he used to spend long hours with Pant to improve his batting.

    Rishabh Pant With Rahul Dravid

    Rishabh Pant With Rahul Dravid

  • In 2016, Delhi Daredevils bought him for ₹1.9 crore from a base price of ₹10 lakhs.
  • He holds the record for the fastest 50 in the U19 World Cup history (18 balls) in 2016.
  • In 2017, his father passed away due to a cardiac arrest, and just two days after cremating his father, he showed exemplary character by making 57 runs for Delhi Daredevils in an IPL match.
  • He is known to be a prankster yet an emotional person.
  • According to his coach, Tarak Sinha, it was Ashish Nehra who had first discovered his ability to represent India player almost a decade before he represented India.

    Rishabh Pant with his coach Tarak Sinha

    Rishabh Pant with his coach Tarak Sinha

  • In 2018, he won the ‘Emerging Player of the Season’ award for his splendid performance in IPL 11 for Delhi Daredevils as he was the 2nd highest run-scorer in the tournament with 684 runs, hit the most number of 6s (37) and 4s (68) as well.

    Rishabh Pant - Emerging Player of the Season (IPL 11)

    Rishabh Pant – Emerging Player of the Season (IPL 11)

  • He has a strange record to his name. During his debut Test series against England in 2018 where he failed to open his account after facing 29 balls, which became the joint-longest duck for India in Tests alongside Suresh Raina and Irfan Pathan.
  • In 2018, Rishabh Pant and actor Urvashi Rautela reportedly had a brief relationship, but it ended badly. Although Rishabh refuted the rumours, Urvashi stayed silent on them. They later got involved in a conflict on social media for an extended period. [10]The Indian Express
  • Very few people know that he is a fine gymnast.

  • Ahead of the 14th edition of IPL, Delhi Capitals (DC) appointed Rishabh Pant as their new captain after Shreyas Iyer dislocated his left shoulder, making him the fifth-youngest captain in IPL.
  • On 20 December 2021, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami appointed him as the state brand ambassador.

  • On 30 December 2022, while he was driving his Mercedes GLE car near Haridwar, he met with a major accident. At around 5.30 am, his car hit the divider railings on the Delhi-Haridwar highway, and the car turned a few times before it went on fire. According to Kishor Singh, the superintendent of police, Haridwar (rural),

    Hearing a loud sound of the accident, nearby villagers along with the local cops, rushed to the spot and pulled him out of the car. He was then rushed to a nearby hospitaln Dehradun.”

    Rishabh Pant's car which he was driving at the time of his accident

    Rishabh Pant’s car which he was driving at the time of his accident

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