Rishabh Pant Biography 
Rishabh Pant is a young and promising cricketer from Haridwar, Uttarakhand. He plays for Delhi. He is a wicket keeper batsman for his team. Made his first class debut in 2015–16 Ranji Trophy on 22 October 2015, this young sensation made an outstanding contribution to IPL 2016. This left handed batsman showed his real power in the third match against Gujarat Lions. He has faced only 21 balls in the first two matches he played. He made 69 runs from just 40 balls against Gujarat Lions – a visual treat to all IPL lovers. Rahul Dravid is his mentor and coach.
He was a team member of ICCU-19 World Cup held at Bangladesh. The wicket-keeper batsman made the fastest 50 in the tournament’s history. He took just 18 balls to complete 50 runs. He also scored a century against Namibia in the semi-final match of U-19 World Cup. Following his outstanding performance in the recent times, Delhi Dare Devils bought him for a whopping total of 1.9 crore Indian rupees in February 2016.
His full name is Rishabh Rajendra Pant. He was born on 4 October 1997 in Haridwar. He made his first-class debut at the age of 18 on 22 October 2015 in Ranji Trophy and List A debut in Vijay Hazare Trophy the same year. He played for Delhi-Under 18 team and played his first match against Bengal. Very soon he was selected for 2016 Under-19 Cricket World Cup, where he made an outstanding performance.
Till now he has played two twenty-twenty matches of which he played against Gujarat Lions twice. He made a fifty in his second innings. Rishabh has travelled across north India in the teens in search of a good coach and switched schools from Delhi to Rajasthan and many other places.
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Updated: May 05, 2016
