Active (latest: 2nd Test v Sri Lanka, Colombo, August 2026)
ODI
21 October 2018 v West Indies
Last played 7 August 2024 v Sri Lanka
Pant made his Test debut at Trent Bridge in 2018 and scored his first Test century at The Oval later in that series. He went on to make hundreds in Australia and South Africa and played a central role in India’s series win in Australia in 2020-21.
On 30 December 2022 he was seriously injured in a car crash on the Delhi-Dehradun highway near Roorkee. After surgery and rehabilitation he returned to competitive cricket in the 2024 IPL and to Test cricket later that year.
On the 2025 tour of England he scored hundreds in both innings of the Headingley Test. He fractured his foot while batting in the Manchester Test in July 2025, returned to bat and made 54, and missed the final Test. When Shubman Gill was ruled out with a neck injury, Pant captained India in the second Test against South Africa at Guwahati in November 2025, becoming India’s 38th Test captain; India lost the series 0-2. In June 2026 KL Rahul was named Test vice-captain in his place. Pant played his 50th Test against Afghanistan in June 2026, scoring 81.
Rishabh Pant ICC Tournament Record
Tournament
Result
Pant’s Involvement
U19 World Cup 2016
Runner-up
Vice-captain; 18-ball fifty v Nepal
ODI World Cup 2019
Semi-finalist
Joined the squad as an injury replacement
World Test Championship final 2021
Runner-up
Played the final v New Zealand
T20 World Cup 2024
Winner
Member of the winning side
Champions Trophy 2025
Winner
Member of the winning squad
Rishabh Pant IPL Record
Pant played for Delhi Daredevils, later Delhi Capitals, from 2016 to 2024, making 111 appearances and captaining the side from 2021. Lucknow Super Giants signed him for Rs 27 crore at the auction before the 2025 season and made him captain. He stepped down from the LSG captaincy on 29 May 2026, and in June 2026 he was traded back to Delhi Capitals for Rs 15 crore, with Kuldeep Yadav moving to LSG.
Season
Highlight
2018
684 runs, including an unbeaten 128 against Sunrisers Hyderabad
2021
Took over as Delhi Capitals captain
2023
Missed the season after his car accident
2025
269 runs in 14 matches with one century; LSG finished seventh
2026
312 runs in 14 matches; LSG finished last; stepped down as captain
Rishabh Pant Records and Milestones
First Indian, and the fastest batter, to hit 100 sixes in Test cricket (August 2026, Galle)
Hundreds in both innings of the Headingley Test against England in June 2025
Fastest Indian wicketkeeper to 1,000 Test runs and to 50 Test dismissals
Became India’s highest run-scorer in the World Test Championship in August 2026
Scored 308 for Delhi in the Ranji Trophy in 2016, and a 48-ball Ranji Trophy hundred the same season
Rishabh Pant Awards and Honours
Year
Award
2018
ICC Men’s Emerging Cricketer of the Year
2021
First winner of the ICC Men’s Player of the Month award (January 2021)
