IPL playerIndia2016 to 2026
Rishabh Pant
On scorecards: RR Pant · Right-hand bat
Rishabh Pant, a wicketkeeper-batter, has played ten IPL seasons for two franchises. In ten seasons the title has not yet come.
The arrival
Rishabh Pant arrived through the auction: Delhi Daredevils paid ₹1.90 cr, against a base price of ₹10 lakh.
That first season brought 10 matches and 198 runs. The best was still to come.
The peak
The high point with the bat was 2018, for Delhi Daredevils: 684 runs at an average of 52.6, striking at 173.6 in a season when the league as a whole struck at 138.1, with 1 hundred and 5 fifties, and a highest score of 128 not out. There were four seasons of 400 runs or more in all (2018, 2019, 2021 and 2024).
Franchise by franchise
2016 to 2024, Delhi Daredevils. Bought at the 2016 auction for ₹1.90 cr. 111 matches and 3,297 runs; captain in 2021, 2022 and 2024.
2025 to 2026, Lucknow Super Giants. Bought at the 2025 auction for ₹27 cr. 28 matches and 582 runs; captain in 2025 and 2026.
2 spells with two franchises in all. The longest was with Delhi Daredevils, 2016 to 2024. 2023 is missing from the record: a season without an IPL appearance.
How the runs came
Across the career, Rishabh Pant has struck at 146.7. The league around those same seasons, weighted by how much batting each one involved, struck at 138.5, so Rishabh Pant has scored about 8 runs per hundred balls faster than the typical batter of the time. 64% of the runs came in fours and sixes: 351 fours and 181 sixes.
The ball-by-ball record adds the detail. 34% of the balls Rishabh Pant faced were dot balls, a lower share than 72% of the 140 batters who have faced 500 balls or more in the IPL. A six came every 14.6 balls, and a four every 7.5.
The fielding record: 90 catches, 7 run-outs and 24 stumpings, the stumpings a reminder of the gloves.
At the auction
Rishabh Pant has gone under the hammer twice. The highest price was ₹27 cr, paid by Lucknow Super Giants in 2025, more than 13 times the base price. The price climbed with the reputation: ₹1.90 cr in 2016, ₹27 cr by 2025.
Seasons without an auction entry were played under a retention, a trade or a signing made outside the auction.
Where it stands
On the all-time IPL lists, among 810 players, Rishabh Pant stands 23rd for runs. The story is still being written: 2026 was another season with Lucknow Super Giants.
Season by season
| Season | Team | M | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 50/100 | Wkts | Econ | Best | Ct | POTM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Delhi Daredevils | 10 | 198 | 69 | 24.8 | 130.3 | 1/0 | – | – | – | 3 | 1 | |
| 2017 | Delhi Daredevils | 14 | 366 | 97 | 26.1 | 165.6 | 2/0 | – | – | – | 11 | 1 | |
| 2018 | Delhi Daredevils | 14 | 684 | 128* | 52.6 | 173.6 | 5/1 | – | – | – | 6 | 1 | |
| 2019 | Delhi Capitals | 16 | 494 | 78* | 38.0 | 162.5 | 3/0 | – | – | – | 24 | 3 | |
| 2020 | Delhi Capitals | 14 | 345 | 56 | 31.4 | 113.9 | 1/0 | – | – | – | 13 | ||
| 2021 | Delhi Capitals | 16 | 424 | 58* | 35.3 | 128.5 | 3/0 | – | – | – | 13 | Captain | |
| 2022 | Delhi Capitals | 14 | 340 | 44 | 30.9 | 151.8 | 0/0 | – | – | – | 12 | Captain | |
| 2024 | Delhi Capitals | 13 | 446 | 88* | 40.5 | 155.4 | 3/0 | – | – | – | 16 | 2 | Captain |
| 2025 | Lucknow Super Giants | 14 | 269 | 118* | 24.5 | 133.2 | 1/1 | – | – | – | 6 | Captain | |
| 2026 | Lucknow Super Giants | 14 | 313 | 68* | 28.5 | 137.9 | 1/0 | – | – | – | 10 | Captain |
Franchise journey
- Delhi Daredevils: 2016 to 2024
- Lucknow Super Giants: 2025 to 2026
Ball-by-ball detail
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Dot balls faced | 34% |
| Balls per four | 7.5 |
| Balls per six | 14.6 |
| Catches | 90 |
| Run-outs | 7 |
| Stumpings | 24 |
At the auction
Sources
- CricArcade IPL season statistics
- CricArcade IPL auction archive
- Kaggle IPL Complete Match Dataset 2008-2026, ball-by-ball, cross-checked against Cricsheet