Rishabh Pant – 10 facts to know about him!

Rishabh Pant – 10 facts to know about him! :

1. Born in Roorkee, Uttarakhand, Pant relocated frequently in search of the ideal training facility. He originally relocated to Delhi, where he began competing at the Sonnet Cricket Academy under the tutelage of Tarak Sinha.
2. The first and only Asian wicketkeeper to score a century in a Test on the soil of both Australia and England is Rishabh. None of the wicketkeepers among Indian players has scored even one Test century in SENA nations.
3. When India advanced to the finals of the 2016 U19 World Cup, Rishabh caught everyone’s attention. Opening the innings, Pant played with the same fearlessness for which he is known.
4. He achieved the fastest U19 level 50 in the final group stage match against Nepal, scoring it in just 18 balls.
5. Rishabh Pant made his domestic debut in 2015 while playing for Delhi, and he rapidly established himself as a prominent figure. The youngster’s bat set numerous records in only a few short years.
6. In the 2016–17 season, Pant became the third–youngest Indian to do so in The Ranji Trophy when he struck a triple century against Maharashtra. Unsurprisingly, he only needed 326 balls to complete his 308 runs, for a strike rate of 94. Pant received an ICC Emerging Player award in 2018. After Irfan Pathan (2004) and Cheteshwar Pujara (2013), he was the third Indian player to receive this honour.
7. Rishabh led the Delhi Capitals team in IPL 2021 as the 12th player to hold the position and the 5th youngest captain in league history.
8. Facing Adil Rashid in his first inning at the Trent Bridge, Pant hit the leg spinner for a six in what was just the second ball of his test career. He also became the first Indian to get off the mark in test cricket with a six.
9. He also drafted the fastest century by an Indian in T20 cricket. Playing against Himachal Pradesh, the southpaw scorched his way to the hallowed figure in just 32 balls. In fact, this is also the second-fastest century in T20 cricket all around the world, just two balls behind Chris Gayle.
10. The only Indian player to reach 100 runs in an IPL inning solely through boundaries and sixes is  Pant.He scored 128*(63), or 102 runs, against SRH with 15 boundaries and 7 sixes.

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