Rishabh Pant IPL Career

Rishabh Pant IPL 2025: Most Expensive Player in IPL History

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Rishabh Pant IPL 2025: Most Expensive Player in IPL History: Rishabh Pant is an international Indian cricketer who plays the role of wicketkeeper for the team along with left-handed batting. Pant is also called the ‘Gilkrist of India‘ and he is known for his explosive batting.

India’s star wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant created history in the IPL 2025 mega auction. A record-breaking bid was placed on him. Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) bought Pant for Rs 27 crore. He has become the most expensive players in the history of ipl auction.

Pant’s old team Delhi Capitals (DC) tried to use RTM at Rs 20.75 crore but LSG did not place its bid. In this way, Pant became the most expensive player sold in the history of IPL auction. He overtook Shreyas Iyer within 15-20 minutes, who was bought by Punjab Kings for Rs 26.75 crore.

In this blog, we will learn about Rishabh Pant IPL 2025 and the Most Expensive Player in IPL History. So let’s move towards the main topic:

Rishabh Pant Became Most Expensive Player In IPL History 2025

There was harsh competition between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Lucknow for Pant. Lucknow placed the last bid of Rs 27 crore and Delhi Capitals did not use the right-to-match card. Earlier, Iyer was bought by Punjab Kings for Rs 26 crore 75 lakh.

There was a competition between Delhi Capitals and Punjab for Iyer for a long time but in the end, Punjab won. Iyer broke the record of Australian fast bowler Mitchell Starc, who was bought by KKR for Rs 24 crore 75 lakh in the last auction. According to online betting ipl, crores of IPL bets were placed on Rishabh Pant in IPL 2024.

Rishabh Pant IPL Salary 2025

The total net worth of Indian wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant is estimated to be around $ 10 million (about 86 crore rupees). His annual income is more than Rs 16 crore, including IPL and BCCI contracts. His monthly income is close to Rs 1.2 crore. According to media reports, Rishabh Pant earned Rs 29.19 crore in the year 2020.

Rishabh Pant has been placed in the grade A category in the contract of BCCI, which gives him Rs 7 crore annually. Left-handed batsman Rishabh Pant is very fond of cars. His car collection includes Mercedes, Audi 8 and Ford Cars. The price of these cars is in crores.

Apart from this, Rishabh Pant also earns a lot from brand endorsement. Pant endorses Dream11, Realme, Boat, SG, Noise and Cadbury Brands.

Pant Will Pay Rs 8.1 Crore Tax

Let us tell you that tax is levied on the money received by the players in the auction. In IPL, players are given a fixed-term contract, which usually lasts for three years. The amount spent by the franchise is paid on a seasonal basis. Pant has been given Rs 27 crore by LSG for the IPL 2025 season.

If he stays with the franchise for three years, he will get a total of Rs 81 crore. A large part of the Rs 27 crore salary that Pant has received for one season will be deducted as tax. He will have to pay Rs 8.1 crore as tax. He will get only Rs 18.9 crore.

Pant Can Become the Captain of LSG in IPL 2025

Pant made his IPL debut for the Delhi franchise in 2016. He has captained Delhi. Pant is expected to be made the captain of LSG. He has so far scored 3284 runs in 111 IPL matches at an average of 35.31, including one century and 18 half-centuries.

Lucknow bought 19 players in the auction after retaining Nicholas Pooran, Ravi Bishnoi, Mayank Yadav, Mohsin Khan and Ayush Badoni. LSG strengthened their pace attack by spending big money on Avesh Khan (Rs 9.75 crore) and Akash Deep (Rs 8 crore).

Rishabh Pant T20 International Career

The records of the swashbuckling wicketkeeper-batsman do not testify to his talent. Especially in T20 cricket. The 27-year-old player has played 76 T20 matches for India, in which he has scored only 1209 runs at a poor average of 23.25.

Pant has scored only three half-centuries while fans are still waiting for his first century. On the other hand, his average in Test cricket increases to 44.14 and in ODIs it is 33.50. This dangerous batsman has scored centuries in both these formats.

Pant Accident Before IPL

The end of the year 2022 was no less than a nightmare for Pant. When Pant was going to his home in his Mercedes car, he had a terrible accident on the way. The accident was so severe that the car caught fire and then Pant was taken to the hospital.

While his life was saved, seeing his condition, no one was sure that he would ever be able to return to the cricket field, but it is said that those who have courage do not lose. Pant did the same. He had full faith in himself and he returned to the cricket field in the year 2024.

Rishabh Pant Initial Cricket Career:

Rishabh Pant started playing cricket in Dehradun itself. After that he started searching for a cricket coach for training, then he came to know about India’s best coach ‘Tarak Sinha’, who used to teach cricket to Delhi players. Rishabh told his father about this and somehow convinced the father to go to Delhi.

His father also already knew about Pant’s ability so he started coming to Delhi with his family by compromising for his son’s future. Where he started training from Tarak Sinha to learn professional cricket along with his studies.

Gilkrist Of India

Coach Tarak was greatly impressed by his wicketkeeping capacity and also started making Pant an explosive batsman. Rishabh slowly started batting like Adam Gilchrist. He played for several cricket clubs and then moved to Rajasthan on the advice of his coach, where he started the Under 14 and 16 but faced discrimination in the Rajasthan team.

After which he came to Delhi to make his career. But his journey in Delhi was not easy. Rishabh Pant once told in his interview that there was a time in his life when I used to eat Bhandare’s food to fill my stomach and stay in the gurudwara to spend the night.

Rishabh Pant IPL Career

After performing brilliantly in the Under-19 World Cup in 2016, Rishabh Pant was bought by the Indian Premier League (IPL) Delhi Daredevils (now Delhi Capitals) team for Rs 1.9 crore in the auction. He scored 198 runs in 10 matches of his debut season, batting at a strike rate of 130.26.

In the next season itself, Pant improved his scoring rate in IPL 2017 and hit 366 runs in 14 matches at an average of 165.61. The best IPL season for Pant so far has been 2018, in which he scored a total of 684 runs with a century and 5 half-centuries. He became the highest run-scorer in the tournament. In IPL 2021, Rishabh Pant was elected captain of Delhi Capitals.

Rishabh Pant IPL Batting Stats 2025

Year Mat Runs HS Avg SR 100 50
Career 111 3284 128* 35.31 148.93 1 18
2024 13 446 88* 40.55 155.4 0 3
2022 14 340 44 30.91 151.79 0 0
2021 16 419 58* 34.91 128.52 0 3
2020 14 343 56 31.18 113.95 0 1
2019 16 488 78* 37.53 162.66 0 3
2018 14 684 128* 52.61 173.6 1 5
2017 14 366 97 26.14 165.61 0 2
2016 10 198 69 24.75 130.26 0 1

IPL Keeping Stats

Format Total Match Inn Total Runs High Score Average Strike Rate Century Double Century Half -Century
Test 33 56 2271 159 43.67 73.61 5 0 11
ODI 30 26 865 125 34.6 106.66 1 0 5
T20 66 56 987 65 22.43 126.54 0 0 3
IPL 98 97 2838 128 34.61 147.97 1 0 15

Rishabha Pant Records:

  • In the 2016 Under-19 World Cup, Rishabh Pant set a record for scoring the fastest half-century from 18 balls.
  • Rishabh Pant is the third youngest Indian batsman to score a triple century (308 runs) in first-class cricket.
  • Rishabh Pant is the Indian wicketkeeper to score 1,000 runs in the lowest innings
  • Pant is the first Indian batsman to open his Test cricket account with a six.
  • Pant holds a record for scoring the fastest century (48 balls) in the Ranji Trophy.
  • In 2018, the wicketkeeper became the first Indian to score a century as a batsman.
  • Rishabh Pant is the second youngest player to score a century in IPL after Manish Pandey.
  • Rishabh Pant became the first player to take 7 catches in his Test debut as a wicketkeeper.
  • Rishabh Pant is the first Indian wicketkeeper to score a century in England.

Rishabh Pant Awards List:

  1. 2017-18 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy Player of the Year
  2. Emerging Player of the Tournament in IPL 2018
  3. ICC Mains Emerging Cricketer of the Year in 2018
  4. CEAT International Young Player of the Year in 2019
  5. Indian Sports Honors Emerging Player of the Year in 2019

FAQs

When did Rishabh Pant make his IPL debut?

Rishabh Pant, 27, made his IPL debut in 2016

How much wealth does Rishabh Pant own?

An estimate puts Pant’s net worth at around Rs 100 crore by 2024.

What does Rishabh Pant mean?

Rishabh is a Hindu name meaning “morality”, “superior”, “excellent”, “a musical note”, or “bull”.

Why did Rishabh Pant leave DC?

Delhi Capitals co-owner Parth Jindal revealed that the franchise tried everything possible to retain Rishabh Pant ahead of the IPL mega auction but the star wicketkeeper-batsman was on a “different wavelength” with the way the team was operating, which led to his exit from the team.

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