Rishabh Pant is one of the most exciting young talents in India. In the last 12 months or so, he has been performing at every level and making headlines for all the right reasons. Indian cricket fans and cricket pundits across the world world rate him very high and there is a common opinion that he is going to be the next big thing in Indian cricket.
Pant has a brilliant technique and plays the game with a very clear thought process. He backs his ability and plays his natural game even when the chips are down. In the ongoing tenth season of Indian Premier League, Pant has played some brilliant innings for Delhi Daredevils. Recently, in the match against The Gujarat Lions, Pant played a blistering match-winning knock of 97 runs and earned praised from everybody, including the great Sachin Tendulkar, who rated his innings as one of the best in the history of Indian Premier League.
Pant has smashed two half centuries in IPL 2017 so far and his strike rate is above 170 in the tournament so far. But ,the lad from Haridwar has worked very hard for whatever he has achieved so far. Pant used to travel from his hometown to Delhi almost everyday and sometimes he used to catch the bus as late as 2 in the morning. Pant used to travel from Roorkee and travel 5 hours to practice.
He started playing cricket from a very young age and it was his father’s dream to see him play for India. Unfortunately, during the ongoing IPL 2017, Pant’s father Rajendra Pant suffered a cardiac arrest and passed away in his sleep.
Here, we have collected some of the unseen pictures from his personal life.
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