Year-ender: Rishabh Pant's incredible return to IPL after two years
Rishabh Pant enjoyed his 2024 Indian Premier League (IPL) campaign, which marked his comeback to professional cricket after 14 months. Pant, who was injured in a car crash in December 2022, played several quality knocks with the bat for Delhi Capitals. However, his side blew hot and cold to finish with seven wins and as many defeats. Here's his IPL 2024 campaign.
Pant was DC's highest scorer in IPL 2024
Pant finished as Delhi Capitals's highest run-scorer in the IPL 2024 campaign. He racked up 446 runs from 13 matches at 40.54, striking at 155.40. Notably, for the fourth time in his IPL career, Pant scored 400-plus runs in a season. This was his third-best tally after 684 runs in 2018 and 488 runs in 2019. He managed 419 runs in 2021.
Pant regularly cleared the rope
Pant smoked 36 fours in IPL 2024. It was the joint-best tally for the Capitals alongside Abishek Porel. Meanwhile, the southpaw hammered 25 sixes, the third-best after Jake Fraser-McGurk (28) and Tristan Stubbs (26).
Pant's record-breaking 88* against GT
Pant scored an unbeaten 88(43) versus Gujarat Titans, DC's best individual score of the season. He flooored GT with 5 fours and 8 sixes, striking at 204.65. Axar Patel and Pant shared a 113-run stand for the fourth wicket. It is the highest fourth-wicket stand against GT in the IPL. In the same match, Pant got to 150 IPL sixes.
Pant to play for LSG in IPL 2025
Pant will play for Lucknow Super Giants in IPL 2025. The team bought him for a massive ₹27 crore in the mega auction, making him the most expensive player in IPL history. DC used the Right To Match card for Pant at ₹23.5 crore. However, LSG upped the bid to ₹27 crore and sealed the deal. Pant surpassed Shreyas Iyer's value of ₹26.75.
