Has Rishabh Pant struggled vs left-arm spinners in IPL? Stats
What's the story
Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) will take on Delhi Capitals (DC) in their 2025 Indian Premier League (IPL) opener at the Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium in Visakhapatnam on March 24.
Eyes will be on Rishabh Pant, who will lead LSG against his former team.
The star wicketkeeper-batter was bought for a record-breaking ₹27 crore at the mega auction.
Here we decode his numbers vs left-arm spinners in IPL.
Stats
Strike rate of 147.64 vs left-arm spinners
As per ESPNcricinfo, Pant has fallen to left-arm spinners nine times across 39 IPL innings.
He has garnered 282 runs in this regard at a brilliant strike rate of 147.64.
However, Pant's average of 31.33 vs left-arm spinners is his lowest against a particular category of bowlers in IPL.
In the game against DC, the dasher would face two quality left-arm spinners - Kuldeep Yadav and Axar Patel.
Both these bowlers were Pant's teammates at DC.
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Struggles vs spin last season
Though Pant enjoyed a dream campaign in IPL 2024, he struggled against spin bowlers.
The southpaw was dismissed five times by spinners across 12 innings.
He scored 153 runs from 128 balls, striking at 119.53 (4s: 11, 6s: 6). Notably, his average and strike rate against pacers were 48.83 and 184.27, respectively.
Meanwhile, Krunal Pandya has dismissed Pant most times (3) among left-arm spinners in IPL.
Kuldeep and Ravindra Jadeja have trapped him twice.
Career
Pant's IPL journey and performance
Pant has been a consistent performer in the IPL since his debut in 2016.
He has scored 3,284 runs in 110 matches at an average of 35.31, including one century and 18 half-centuries (SR: 148.93).
The left-handed batter was made DC's captain in 2021 and he led them to the playoffs that season.
Meanwhile, LSG's signing of Pant marked the end of the southpaw's nine-year stint with the Capitals.