Rishabh Pant
Indian cricketer
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| 2025 | Bought by Lucknow Super Giants in the Indian Premier League auction for a record-breaking 27 crores, becoming the most expensive player in IPL history. |
| 2024 | Released by Delhi Capitals in the auction. |
| 2024 | Member of the Indian team that won the T20 World Cup. |
| April 2024 | Pant was added to India's squad for the T20 World Cup in June, marking his maiden comeback to international cricket following his horror car crash in late 2022. |
| 2022 | Retained as captain of Delhi Capitals for the IPL season. |
| December 30 2022 | Rishabh Pant was involved in a severe car crash on the Delhi-Dehradun highway near Roorkee while driving his Mercedes SUV. The car collided with a central divider at around 5:30am, skidded for 200 metres, and caught fire. He sustained multiple injuries including cuts on his forehead, a ligament tear to his right knee, wrist, ankle, and toe injuries, and back abrasions. |
| July 2022 | In the final match of India's tour of England, Pant recorded his maiden ODI century, scoring 125 runs and remaining not out. |
| June 2022 | Appointed as the Indian captain for the T20I series against South Africa after KL Rahul was ruled out due to injury. |
| May 2022 | Pant was initially named vice-captain of the Indian team for the South Africa tour, but was promoted to captain one day before the first match after KL Rahul was ruled out due to injury. At 24 years and 248 days, he became the second-youngest captain to lead India in a T20I match. |
| March 2022 | During the second match against Sri Lanka, Pant scored the fastest half-century by an Indian batter in a Test match, breaking Kapil Dev's record by bringing up his half-century in just 28 deliveries. |
| January 2022 | Pant was named in the ICC Men's Test Team of the Year for 2021 at the annual ICC Awards. |
| 2021 | Rishabh Pant was named in India's squad for the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup. |
| March 2021 | Named captain of Delhi Capitals for the 2021 Indian Premier League after regular captain Shreyas Iyer was ruled out due to injury. |
| February 2021 | Named Men's Player of the Month in the first edition of the ICC Player of the Month Awards. |
| January 2021 | During the fourth Test against Australia, became the fastest wicketkeeper for India to reach 1,000 runs in Test cricket. |
| 2020 | Pant was dropped from the limited-overs team touring Australia, marking a low point in his international career and signaling a loss of confidence from the team management. |
| 2020 | Despite being retained in the Test squad for the Australia tour, Pant did not make it to the playing eleven in the first Test in Adelaide, further highlighting his diminished standing in the team. |
| 2020 | Pant experienced a significant form slump in the IPL, dramatically reducing his performance from previous seasons by scoring only 343 runs with a lower strike rate of 113, compared to his previous seasons' 1172 runs at a strike rate of 168. |
| 2019 | Rishabh Pant faced challenges as a potential successor to MS Dhoni, with his performance becoming crucial in determining his role in the Indian cricket team's wicket-keeping position. |
| September 2019 | During the second Test against the West Indies, became the fastest wicketkeeper for India to affect fifty dismissals in Test cricket. |
| June 2019 | Called up to India's squad at the 2019 Cricket World Cup as a replacement for the injured Shikhar Dhawan. Later named the rising star of the squad by the International Cricket Council (ICC). |
| January 2019 | Became the first wicketkeeper for India to score a century in a Test match in Australia during the fourth Test against Australia. |
| January 2019 | Named the ICC Men's Emerging Cricketer of the Year at the 2018 ICC Awards. |
| 2018 | Scored an unbeaten 128 from 63 balls against Sunrisers Hyderabad, becoming the then highest individual score by an Indian cricketer in IPL history and the second youngest player to score a century in the IPL. His score comprised 68.4% of the team's total runs. |
| December 2018 | During the first Test against Australia, took eleven catches, the most by a wicketkeeper for India in a Test match. |
| October 21 2018 | Made his ODI debut for India against the West Indies. |
| September 11 2018 | Scored his maiden Test century against England, becoming the second-youngest wicket-keeper and the first Indian wicket-keeper to score a Test century in England. |
| August 18 2018 | Made his Test debut against England, becoming the first batter for India to get off the mark in Test cricket with a six. |
| July 2018 | Named in India's Test squad for the series against England. |
| February 2018 | Named in India's T20I squad for the 2018 Nidahas Trophy. |
| January 14 2018 | Scored the second-fastest century in a Twenty20 match, making 100 runs from 32 balls in a Zonal T20 League match between Himachal Pradesh and Delhi. |
| 2017 | Scored 97 runs from 43 balls against Gujarat Lions in the IPL. |
| April 6 2017 | Pant loses his father Rajendra Pant to a cardiac arrest. |
| February 2017 | Appointed as captain of Delhi's team for the 2016–17 Vijay Hazare Trophy, taking over from Gautam Gambhir. |
| February 1 2017 | Made his T20I debut for India against England at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore, becoming the youngest player to debut for India in a T20I match at 19 years and 120 days old. |
| January 2017 | Pant was named in India's Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for their series against England. |
| January 2017 | Made his Twenty20 International (T20I) debut for India. |
| 2016 | In his third IPL game of the season, Pant made 69 runs off 40 balls, helping Delhi secure an eight-wicket victory over Gujarat Lions. |
| 2016 | Purchased by Delhi Daredevils on the same day he scored a century for India U-19 team in the 2016 Under-19 Cricket World Cup, helping the team reach the semi-finals. |
| 2016 | Served as vice-captain of the India U-19 team that was runner-up at the Under-19 Cricket World Cup. |
| November 8 2016 | Pant scored the fastest century in Ranji Trophy history, reaching 100 runs from just 48 balls in a match between Delhi and Jharkhand. |
| February 1 2016 | During the 2016 Under-19 Cricket World Cup, Pant breaks the record by hitting an 18-ball fifty against Nepal, which was the fastest at this level. |
| November 2015 | Pant made his List A debut in the 2015–16 Vijay Hazare Trophy. |
| October 22 2015 | Rishabh Pant made his first-class debut in the 2015–16 Ranji Trophy tournament. |
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