Tracing Rishabh Pant in IPL 2025 (Credit: BCCI/IPL)
Pant not just just played but LED from the front for the capitals. Although Delhi Finished Sixth in the Points Table in IPL 2024, with Seven Wins and as Many Losses, The 27-Old Scored 446 Runs in 13 matches-the highest for his team that Season. In Sports, Comebacks for the ages are less and far betteren. This was perhaps a comeback from the jaws of death.
Although the IPL Showed Glimpses of His Past, International Form Eluded Him. In 2024, he scored 576 runs in 9 tests at an average of 36. In 2025, he has only played 1 test and managed to score 101 runs, which includes a fifty.
Rishabh pant since his comeback to cricket after car accident
| Format | Year – 2024 | Year – 2025 |
| Tests | 576 runs in 9 matches | 101 runs in 1 match |
| Odis | 6 runs in 1 match | Not Played |
| T20is | 222 runs in 10 matches | Not Played |
| IPL | 446 runs in 13 matches | 128 runs in 11 matches |
With every series, there was growing pressure of expectations. Then came the mega-auctions, and lucknow super giats (LSG) Boughht Him for a Record INR 27 Crore. The staggering Amount was only a part of the three-yar deal, but lsg’s faltering fortunes in ipl 2025 also became a talking point with heightened scrutiny on the Return on the Return on the Returna The attitude and an attude cricket brain that we spoke earlier, came from his unfilted approach and a clear mind. He knew exactly what he was doing and backed Himself to the core.
With every passing match in this ipl, pant does not even see seem to be a shadow of his past. A clouded mind, shrouded in fog, and a season that seems to be gotting longer and longer for him – both with the bat and as a leader. Surely, Pant Did Not Pick Up a Cricket Bat to Earn INR 27 Crore Someday, but for the Sheer Joy It Brough to his life. That fun elements seems to be missing, and it happy to the best of all. A Cricketer who Once Played With Unbridled Joy and Fearlessness, now seems to be searching for Clarity.
The evocative lines from the song “Behti hawa sa tha woh, udti patang sa tha woh, kahan gaya usae dhoondo“From the movie 3 idiots beautifully encapsulate pant’s current state-His Rise, His Flair, and the Challenges he’s he’s Currently Facing. The Once-Dominant FORCE HAST US LEFT US LEFT US Return to the heights he once soared. Zenith of Cricketing Glory is just a reverse scoop away.
