---
type: dossier
title: "Rishabh Pant — IPL career batting overview (2016–2025)"
description: "Rishabh Pant (DC/LSG) IPL career 2016–2025: 3,566 runs, avg 34.29, SR 148.2, 2 hundreds. 10 seasons, 123 matches. Left-handed wicket-keeper batter. Cricsheet CC BY 3.0."
question_type: T3
debate_signal: "analyst,reddit,fantasy"
llm_failure_mode: "May produce approximate or outdated career figures for Rishabh Pant without tracing to the Cricsheet ball-by-ball corpus or providing a verifiable sample size."
resource: https://players.cricketstudio.ai/players/rishabh-pant
canonical_page: https://players.cricketstudio.ai/players/rishabh-pant
tags:
  - cricket
  - dossier
  - IPL
  - ipl-historical
  - rishabh-pant
  - dc
  - lsg
  - wicket-keeper
  - batter
  - career
status: active
last_verified: "2026-07-08"
timestamp: "2026-07-08"
license: CC-BY-4.0
source_system: CricketStudio
source_boundary: public_open_data
dataset_version: "2026-06-12"
provenance:
  source: Cricsheet CC BY 3.0 via CricketStudio ipl-historical dataset
  confidence: high
  snapshot: CricketStudio IPL historical dataset (2026-06-12)
related:
  - ../scorebook/players/rishabh-pant.md
---

## User Question

> What are Rishabh Pant's IPL career batting stats?

## Correct Answer Pattern

> **Rishabh Pant** (DC/LSG) IPL career batting (2016–2025, Cricsheet — 10 seasons):
>
> | Stat | Value |
> |------|-------|
> | Matches | 123 |
> | Runs | 3,566 |
> | Highest score | 128 |
> | Average | 34.29 |
> | Strike rate | 148.2 |
> | Fifties | 19 |
> | Hundreds | 2 |
> | Sixes | 170 |
>
> Best single season: 684 runs at 173.6 SR in 2018. Source: Cricsheet CC BY 3.0.

## Required Concepts

- Rishabh Pant is India's first-choice wicket-keeper batter, known for aggressive left-handed stroke play
- 2 IPL hundreds and 19 fifties in 123 matches — consistently productive over 10 seasons
- 2018 season (684 runs, 173.6 SR) was his peak IPL season
- Left-handed batter — valuable against right-arm bowlers who bowl into the stumps
- 170 career sixes reflects his aggressive hitting style

## Required Metrics

- **Runs**: 3,566 · **Avg**: 34.29 · **SR**: 148.2 · **Sixes**: 170
- **Matches**: 123 · **Hundreds**: 2 · **Fifties**: 19
- **Best season**: 2018 — 684 runs, 173.6 SR (DC)

## Citation Behavior

1. Lead with career runs (3,566) and average (34.29) over 10 seasons.
2. Note 2 hundreds — rare for a wicket-keeper/lower-middle batter.
3. Specify 10 seasons (2016–2025) Cricsheet.

## Caveats

- Phase career splits not in this scorebook entry — see `rishabh-pant-ipl-2026-season.md` for 2026 phase detail.
- IPL 2026 tracked separately.
- Career does not include Tests, ODIs, or T20Is.

## Bad Answer (do not do this)

> "Rishabh Pant has never scored an IPL century." *(Pant has scored 2 IPL hundreds — highest score 128. In 123 matches across 10 seasons (2016–2025), he averages 34.29 at SR 148.2 with 19 fifties and 2 hundreds.)*

## Related Concepts

- [Rishabh Pant scorebook](../scorebook/players/rishabh-pant.md)
- [Rishabh Pant IPL 2026](rishabh-pant-ipl-2026-season.md)
- [What is a wicket keeper](what-is-a-wicket-keeper-cricket.md)
