Check out Rishabh Pant record and numbers as an opener for India in all formats and T20 cricket, as well as the records he can break if he opens
Rishabh Pant used to open the innings for India alongside Ishan Kishan during his u-19 days. Pant has not been as successful as he should have been in T20Is, but he has been given opportunities to open the innings for India on a few occasions.
Rishabh Pant Record As Opener Batsman In T20 And Opening Stats And Runs List
Former cricket legends such as Sunil Gavaskar, Sanjay Bangar, and others proposed promoting Rishabh Pant to open the innings with Rohit Sharma. We saw Rishabh Pant open the innings for India alongside Rohit Sharma earlier this year in the ODI home series against the West Indies, but the move was not permanent. With that being said, let’s look at Rishabh Pant’s statistics and numbers as an opener for Team India across all formats of cricket.
Rishabh Pant’s record and numbers as an opener for India across all formats
Span: 2016-2022
Mat: 19
Inns: 19
NO:1
HS: 116*
Ave: 34.83
BF: 379
SR: 165.43
100: 1
50: 5
Ducks: 1
4s: 68
6s: 31
When it comes to T20s, Pant has previously opened the batting for Delhi Capitals (Indian Premier League 2016) and Delhi (Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2017-18 and 2019-2020). Pant has scored 599 runs in 17 T20 innings (excluding T20 Internationals) as the opening batter, with average and strike rates of 37.43 and 166.38, respectively.
Without a doubt, Rishabh Pant is one of the most destructive batters in the world of cricket right now, and when he’s in form, we know how dangerous he can be thanks to his wide range of shots. Let’s look at how many records Rishabh Pant can break if he is promoted to India’s opening batsman.
Batsman to score fastest ODI double hundred
Given Pant’s aggressive batting style, he is a strong contender to break Cris Gayle’s fastest ODI double hundred, which he achieved against Zimbabwe in 2015.
Batsman to hit most sixes as an opener
Cris Gayle currently holds the record for most sixes hit as an opener in ODIs. Rishabh Pant, on the other hand, has already smashed 26 sixes in his short ODI career and, due to his aggressive approach to batting, he might very well surely break Cris Gayle’s record.