Rishabh Pant leaves Delhi Capitals after 8 seasons: Career in numbers in IPL

IPL 2025: Rishabh Pant has been let go by Delhi Capitals (DC) ahead of the auction for the upcoming edition. The left-handed Pant played eight seasons for DC in the tournament.

In Short

• Rishabh Pant played 8 seasons for Delhi Capitals in the IPL
• Pant failed to lead DC to the playoffs in IPL 2024
• Pant has made several records for DC in the IPL

Rishabh Pant has not been retained by the Delhi Capitals (DC) in the Indian Premier League (IPL) in 2025. The left-handed wicketkeeper will go into the mega auction as DC decided to retain Tristan Stubbs, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav and Abhishek Porel as their four players for the upcoming edition.

The talks between Pant and DC’s ownership group did not go as planned, after which Pant was released. The Capitals will have a chance to buy back Pant since they will have two RTM card options at the auction, expected to be held in November.

In 2021, Pant became the fifth-youngest captain in the history of the IPL after Virat Kohli, Steve Smith, Suresh Raina and Shreyas Iyer. Pant led DC after Shreyas was ruled out of the IPL due to a dislocated shoulder.

Pant joined the Capitals in 2016 after he performed exceptionally in the Under-19 World Cup in Bangladesh, where India finished as the runners-up under Ishan Kishan’s leadership. Pant was a teenager then and from there on he did not look back.

Here are some records Rishabh Pant holds for Delhi Capitals in the Indian Premier League (IPL)
3284 – Rishabh Pant is the all-time top run-scorer for the Capitals in the IPL. He has racked up 3284 runs from 111 matches at an average of 35.31 and a strike rate of 148.93.
128 – Rishabh Pant holds the record for the highest individual score for the Capitals in the history of the IPL. Back on May 10, 2018, Pant scored an unbeaten 128 off 63 balls with 15 fours and seven sixes against Sunrisers Hyderabad at the Arun Jaitley Stadium.
111 - Rishabh Pant is the most-capped player for the Capitals in the IPL, having played 111 matches since his debut back in 2016.
154 – Rishabh Pant holds the record for the most sixes for the Capitals in the IPL, having hit 154 sixes.
684 – Rishabh Pant has the record for most runs for the Capitals in a single edition of the IPL. Back in 2018, Pant scored 684 runs from 14 games at an average of 52.61 and a strike-rate of 173.60.