Happy Birthday Rishabh Pant: Lesser-known facts about the ‘baby sitter’
Happy Birthday Rishabh Pant: The player who earned the moniker, “babysitter” after Australian Test Skipper Tim Paine asked him to take care of his baby, turned 22 on Friday. The left-hander who plays for India, Delhi and the Delhi Capitals is known for his unorthodox batting and sledging behind the stumps. Pant was born in Roorkee, Uttarakhand, to Rajendra and Saroj Pant. He made his first-class debut on October 22, 2015, in the 2015-16 Ranji Trophy and for the Vijay Hazare Trophy in the same year. In December 2015, he made it to the Indian squad for the Under-19 Cricket World Cup 2016. During the tournament on February 1, 2016, he hammered an 18-ball fastest 50. Pant made his international T20 debut for India in January 2017. He made his Test debut in August 2018. Also Read: 1st T20: Shafali Verma becomes youngest T20 debutant, Harmanpreet Kaur, Deepti Sharma script victory His ODI debut came in October 2018 and he was named ICC Emerging Player of the Year for the 2018 ICC Awards in January 2019. Once, during sledging, Australian player Tim Paine asked him to take care of his baby so that he could spend some time with his wife. When the Indian team met Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, he quipped, “aah, you sledge haan, nice, we love healthy competition.” -PTC News
