Ishan Kishan vs Rishabh Pant: Who is the better Cricketer?

Both Rishabh Pant and Ishan Kishan are also among the better players of the Indian cricket team. Till now, he has performed well in ODI, TEST and T20 matches. It is very difficult to predict Ishan Kishan Vs Rishabh Pant because the game of any player is not the same all the time, sometimes he can be very good and sometimes very bad. In 2023, Rishabh Pant had a terrible accident, due to which he could not play matches for several months.

So many of his innings have been missed in that period during which Ishan has played all his games. Kishan mostly bats in the middle order, and is an opener in the shortest format. To know about Rishabh P. and Ishan K., let us know about their stats and records of all game formats till now. Only then can we conclude as to who is better Ishan Kishan and Rishabh Pant.

Ishan Kishan and Rishabh Pant Profile & Details

Name	Rishabh Pant	Ishan Kishan
Birthday	04/10/1997	18/07/1998
Age	26	25
Birthplace	Uttarakhand, India	Bihar, India
Battingstyle	Left Handed	Left Handed

Comparison between Ishan Kishan Vs Rishabh Pant stats in ODIs

Rishabh Pant made his ODI debut in 2018. Since then he has played a total of 30 matches and if we talk about score, he has scored 865 runs. His total innings is 26 and his strike rate is 106.65. He has registered 1 century and 5 half centuries in his name in ODI. Rishabh P. is a left-handed batsman and wicketkeeper.

Talking about Ishan Kishan is a left-handed batsman and wicketkeeper. He made his ODI debut in 2021, in which he played a total of 17 matches and scored 694 runs. His average is 46.26 and his strike rate is 107.43. In total 16 innings, Ishan has made a record of 2 centuries and 6 half centuries. He has been a part of the Jharkhand, Gujarat Lions, and Mumbai Lions teams in domestic cricket.

ODI	Rishabh Pant	Ishan Kishan
Match	27	3
Played	24	3
Total runs	840	88
Highest score	125	59
Not out	1	0
Strike rate	108.81	107.32
Century	1	0
Half Century	5	1

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Comparison between Ishan Kishan Vs Rishabh Pant stats in Tests Match

“Test” is the best format of cricket in Rishabh Pant’s cricket career. He has scored 2271 runs in a total of 33 matches. Their average is 43.67. Rishabh is one of the top 5 wicket keepers in test format. Out of his total 5 centuries, 3 centuries are from test matches.

Ishan Kishan has played the game called Test only twice for India. On those two occasions, he hit the ball and scored a total of 78 runs. When Kishan was playing in the West Indies, he scored 50 points in a game and he did so by hitting the ball very fast.

Tests	Rishabh Pant	Ishan Kishan
Match	31	0
Played	53	0
Total runs	2123	0
Highest score	159	0
Not out	4	0
Strike rate	72.66	0
Century	5	0
Half Century	10	0

Comparison between Ishan Kishan Vs Rishabh Pant stats in T20Is

Pant has played 66 matches for India and scored 987 runs. He is known for playing very fast and aggressively, but his strike rate is only 126.37, which means he does not score runs very fast. He scores around 22 runs on an average in each match. In his 56 times batting, he has scored only 3 half-centuries, which means he has not scored 50 very often. Pant is from Delhi and plays cricket for their team.

Kishan has played 29 matches and scored 686 runs in those matches. But when he plays the shorter version of cricket called T20I, his performance has not been that good. His average score is only 24.50 and he hits the ball with less power than others. He has managed to score 50 or more runs in four of his 29 innings.

T20Is	Rishabh Pant	Ishan Kishan
Match	52	18
Played	46	18
Total runs	806	532
Highest score	65	89
Not out	10	1
Strike rate	125.74	132.67
Century	0	0
Half Century	3	4

Indian T20 League (IPL) Ishan Kishan vs Rishabh Pant

T20	Rishabh Pant	Ishan Kishan
Match	98	75
Played	97	70
Total runs	2838	1870
Highest score	128	99
Not out	15	6
Strike rate	147.97	132.34
Century	1	0
Half Century	15	12

Conclusion

When we see how well Ishan and Pant play cricket, we can see that Pant is performing better, especially in Test, ODI, and T20I games. But even though Ishan started playing later, he has been performing really well and might have scored even more points. Both of them are very good in both batting and wicketkeeping for the Indian cricket team. He will be important for the future of Indian cricket.