‘My retention wasn’t about money for sure’: Pant reveals ahead of IPL auction
India wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant has revealed that his release from Delhi Capitals squad ahead of the IPL 2025 mega auction was not about the money.
India wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant has revealed that his release from Delhi Capitals squad ahead of the IPL 2025 mega auction was not about the money.
On Friday, the Indian Premier League issued the highly-anticipated Player Auction List for the 2025 edition with a total of 574 players set to be featured in the Mega Auction in Saudi Arabia. Pant was not retained by Delhi Capitals while Shreyas Iyer and K.L Rahul were let go by Kolkata Knight Riders and Lucknow Super Giants, respectively.
The report stated that the talks between the owners of the Delhi-based franchise and Pant have failed after it stretched for almost past few months.
India wicketkeeper and Delhi Capitals captain Rishabh Pant was left surprised with his possible link-up with Royal Challengers Bengaluru ahead of the Indian Premier League (IPL) mega auction. However, Pant reacted strongly to the social media post and called it "fake news".
As the anticipation around the Border Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25 grows, veteran Australian spinner Nathan Lyon explained his strategy to tackle star wicket-keeper batter Rishabh Pant's attacking approach saying, "You got to be good to bowl against him".
He is quarantined at an acquaintance's place and won't be travelling to Durham along with the rest of the squad
Coming out to bat at 300/6, India lost early wickets of Axar Patel. The tailenders couldn't help much, while Rishabh Pant remained unbeaten at 58.
Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara and Rishabh Pan shone with the bat for India on the weary Brisbane wicket against the star-studded Australian bowling attack
A short video emerged of a stump vision camera where Smith was seen rubbing the pitch with his shoe spikes, which many purported as him removing Pant’s batting mark.
Echoing what Australia captain Tim Paine had said earlier that Smith was "a bit quirky", Langer called the allegations against him "absolute load of rubbish".
