Former Delhi Capitals captain Rishabh Pant bid farewell to the franchise after being bought by Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) in IPL 2025 auction. The southpaw, who was released by the team after IPL 2024, admitted that goodbyes were never easy and penned an emotional parting note to DC. Pant created history on Day 1 of IPL auction in Jeddah when he became the highest-paid player after being purchased by LSG for a whooping Rs 27 cr.
Rishabh Pant pens emotional farewell note to DC after IPL 2025 auction
In a surprising turn of events, Rishabh Pant was not retained by DC ahead of IPL 2025 auction. Over the course of weeks leading to the auction, reports of an allegd tiff between the team management and Pant surfaced, fuelling speculations over his release. However, the tiff has been brushed aside, both by the southpaw and DC.
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Rishabh Pant has spent majority of his IPL career with the Delhi Capitals. The southpaw missed one edition of the tournament in 2023 after suffering a horrific car accident in December 2022 that left him sidelined until March 2024. He has been consistent with the bat for the franchise, with his best season coming in 2017 when he amassed 684 runs in that season.
Pant was one of the three players retained by DC ahead of the 2018 auction. While the team went on to retain him for the next two seasons, he replaced Shreyas Iyer as captain in 2021. With 3284 runs to his name from 111 IPL matches, Rishabh Pant is arguably one of the best batter and captain that a team would want. Reports have already suggested that CSK would heavily bid on Pant in IPL 2025 auction. Now it remains to be seen what happens to the southpaw when he goes under the hammer should DC decide to release him.
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