IPL 2025: Delhi Capitals head coach, Hemang Badan has made a shocking revelation about Rishabh Pant’s exit from the DC camp. In the 2025 mega auction of the IPL, Rishabh Pant was sold to the Lucknow Super Giants for a whopping sum of Rs 27 crore. Speaking to Subramaniam Badrinath on his YouTube channel, Hemand Badan said that Rishabh didn’t want to get retained. As per Hemang, Rishabh wanted to go to auction and test the market.
He wanted to test the market: DC coach on Rishabh Pant
“I think it’s the other way around. He wanted not to be retained. He said he wanted to go the auction and test the market. If you want to retain a player, both parties (the team and the player) have to agree on certain things. We tried talking to him, the management tried talking to him. There were a lot of phone calls and messages exchanged,” Hemang revealed.
“Yes (Delhi Capitals were interested in retaining him). He said he wanted to go to the auction and test the mark. He said he had a feeling that there were chances he would get more money than the highest cap for retained player, which is Rs 18 crore. And, at the end of the day, he felt he was worth more. And the market said the same thing. He got Rs 27 crore. Good for him. He is a very good player. We will obviously miss him. But, life goes on.” Badan added.
Rishabh started his IPL career with DC in 2016 and played for them till 2024. He took over captaincy in 2021 and led the team till his exiRishabh started his IPL career with DC in 2016 and played for them till 2024. He took over captaincy in 2021 and led the team till his exit. DC haven’t won an IPL title yet.
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