IPL 2025 Mega Auction: Delhi Capitals Say Goodbye to Rishabh Pant, Report Says; four key players retained – IPL News

IPL 2025 Auction: India star player Rishabh Pant will be part of the upcoming IPL 2025 mega auction after he was not retained by Delhi Capitals (DC), reports ESPNcricinfo. Negotiations between Pant and the franchise owners have reportedly broken down after months of negotiations.

The report indicates that Delhi Capitals have decided to retain the Indian spinners. Axar Patel And Kuldeep YadavSouth African batter Tristan Stubbs and Indian uncapped wicketkeeper Abhishek Porel. Once these four players are secured, the franchise will receive Rs 73 crore to strengthen their team in the upcoming auction.

Pant’s potential exit became a hot topic, especially after he asked X: “If I go to auction, will I be sold and for how much?”

The 27-year-old Pant has been playing for the Delhi team since 2016 and became the captain of the team in 2021. Under his leadership, the Capitals reached the IPL final for the first time in history in 2020. However, they narrowly missed out on making it to the IPL finals last season. playoffs, ending with seven wins and seven losses for a total of 14 points.

In IPL 2024, Axar Patel played 14 matches, scoring 235 runs at a strike rate of 131.28 and also taking 11 wickets at the same time. economy tariff 24.00. Tristan Stubbs also featured in 14 matches, scoring 378 runs at an impressive strike rate of 190.91. Kuldeep Yadav featured in 11 matches, taking 16 wickets at an economy rate of 8.70, while uncapped player Abhishek Porel made 327 runs at a strike rate of 159.51 in 14 matches.

Earlier this month, former Indian cricketers Hemang Badani and Venugopal Rao were appointed to the Delhi Capitals coaching staff as head coach and director of cricket operations respectively in preparation for the upcoming IPL season. Additionally, cricket legend Sourav Ganguly has been appointed as JSW’s Director of Cricket. Sport.

(with ANI inputs)