New Delhi: Former Delhi Capitals skipper Rishabh Pant sold to Lucknow Super Giants for a massive price of Rs 27 crore, the highest ever bid in the history of the tournament in the IPL 2025 Auction at the Abadi Al Johar Arena in Jeddah on Sunday.
A video has been shared on the social media platform X (formerly Twitter) by the Indian Premier League franchise Delhi Capitals, thanking their star wicketkeeper batter by bidding a farewell post, the video has rapidly gone viral.
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Shukriya, Rishabh pic.twitter.com/V1gz0gDfHD
— Delhi Capitals (@DelhiCapitals) November 24, 2024
Rishabh Pant, who captained Delhi Capitals in three seasons, was released from the squad ahead of the mega auction as the side retained four players -Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Tristan Stubbs and Abhishek Porel. The swashbuckling wicketkeeper-batsman has played 111 IPL games in his career and scored 3284 runs with 18 half-centuries and one century to his name.
Pant’s bid surpassed former Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 winning captain Shreyas Iyer who was sold to Punjab Kings for a whopping Rs 26.75 crore earlier in the day.
