Ricky Ponting reacts to non-retentions of Rishabh Pant, Shreyas Iyer and KL Rahul: ‘I’m a bit surprised’

Pant was roped successful for Rs 1.9 crore by Delhi successful the IPL 2016 auction and has been retained by the franchise ever since. Pant appeared successful 111 matches for the Capitals, scoring implicit 3284 runs with a period and 18 half-centuries. Despite missing retired connected the entirety of 2023 owed to his unfortunate car accident, Pant was retained by the Capitals. He returned arsenic skipper successful IPL 2024, scoring 446 runs, arsenic Capitals failed to marque the Playoffs. In Pant’s absence, it is understood that the Capitals are keen connected bringing backmost Iyer, who led the franchise to their archetypal and lone IPL last successful 2020.

Meanwhile, Rahul volition instrumentality to the IPL auction for the archetypal clip since 2018 erstwhile the Karnataka batter was roped successful by Punjab Kings astatine Rs 11 crore. Rahul aboriginal became 1 of the archetypal 3 automatic choices for LSG earlier they entered the IPL mega-auction successful 2022. In 3 seasons with the LSG, Rahul scored implicit 1400 runs arsenic the squad made the Playoffs twice.

“This is wherever it gets exciting,” the 49-year-old said. “You’ve got to recognize who your fig 1 people is and however overmuch wealth you are consenting to wage for them. That’s specified a large portion of it (IPL), of getting the auction close strategy-wise. And past handing it implicit to us, arsenic a radical of coaches.”