File representation of Delhi Capitals’ skipper Rishabh Pant playing a changeable during an Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 T20 cricket lucifer betwixt Delhi Capitals and Gujarat Titans, astatine the Arun Jaitley Stadium, successful New Delhi, Wednesday, April 24, 2024. (PTI Photo)
Rishabh Pant connected Tuesday has opened up wherefore helium was not retained by Delhi Capitals and said “money” was not the crushed helium went backmost to the auction.
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 was integral portion of the Delhi franchise. However, helium has been released by the Capitals this twelvemonth up of the IPL mega auction.
Sunil Gavaskar portion talking to Star Sports has pointed retired that Pant mightiness person near Delhi due to the fact that of the disagreement implicit the wealth and the Capitals mightiness get him backmost astatine the auction.
My retention wasn’t astir the wealth for definite that I tin accidental 🤍
— Rishabh Pant (@RishabhPant17) November 19, 2024
“See suctions are wholly different. So we don’t cognize however it would go. But what I consciousness is that Delhi would surely privation Rishabh Pant backmost successful their squad,” said Sunil Gavaskar.
“Sometimes you cognize erstwhile the subordinate is to beryllium retained determination is simply a speech betwixt the franchise and the subordinate astir the expected fees.
“As you tin spot immoderate of the players who person been retained by their franchise. They person gone for much than accidental what the fig 1 retention interest deduction would beryllium truthful intelligibly I deliberation possibly determination was immoderate disagreement implicit determination but my feeling is that Delhi would decidedly privation Rishabh sound back.
“Because they request a skipper arsenic well. If Rishabh Pant is not their squad past they person to look for a caller skipper arsenic good truthful my feeling is Delhi volition decidedly spell for Rishabh Pant,” helium added.
Replying to the video posted by Star Sports connected X, Pant said: “My retention wasn’t astir the wealth for definite that I tin say.”
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.
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First uploaded on: 19-11-2024 astatine 12:18 IST