This Indian will break Mitchell Starc's auction record, will this former legend's prediction come true?

Cricket News Desk. The mega auction of IPL 2025 is going to be held on 24th and 25th November in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. For which all 10 franchises are ready. This time, 574 players are going to be bid in the mega auction, which includes big names like Rishabh Pant, KL Rahul, Shreyas Iyer and Arshdeep Singh. Now a former Indian cricketer has predicted which Indian player can break Mitchell Starc's auction record. Which was bought by KKR in the last auction for Rs 24.75 crore.

Irfan Pathan made a big claim
Former Team India all-rounder Irfan Pathan has shared a post on his X account. In which he wrote, “Mitchell Starck's auction record is in danger.” Rishabh Pant is all set to demolish it!” In fact, before Irfan, another former Indian cricketer Srikanth had organized a mock auction on his YouTube channel, during which the pants were sold to the highest bidder. Which was bought by Punjab Kings for Rs 29 crore. Many posts about Pant are also being shared on social media, in which fans claim that this player can break all the records of the auction this time.

Delhi Capitals announced
After being released from Delhi Capitals, now Rishabh Pant is going to be a part of the mega auction of IPL 2025. Almost all the franchises will have their eyes on this player. Especially teams like Royal Challengers Bangalore, Punjab Kings and KKR can target Pant.

Pant returned to the cricket field after a long time in IPL 2024. After the car accident, Pant did not play cricket for about one and a half years. However, Pant's comeback has been fantastic. Last season, Pant had scored 446 runs while batting. This includes three half-centuries. During this period, Pant's strike rate was 155.40.