Rishabh Pant spoke for the first time after his release from Delhi Capitals, replied to Gavaskar, told the real reason

Sports Desk, Obnews: The mega auction of IPL 2025 is scheduled to be held on November 24-25 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. For which preparations have started. This time's mega auction is going to be great in many respects. Where teams are going to bid on big players. In which players like KL Rahul and Rishabh Pant are also present. In such a situation, Pant has now spoken on this matter for the first time after separating from Delhi.

Actually, Delhi Capitals did not retain Rishabh Pant. Pant was the captain of the team and is considered the best wicketkeeper in the world. But still the franchise did not retain him. Now Pant will participate in the mega auction of IPL 2025. Before that, there are constant speculations that Rishabh Pant has broken his ties with Delhi Capitals because of money.

Former Team India captain Sunil Gavaskar, while presenting his opinion, said that due to money, Pant has decided to leave Delhi. While talking to Star Sports, he said that sometimes when a player has to be retained, there is a negotiation between the franchise and the player regarding the fees. As you saw, some of the retained players got more money than the number-1 retention fee. So I think maybe there was some disagreement there (between Pant and Delhi), but I think Delhi would definitely want Rishabh Pant back because they also need a captain.

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Rishabh Pant himself has commented on Sunil Gavaskar's video. Till now Pant had not talked about retention and auction, but this time he has broken his silence. Pant wrote in the comment of the video shared on Instagram – I can definitely say that my retention was not about money.

My retention wasn’t about the money for sure that I can say 🤍

— Rishabh Pant (@RishabhPant17) November 19, 2024

Rishabh Pant has been playing in IPL since 2016. He made his debut for Delhi Daredevils (now Delhi Capitals). Since then Pant has been retained in every auction. The franchise made Pant its captain in the 2021 season. The franchise retained him even after he missed a season due to a car accident.