Rishabh Pant: The mega auction for IPL 2025 ran for two days (Sunday and Monday) in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. In which bids were placed on a total of 182 players (120 Indian and 62 foreign players). During this period, India's star wicketkeeper batsman Rishabh Pant became the most expensive player in IPL history. Pant was bought by Lucknow Super Giants for Rs 27 crore. Earlier, Delhi Capitals had released Pant. At the same time, after Pant joining the Lucknow team, the reaction of Delhi Capitals co-owner Parth Jindal has come to light.
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Actually, Delhi Capitals co-owner and chairman Parth Jindal has written an emotional social media post about Rishabh Pant. In which Pant has been described as a younger brother and he said that he is sad and emotional to see Pant leaving. “Rishabh, you are and will always be my little brother – I love you with all my heart and I have done everything possible to ensure that,” Parth Jindal wrote in an ex-post on Tuesday, the day after the mega auction ended. You are happy and treated like my family. I am very sad to see you go and I am very emotional about it.”
The Delhi Capitals co-owner further wrote, “You will always be in DC and I hope one day we can meet again. Thank you Rishabh for everything and remember we will always love you – do well champ, the world is at your feet. Best wishes from all of us – apart from when you play against DC, I will always be cheering you on and hoping for the best for you!”
To Rishabh @RishabhPant17 you are and will always remain my younger brother – from the bottom of my heart I love you and I have tried everything to make sure you are happy and have treated you like my family. I am very sad to see you go and I am very emotional about it. You will…
— Parth Jindal (@ParthJindal11) November 26, 2024
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Let us tell you that Rishabh Pant was released by Delhi Capitals before the IPL 2025 auction. Pant had been a part of the Delhi team since 2016 and was made the captain ahead of the 2021 season, replacing the injured Shreyas Iyer. After this, Pant was retained as captain for IPL 2022. However, Pant made a comeback in IPL 2024 after recovering from serious injuries sustained in a fatal car accident in December 2022. But, after the average performance of Delhi Capitals, there was every possibility of him being stripped of the captaincy.
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