Rishabh Pant will not get Rs 27 crore, Government of India in one stroke slapped the star cricketer with crores of rupees

Rishabh Pant: When Rishabh Pant's name echoed in the IPL 2025 auction, there was a race among all the teams to buy him. Ultimately Lucknow Supergiants won this auction. This team bought Pant at a record price of Rs 27 crores. This has been the biggest bid on a player in the history of IPL. After being bought for such an amount, a question is coming in everyone's mind regarding Rishabh Pant. The question is whether Pant will get the full amount? But the answer is no.

Rishabh is the most expensive player in IPL history

A huge amount is going to be deducted from Rishabh Pant's IPL salary. Let us tell you what is going to be the mathematics of Rishabh Pant's IPL salary? Wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant created history in the IPL 2025 auction held in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. In the auction, Lucknow Supergiants included him in their team by paying Rs 27 crore. In this way Pant became the most expensive player sold in the history of IPL auction. He overtook Shreyas Iyer, who was bought by Punjab Kings for Rs 26.75 crore, within 15-20 minutes. Rishabh Pant, who was sold at the highest price in IPL history, will still not get Rs 27 crore annually.

Let us tell you that Rishabh Pant's old franchise Delhi Capitals had tried to keep him with them for Rs 20.75 crore through RTM card but Lucknow had made a bid of Rs 27 crore for Pant. After which Delhi raised its hands. Even though a bid of Rs 27 crore has been placed on Pant, he (Rishabh Pant) is not going to get Rs 27 crore in IPL 2025. Let us tell you that there is tax on the salaries of players in IPL. In IPL, players are given a fixed-term contract, which is usually three years. The amount spent by the franchise is paid on a season basis.

Rishabh will have to pay Rs 8 crore as tax

Lucknow has given Rs 27 crore to Pant (Rishabh Pant) for the IPL 2025 season. If he remains with the franchise for three years, he will get a total of Rs 81 crore. A large part of the Rs 27 crore salary received by Pant for one season will be deducted as tax. He will have to pay Rs 8.1 crore as tax. He will get only Rs 18.9 crore. Rishabh Pant has been bought at a huge price of Rs 27 crores and in such a situation the pressure on him has increased a lot. This player will have the responsibility of making Lucknow win the IPL. Because this team has reached the playoffs twice in the last three seasons.

Besides being an expensive player, there is pressure on Rishabh

Talking about Rishabh Pant's IPL career, till now he has scored 3284 runs in 111 IPL matches at an average of 35.31. Which includes one century and 18 half-centuries. Working with Lucknow Supergiants may also be a bit difficult for Pant, because this team has a long history of removing its old captains from the post. First Dhoni and then KL Rahul are examples of this. It is expected that Pant will overcome all kinds of pressure and live up to every expectation. Rishabh Pant was the captain of Delhi Capitals. He batted brilliantly in IPL 2024.