Did Delhi Capitals release Rishabh Pant because of money? It has been revealed, now Pant himself told the inside story

Rishabh Pant: Preparations for IPL 2025 have started. IPL 2025 Mega Auction will be held on 24 and 25 November in Jeddah city of Dubai. For this, all the teams have started their preparations. Before the mega auction, Delhi Capitals team is in the news a lot. Delhi Capitals team has released its captain Rishabh Pant before IPL 2025.

Rishabh Pant was associated with the Delhi Capitals team since the beginning of his IPL career, so what happened suddenly that the Delhi Capitals team has decided to release Rishabh Pant.

Sunil Gavaskar said that Delhi Capitals released Rishabh Pant because of money.

Veteran Indian player Sunil Gavaskar gave his reaction on Star Sports regarding the release of Rishabh Pant. Sunil Gavaskar said that “Auction works in a very different way. We cannot say anything on this in advance. But Delhi Capitals will need Rishabh Pant. When a player is retained, there is also talk about salary between him and the franchise. I think there might have been some differences of opinion on this issue.”

Rishabh Pant gave his reaction

Rishabh Pant completely rejected this statement of Sunil Gavaskar on social media. Rishabh Pant rejected Sunil Gavaskar's statement and said, “The reason for my not being retained is not money. I can say this with confidence.”

Talking about Rishabh Pant's IPL career, he started his IPL career with Delhi Capitals in 2016. Since then, Rishabh Pant has played 111 IPL matches in his career, during which he scored 3284 runs in 110 innings of 111 matches at an average of 35.31 and strike rate of 148.93.

During this period, Rishabh Pant has scored 1 century and 18 half-centuries. During this period his best score has been 128 not out. Rishabh Pant has now left the team after being with Delhi Capitals for 9 years. This veteran player has placed his name in the mega auction of IPL 2025 with a base price of Rs 2 crore. Chennai Super Kings, Delhi Capitals and Punjab Kings are eyeing this player in IPL 2025.