Rishabh Pant IPL 2025 Mega Auction Update
Rishabh Pant, India’s first-choice wicketkeeper batters across formats, is all set to enter IPL mega auction after not being retained by Delhi Capitals, as per media reports. So Let’s take a look at Rishabh Pant IPL 2025 Mega Auction Update.
Pant missed the IPL 2023 action due to his car accident in December 2022, the wicketkeeper batter made a comeback and led DC in IPL 2024, but the franchise missed the playoffs berth.
If a rumour to be believed, many in the franchise leadership group are not satisfied with Pant’s qualities as a skipper in T20 cricket, however they wanted him to continue with DC but not as captain.
Axar Patel, who has been with the franchise since 2019, is another option to be considered. But the DC management will look for more options during the mega auction.
However, as per a report by PTI, GMR is currently in discussion with Shreyas Iyer, who led KKR to their third title in IPL 2024, but is set to be released by the Knight Riders.
Shreyas Iyer was Delhi Capitals skipper when the franchise played its only final in their 17-year long IPL campaign.
The Capitals have retained Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Tristan Stubbs, Abhishek Porel, and will have an option to use 2 RTM (Right to Match) cards during the mega auction.
Rishabh Pant vs Shreyas Iyer performance as captain in IPL
Rishabh Pant was appointed as DC’ skipper as Shreyas Iyer was ruled out of the tournament due to an injury.
Pant’s DC ended the league stage as top-placed side but lost in playoffs. While they failed to reach playoffs in 2022 and 2024 under Pant.
The left-arm batter has scored 1205 runs at an average of 35.44 as DC captain. While Delhi Capitals managed to win 24 and lost 19 in a total of 44 matches in which Pant captained the franchise.
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While Delhi Capitals made their only final appearance while playing under Shreyas Iyer in 2020. After missing 2021 IPL action due to injury, Iyer was named KKR captain ahead of IPL 2022, and under his leadership the Kolkata Knight Riders won the IPL 2024 edition.
