Rishabh Pant was not retained by Delhi Capitals forward of IPL 2025 Mega Public sale.© BCCI
Former India batter Robin Uthappa has claimed that bids for wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant will earn a paycheck of wherever between Rs 25-28 crore within the upcoming IPL 2025 Mega Public sale. Pant is amongst the high-profile Indian gamers within the public sale, to be held on November 24 and 25 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, after not being retained by Delhi Capitals. With him within the public sale, groups like Punjab Kings, Lucknow Tremendous Giants, Chennai Tremendous Kings and Royal Challengers Bengaluru are anticipated to bid closely for him.
“I really feel Rishabh Pant will go at round Rs 25-28 crores. He will certainly get the massive bucks and develop into the highest-paid participant on this public sale. To afford Pant at such charges can be attention-grabbing to see, as a result of I really feel Punjab Kings might intention to get him, and so will RCB, for the position of management and as a wicketkeeper-batsman,” mentioned Uthappa on JioCinema.
Related sentiments have been echoed by former India opener Aakash Chopra. “I really feel Rishabh Pant goes to develop into the most costly participant within the historical past of the IPL. If there’s a good equation between Pant and Punjab Kings, then they’ll go onerous for him, or else RCB turns into a really seemingly place for Rishabh Pant. However I imagine different groups may even bid for Pant as effectively. Indian gamers are going to be the prime property on this mega public sale.”
Uthappa additionally thinks DC will go onerous on shopping for again Shreyas Iyer, who was with the franchise from 2015 to 2021. “DC will go onerous for Shreyas Iyer, and he ought to go inside the bracket of 15-20 crores, and du Plessis above 10 crores. Indian children like Nehal Wadhera and Ashutosh Sharma are an enormous half and the rationale for the success of any workforce, and also you need them to do very well. I feel they’ll go for above 8 crores every.”
Chopra talked about that younger Australian opener Jake Fraser-McGurk might be taken in by Punjab Kings, after a fantastic opening stint with DC in IPL 2024. “With Ricky Ponting being with Punjab Kings, I really feel they’ll goal Jake Fraser-McGurk, and they might be eager on having him.”
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