Did Rishabh Pant lie? Sensational claim of Delhi Capitals new head coach on former captain – Delhi Capitals new head coach Hemang Badani said Rishabh Pant didnt want to get retain IPL 2025

New Delhi: Delhi Capitals’ new coach Hemang Badani has given a big statement regarding Rishabh Pant’s release from the team before the mega auction. He has told why Pant was not retained. Pant was with Delhi Capitals since 2016. But he was released before the mega auction of IPL 2025. After this, Pant became the most expensive sold player in IPL history. He was bought by Lucknow Super Giants for Rs 27 crore. Delhi Capitals tried to buy him back due to RTM card, but failed.He himself did not want to be retained – Hemang Badani

Hemang Badani told that Pant himself did not want to be retained by Delhi Capitals because he felt that his price was more than Rs 18 crore. Hemang Badani said on Subramaniam Badrinath’s YouTube show, ‘Actually, he himself did not want to be retained. He said that he wants to know its real value by going to the auction. If a player has to be retained, both the team and the player must agree. We talked to him, the management also talked to him. Many phone calls and messages were exchanged.

Delhi Capitals wanted to retain him…

Badani further said, ‘Yes, Delhi Capitals wanted to retain him. But he decided to go to the auction. He believed that he could get more than Rs 18 crore. In the end, the market proved the same. He got Rs 27 crore. Good for them. He is a very good player. “We will miss him, but life goes on.”

Let us tell you that Rishabh Pant, while tweeting on the most popular social media platform Twitter, had said that his not being retained was not related to money. He had written, ‘My not being retained was not about money, I can definitely say this.’