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Delhi Capitals captain Rishabh Pant will reportedly released by the franchise ahead of the upcoming Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 mega auction which is set to take place next month. Virat Kohli's Royal Challengers Bengaluru will most likely to go all in for a 27-year-old wicketkeeper batter in the upcoming auction.
BCCI has already given the deadline to all the teams to submit their list of retention by 31st October. As per TOI, It is reliably understood that Rishabh Pant, who isn't the franchise's choice for captaincy, is highly likely to enter the mega auction ahead of IPL 2025.
India veteran wicketkeeper Dinesh Karthik has already announced his retirement from all forms of cricket after the conclusion of IPL 2024 and the franchise will surely look for a wicketkeeper batter so Rishabh Pant will be the ideal choice for Bengaluru franchise for the upcoming season of cash-rich league.
Pant who made his comeback in IPL 2024 after recovering from a near-fatal accident in December 2022 ended his IPL 2024 campaign as the highest run-getter for Delhi in the last edition of the tournament scoring 446 runs in 13 innings with the highest score of 88.
After his impressive performance in the cash-rich league, the wicketkeeper batter was included in India's T20 World Cup 2024 squad where he scored 171 runs in eight matches with a highest score of 42 runs.
He is currently part of India's Test squad against New Zealand where he scored 119 runs in two innings in the first Test match in Bengaluru's Chinnaswamy Stadium. He is currently preparing for the second Test match which is scheduled to take place in Pune.
IPL mega auction dates
As Sports Tak earlier reported, the Indian Premier League mega auction will take place outside India because of the wedding season in the country. The mega auction will take place from November 24 and 25 in Riyadh.
