A big change has been seen before the start of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025. Lucknow Super Giants have taken a big decision regarding the captaincy of the team, which has created a stir in the cricket world. KL Rahul, who captained the team till last season, was not retained. After this, the team gave the responsibility of the most expensive player and new captain in IPL history to Rishabh Pant.
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Many teams competed to bid on Rishabh Pant in the mega auction. Pant, who had landed with a base price of Rs 2 crore, raised the excitement right from the start. A tough competition was seen between Lucknow Super Giants and Royal Challengers Bangalore. Later the Hyderabad team also jumped into it, but after the bid of Rs 20.75 crore, Hyderabad withdrew its hands.
Delhi Capitals used their “right to match” card, but when Lucknow made a record bid of Rs 27 crore for Pant, Delhi backed out. In this way, Rishabh Pant became the most expensive player and captain in IPL history.
Handing over the captaincy to Pant, Lucknow Super Giants owner Sanjiv Goenka said, “Rishabh Pant is a born captain. According to me, he will be one of the best captains of IPL in the coming times. After ten-twelve years, people will also take Rishabh’s name along with Dhoni and Rohit.”
After becoming the captain, Rishabh Pant said, “I will work on MS Dhoni’s formula. Mahi Bhai says, ‘Focus on the process, results will come automatically.’ I will also work with this philosophy.”
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Rishabh Pant was a part of Delhi Capitals since 2016 and became the captain of the team in 2021. Under his leadership the team traveled till the playoffs. Pant has scored 3284 runs in 110 IPL matches at an average of 35.31, which includes one century and 18 half-centuries. But now for the first time he will represent a team outside Delhi.
