After deciding to go away Delhi Capitals, Rishabh Pant is unarguably probably the most sought-after participant within the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 public sale. A participant of Pant’s stature is sure to be on the radar of each single IPL franchise within the mega public sale, although these with the most important purse stability stand the utmost probability of signing him. The franchise with the most important purse stability stays Punjab Kings, having solely retained 2 uncapped gamers. With former Delhi Capitals mentor Ricky Ponting being their head coach, Pant has been strongly favored with the franchise. Now, the Australia nice has damaged the silence on the matter.
Chatting with the broadcaster, Star Sports activities, forward of the public sale, Ponting admitted that Pant stays a type of gamers the franchise has spoken about. With the most important purse stability (Rs. 110.5 crore), Ponting admitted that PBKS have massive ambitions within the public sale. However, he additionally mentioned that there stay different gamers to purchase too.
“Oh look, we have spoken about numerous gamers within the public sale. I imply, Rishabh goes to be a goal for many groups, you’d assume,” Ponting instructed Star Sports activities.
“Actually those which have saved a large enough purse. So we go into the public sale with the most important purse, however when you concentrate on that, if you break it down, we have solely saved the 2 gamers,” he added.
“So by the point we have purchased one other three or 4 gamers, our purse goes to be again the identical as everybody else’s. So it is not that massive of a bonus, solely the truth that we most likely ought to have the ability to lock away our prime three or 4 picks going into the public sale.”
“So yeah, look, we have spoken about Rishabh, we have spoken about numerous gamers, and now we’ve got to make it possible for we simply keep on with our technique,” Ponting defined.
Earlier, Pant confirmed that his departure from Delhi wasn’t all the way down to cash. Therefore, the wicket-keeper batter may be taking a look at a number of different issues he desires from the franchise he’s subsequent going to affix.
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