Rishabh Pant made history at the IPL Auction 2025, becoming the most expensive player in IPL auction history with a staggering ₹27 crore bid from Lucknow SuperGiants (LSG). The wicketkeeper-batter, who had been with Delhi Capitals since 2016, was released ahead of this year's auction, making him a prime target. Delhi Capitals initially exercised their Right to Match (RTM) card to retain Pant at ₹20.75 crore, but LSG raised the stakes, forcing DC to withdraw. Pant, who made a strong comeback in IPL 2024 after recovering from a life-threatening car accident, had an average season with 446 runs, but his leadership and proven IPL experience made him a valuable asset. The record-breaking signing of Pant follows his illustrious career and marks a new chapter for LSG as they bolster their squad for IPL 2025
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00:00Rishabh Pant gone for 27 crore rupees. What does it mean, Keshav? What does it mean?
00:04Okay, I'll take a bit of creative freedom.
00:07I thought you would say you'll take some time to digest this.
00:09Creative freedom. There was a proverb, eggs and promises are made to be broken.
00:14Oh, okay.
00:15I'll take a creative freedom and I will add eggs and records are made to be broken.
00:22Right, absolutely.
00:23Two minutes before we discussed about Shreyas Iyer has set a record, all time high price in IPL.
00:3026.75 crores.
00:3126.75 crores. Now just within three minutes after Shreyas Iyer, Mitchell Stark, the highest bid of the last auction was sold.
00:42And now Rishabh Pant has blazed all the records.
00:46Expected also.
00:4827 crores and the way Mr. Goenka had waved his hand, he banged the table, it was the kind of intensity Rishabh Pant deserved.
01:00Alright, absolutely. And his on-field performance also. He came back, he recovered from the injury, the accident that he had gotten into.
01:06And after that his return has always made headlines. In fact, they are playing in Australia as of now, in Perth.
01:14And his theatrics there, both with the bat and behind the stumps is something that is again generating a lot of talking points.
01:21He is an entertaining cricketer, a complete entertainment package and which is required in the sort of format of cricket.
01:28He is bang on. And I really like the way he has emerged from the injury. It was like he is finished.
01:37Right, right, right. But from there he revived and not only revived, his willpower is so strong and all of us know,
01:44he is a struggling background from a village or a small town of Roorkee in Uttarakhand.
01:50He has rose to such a fame at the global level. He is a kind of his own.
01:56Nobody else can match the wit he has, the attack he has when he comes between the wicket.
02:03And of course behind the mic, I mean behind the, we always say behind the mic.
02:08Because he is also behind the mic when he is behind the stumps.
02:12So he keeps chirping and entertaining the audiences, his fellow cricketers, in fact the opponents also.
02:18We remember how, you know, he was making some funny statements with his Bangladeshi counterparts.
02:26Even with his Australian counterparts, he is not telling them.
02:29And when India was playing Bangladesh in the test, he suggested the Bangladeshi keeper to put a fielder there.
02:36So that kind of character he is and his fellow cricketers, the boys in blue, they have said a lot about Rishabh Pant's, you know, fun, his wits.
02:50Absolutely. Lucknow super giants have got Rishabh Pant. Lucknow in itself has to still make a mark here.
02:56They have shown quite a streak in the previous series of IPL, still lots to cover.
03:03Yes, so for LSG, no one else than Rishabh Pant could have been a better replacement for KL Rahul.
03:10KL Rahul, a wicketkeeper, a batsman, they had lost, I mean, they could not retain him, they have released.
03:15There was a bit of a scuffle between the LSG honours and KL Rahul.
03:20So I always knew that either RCB or LSG are going to bid the highest for Rishabh Pant.
03:28Rishabh Pant is a perfect buy for them.
03:31And I believe with Rishabh Pant, we have reached the highest bid of this season.
03:36If someone else comes up, it will be really a surprise.
03:40Absolutely. We will have to wait and watch.
03:42And also RCB, a name that keeps popping up, what bids do they make, whom do they go for?
03:48We will be keeping an eye on that. Stay tuned to OneIndia.