After deciding to depart 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 certain to be on the radar of each single IPL franchise within the mega public sale, although these with the largest purse stability stand the utmost likelihood of signing him. The franchise with the largest 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 largest purse stability (Rs. 110.5 crore), Ponting admitted that PBKS have huge 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 suppose,” Ponting informed Star Sports activities.
“Actually those which have stored a sufficiently big purse. So we go into the public sale with the largest purse, however when you consider that, if you break it down, we have solely stored 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 isn’t that huge of a bonus, solely the truth that we in all probability ought to be capable of lock away our high 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 now we have to be sure that we simply follow our technique,” Ponting defined.
Earlier, Pant confirmed that his departure from Delhi wasn’t right down to cash. Therefore, the wicket-keeper batter is perhaps taking a look at a couple of different issues he desires from the franchise he’s subsequent going to affix.
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