Rishabh Pant has surprisingly not been retained by Delhi Capitals (DC) forward of the Indian Premier League (IPL) public sale later this month, and former India batsman Suresh Raina believes the star wicketkeeper-batsman may very well be seen within the Chennai Tremendous Kings (CSK) colors in IPL 2025.
“I met MS Dhoni in Delhi, Pant was additionally there. I believe one thing huge is to occur. Somebody will probably be sporting a yellow jersey quickly,” Raina stated speaking on a JioCinema.
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Pant has been launched by DC, ending their eight-year affiliation. DC opted to retain three capped gamers within the type of Axar Patel (Rs 16.5 crore), Kuldeep Yadav (Rs 13.25 crore) and Tristan Stubbs (Rs 10 crore). In addition they retained one uncapped participant — Abishek Porel (Rs four crore).
There have been a number of stories suggesting that Pant will transfer to CSK. It is smart for the Chennai franchise to get Pant within the camp as a wicketkeeper-batsman, with the 43-year-old Dhoni presumably making his final IPL look subsequent 12 months.
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Dhoni has been retained by CSK as an uncapped participant for Rs four crore. In response to the IPL guidelines, any participant who hasn’t performed worldwide cricket or held a central contract for 5 years is taken into account uncapped. Franchises had been allowed to retain a most of two uncapped gamers.
CSK have retained 5 gamers, together with Dhoni.
Captain Ruturaj Gaikwad and Ravindra Jadeja have been retained for Rs 18 crore every, whereas Sri Lankan quick bowler Matheesha Pathirana has bagged Rs 13 crore and Shivam Dube Rs 12 crore.
