Rishabh Pant‘s cellphone should be going bonkers in Perth after his record-breaking Rs 27 crore Indian Premier League (IPL) pay-cheque took the web by storm on day one of many public sale in Jeddah on Sunday.
The wicketkeeper-batter, who was not retained by Delhi Capitals (DC) and is presently enjoying the Check sequence in Australia, was purchased by the Lucknow Tremendous Giants (LSG) after an intense bidding struggle with Sunrisers Hyderabad and Delhi — taking his base-price of Rs 2 crore to a report rise.
It is going to be the primary time that Pant will transfer out of his hometown Delhi to play for one more IPL aspect, and it required LSG to empty their pockets, breaking the report set by Australian pacer Mitchell Starc final yr along with his Rs 24.75 crore bid from Kolkata Knight Riders.
Delhi exercised their Proper-to-Match card when LSG reached Rs 20.75 crore, matching Lucknow’s bid to maintain Pant of their squad. Nonetheless, LSG raised the stakes as soon as once more, pushing their bid to Rs 27 crore. DC, regardless of their need to retain Pant, didn’t use the RTM once more to match the ultimate bid.
After Pant’s long-time affiliation ended with Delhi, the franchise aptly put out a “miss you” tweet to bid farewell to the star wicketkeeper-batter.
The 27-year-old Pant made a comeback to aggressive cricket within the IPL earlier this yr after greater than a year-long restoration following his horror automobile accident in December 2022.
In 111 IPL matches, Pant has scored 3,284 runs at a powerful common of 35.31 and a strike charge of 148.93, together with one century and 18 fifties.
This is how the followers, franchises and consultants reacted to Pant’s report deal:
