Rishabh Pant becomes the new Nawab of IPL, leaves everyone behind in the auction; money showered lavishly
Rishabh Pant is the new Nawab of IPL
Many major changes will be seen in all the 10 teams in the 18th season of the Indian Premier League i.e. IPL to be played in the year 2025. This change is also going to be quite confusing for the fans because many players who were seen playing with the same team from their debut season till IPL 2024 are going to be seen in the jersey of some other team next season. The biggest name in this is that of Team India’s star wicketkeeper batsman Rishabh Pant, about whom there was a lot of discussion even before the mega auction. Earlier there were expectations regarding Pant that Delhi Capitals would include him back in the team using RTM, but Lucknow Super Giants made such a bid which forced them to step back. Now Pant will be seen in the jersey of Lucknow Super Giants, the franchise of the city of Nawabs, Lucknow.
Rishabh Pant becomes the most expensive player in IPL history
This time, IPL Mega Auction was organized in Jeddah city of Saudi Arabia on 24th and 25th November in which a total of 577 players were shortlisted. Out of these, the first bids were made for the marquee players. In such a situation, everyone was waiting for Rishabh Pant to call his name. When the auctioneer called his name, the first bid came from Chennai Super Kings. After this, Lucknow Super Giants entered the field and Pant’s price kept increasing continuously after this. During this time, CSK took their steps back but RCB and then Sunrisers Hyderabad also tried to take him in their team but Lucknow Super Giants forced them to step back by making a bid of Rs 20.75 crore.
From here Rishabh Pant had not yet become a part of Lucknow Super Giants in which Delhi Capitals decided to use RTM on him. After this, Lucknow increased its final prize directly to Rs 27 crore, hearing which all the franchises and fans sitting there were surprised and Delhi again decided to release Pant.
Most expensive players in the last three IPL auctions.
Lucknow Super Giants spent 22.7 percent of their purse on Rishabh Pant.
Lucknow Super Giants was looking for a player in the upcoming season of IPL who could handle the responsibility of captaining their team well and Rishabh Pant now looks completely fit in it. This time, a total purse of Rs 120 crore was given to all the teams for the mega auction, in which Lucknow spent 22.5 percent of its purse on Pant. Before coming to the mega auction, Lucknow had retained 5 players, after which they were left with only Rs 69 crore in their purse and out of this, they spent Rs 27 crore just to include Pant in their team.
Lucknow Super Giants spent the most of their purse on Rishabh Pant.
If we look at the last three mega auctions of IPL, when it was organized in the year 2018, a purse of Rs 80 crore was given to all the franchises, in which England’s star all-rounder player Ben Stokes was bought by Rajasthan Royals at 12.5. It was bought for Rs. crores in which he spent 15.63 percent of his purse on it. In the mega auction of 2022, Ishan Kishan was bought by Mumbai Indians for Rs 15.25 crore, in which the purse of all the franchises at that time was Rs 90 crore. In such a situation, Mumbai had spent 16.94 percent of its purse on Ishaan. In such a situation, Rishabh Pant has left all of them behind and has set such a benchmark that all the fans will be waiting to see who will break it.
Ishaan Kishan
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Pant’s salary increased from Rs 1.90 crore to Rs 27 crore in ten years
Rishabh Pant had entered the IPL for the first time in the year 2016, discussion had already started in Indian cricket about the aggressive style wicketkeeper batsman Pant’s game, in which he was being seen as a replacement for Dhoni. . In such a situation, in the year 2016, Pant was bought by Delhi Daredevils team in the auction for Rs 1.90 crore. After this, next year also Pant played for Delhi at the same salary. Before the mega auction of 2018, Delhi Daredevils, who changed the name of their team to Delhi Capitals, decided to retain Pant for Rs 8 crore. Just before the mega auction in 2022, Delhi Capitals doubled Pant’s salary to Rs 16 crore. Now, if we look at Pant’s IPL salary in the mega auction of the year 2025, it will directly be Rs 27 crore, in which it has increased by Rs 25.10 crore from the year 2016 to 2015.
Rishabh Pant’s salary for every season since his debut in IPL.
Rishabh Pant’s performance became the reason for his IPL salary
If we look at the new players who have come to IPL in the last decade, then Rishabh Pant is counted among those players who not only established themselves in this biggest T20 league of world cricket but also made their way to international cricket from here. Made. If we look at Pant’s IPL performance in the last 5 years, there has been continuous improvement in it, in which he has also taken the responsibility of captaining Delhi Capitals. In the year 2019, Pant scored 488 runs in 16 matches, in which his strike rate was 162.66. The 2020 IPL season was nothing special for Pant with the bat and he managed to score only 343 runs in 14 matches.
Rishabh Pant
In the IPL 2021 season, Pant once again managed to perform brilliantly with the bat and while playing in 16 matches, he scored 419 runs with an excellent average of 34.91. In the 2022 IPL season, Pant scored 340, while in the 2024 IPL season, in which he was completely fit and returning to the field after almost one and a half years after being badly injured in a car accident, he played in 13 matches and scored 40.54. He scored 446 runs at an average in which his strike rate was more than 150 and he was also successful in playing three half-century innings.
Rishabh Pant
Pant was the most expensive player in the last 5 auctions of IPL.
An auction is organized every year in the Indian Premier League, in which a mega auction is held after three seasons and a mini auction is organized in between. If we look at the auction for the last 5 IPL seasons, Rishabh Pant has become the player who got the highest amount among all. In the mini auction held in the year 2021, Rajasthan Royals bought Chris Morris for Rs 16.25 crore. After this, in the mega auction held in the year 2022, Ishan Kishan was bought by Mumbai Indians for Rs 15.25 crore.
Most expensive players in last 5 seasons in IPL.
The Punjab Kings team had surprised everyone by buying Sam Curran for Rs 18.5 crore in the 2023 mini auction, but in the mini auction held a year later, Kolkata Knight Riders spent Rs 24.75 crore for Mitchell Starc. Was startled. Now Lucknow Super Giants spent Rs 27 crore for Rishabh Pant, who has become the most expensive player in IPL history.
The most expensive players of the last 5 seasons of IPL.
Apart from Pant, Iyer also got Rs 26.75 crore in the mega auction of IPL 2025.
5 most expensive players in IPL 2025 season
This time in the mega auction, franchises spent a lot of money from their purse on Indian players, in which if seen, Indian players dominate among the top-3 most expensive players. While Rishabh Pant managed to get Rs 27 crore, Shreyas Iyer got a little less Rs 26.75 crore, who will be seen playing for Punjab Kings next season. Venkatesh Iyer, who played an important role in helping Kolkata Knight Riders win the title in the last IPL season, was again bought by KKR in the mega auction for Rs 23.75 crore.
