Rishabh Pant was not retained by Delhi Capitals even though he had captained the franchise in three out of the last four seasons since IPL 2021 and was seen as one of their main batters.

Delhi Capitals, surprisingly, released Rishabh Pant ahead of the auction, but the fans were hopeful that the franchise will probably bring him back using the Right To Match option

Rishabh Pant has refuted Sunil Gavaskar's speculation that his non-retention by the Delhi Capitals was due to financial disagreements. Pant clarified that money was not a factor in him not being retained by the IPL franchise.

Rishabh Pant addressed his non-retention by Delhi Capitals, stating it wasn't financially motivated. After eight years with the franchise, his departure surprised fans, especially with other players retained.

Sunil Gavaskar feels that Delhi Capitals could target Ishan Kishan as their Rishabh Pant replacement and feels they could bid as much 15-20 crores for the Jharkhand wicketkeeper-batter. Kishan has been a part of Mumbai Indians for the past 3 seasons,

Rishabh Pant broke silence on not being retained by the Delhi Capitals ahead of the IPL auction, saying that his separation with the franchise wasn't because of the money matters, as speculated.

Check out what Rishabh Pant posted about parting ways with Delhi Capitals ahead of the IPL 2025 mega-auction, only on CricTracker.

Pant, who is listed at a base price of Rs 2 crore and is one of the 12 marquee players for the upcoming auction, was not retained by DC. The team instead retained Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Tristan Stubbs and Abhishek Porel.

Ahead of the IPL 2025 mega auction, Rishabh Pant broke his silence on leaving Delhi Capitals. DC retained the likes of Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Abhishek Porel and Tristan Stubbs.

Rishabh Pant and Delhi Capitals' parting is all but confirmed, with Rishabh Pant writing on X that his non-retention was to do with non-money reasons.