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In a post on social media, Parth Jindal, the co-owner of Delhi Capitals, poured his heart out after Rishab Pant’s departure from the franchise.
Rishabh Pant (left) made started his IPL career with Delhi Capitals. (BCCI Photo)
Rishabh Pant’s exit from Delhi Capitals has saddened franchise co-owner Parth Jindal who took to social media on Tuesday dreaming of reuniting with the star cricket in future. Pant was not retained by DC ahead of the two-day IPL 2025 auction that concluded on Monday in Jeddah (Saudi Arabia). As per various reports, Pant and the DC team management weren’t on the same page with regards to the future direction of the franchise and the negotiations fell through at the last moment before the retention announcement deadline.
At the mega auction, Lucknow Super Giants made a record-breaking winning bid of Rs 27 crore for Pant to secure his services. DC did enter the fray to sign back their captain but LSG outbid them after the franchise used the RTM option.
“To Rishabh @RishabhPant17 you are and will always remain my younger brother – from the bottom of my heart I love you and I have tried everything to make sure you are happy and have treated you like my family,” Jindal wrote in an emotional post on X.
To Rishabh @RishabhPant17 you are and will always remain my younger brother – from the bottom of my heart I love you and I have tried everything to make sure you are happy and have treated you like my family. I am very sad to see you go and I am very emotional about it. You will…— Parth Jindal (@ParthJindal11) November 26, 2024
“I am very sad to see you go and I am very emotional about it. You will always be in DC and I hope one day we can reunite. Thank you for everything Rishabh and remember that we will always love you – go well champ, the world is at your feet. Best wishes from all of us at @DelhiCapitals – other than when you play DC I will be cheering and hoping for the best for you!” Jindal added.
DC added 19 players during the auction having already retained Kuldeep Yadav, Axar Patel, Tristan Stubbs and Abhishek Porel. They bought back Jake Fraser-McGurk for Rs 9 crore and added India batter KL Rahul to the squad for Rs 14 crore.
While Pant’s exit may have impacted him, Jindal was happy with how the auction went for DC. “The auction went completely to our plan. I would like to compliment the entire support staff, who worked tirelessly on devising the entire auction strategy. We have built a very balanced team, we are very happy,” he said.
