Rishabh Pant's surprising release by Delhi Capitals on IPL 2025 retention day opens the door for his return through the auction, with the franchise holding two Right to Match cards.

There are plenty of big questions heading into the IPL auction for 2025, maybe primary amongst them being what Rishabh Pant’s landing spot will be after his decision to leave Delhi Capitals after a near-decade long association with his home team.

Rishabh Pant, one of India’s most explosive wicketkeeper-batters, was one of the shocking names that appeared in the list of players who were released by their franchises during the annual retention activity ahead of Indian Premiere League's mega auction event.

Chennai Super Kings enter a new phase with the upcoming IPL 2025 auction in Jeddah. All eyes will certainly be on the 5-time champions who could be in the market to get the highly sought after Rishabh Pant.

For the first time since becoming a capped player, Rishabh Pant will enter an IPL auction. Rishabh was still an India U19 player when he entered his first-ever IPL auction in 2016. Delhi Capitals (then known as Delhi Daredevils) bought the wicketkeeper-batsman for Rs 1.

The player auction list has also been revealed and we can now report that a total of 574 players will be going under the hammer.

Chennai Super Kings CSK retained five players, including captain Ruturaj Gaikwad and MS Dhoni as an uncapped player. They also kept Jadeja, Dube, and Pathirana. After a mixed 2022 and a 2023 IPL title,

Delhi Capitals released Rishabh Pant on the IPL 2025 retention day. The wicketkeeper-batsman has registered for the mega-auction with a base price of Rs 2 crore. Can Delhi Capitals use their Right to Match card on Rishabh during the auction?

On November 15, the BCCI narrowed down an initial list of 1,574 players to 574, including 366 Indians and 208 overseas players. All current Indian cricketers are placed in the highest base price category.

Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant and KL Rahul, the three captains released by their franchises ahead of the retention deadline, will be among the 12 marquee players whose names will kick off the IPL 2025 auction,

On Friday, the Indian Premier League issued the highly-anticipated Player Auction List for the 2025 edition with a total of 574 players set to be featured in the Mega Auction in Saudi Arabia. Pant was not retained by Delhi Capitals while Shreyas Iyer and K.