Pant sold for record Rs 27 crore in IPL auction
IPL 2025 Mega Auction: The mega auction for the upcoming 18th season of IPL has started today from 24th November in Jeddah city of Saudi Arabia. A total of 333 players are going to be seen bidding in this two-day auction. However, a maximum of only 204 players can be sold.
On the other hand, in this auction, Indian cricket team’s star wicketkeeper batsman Rishabh Pant has created history. Let us tell you that Pant has made a new record in the IPL auction, and he has become the most expensive player sold in the auction.
Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) have signed Pant by paying a record Rs 27 crore. After Pant made this record in IPL, fans are seen reacting quickly through social media.
It is noteworthy that in the IPL auction, there was a tough competition between Sunrisers Hyderabad, Chennai Super Kings and Lucknow Super Giants to buy the player. The last value of Pant in the auction was Rs 20.75 crore, which was put by Lucknow Super Giants (LSG).
Subsequently, after Delhi Capitals carded the Right to Match, LSG decided to pay them a maximum of Rs 27 crore. But Delhi Capitals refused to take Pant for such a huge amount. Let us tell you that Pant, who made his IPL debut in the year 2016, has scored a total of 3284 runs in 111 matches played in IPL at an average of 35.31 and strike rate of 148.93.
Currently, Pant is playing for Team India in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in Australia. It will be worth seeing how Pant is going to perform for Lucknow in the upcoming season of IPL.
This is how fans reacted after Rishabh Pant was sold in the mega auction.
THE HISTORICAL MOMENT…!!!
– Rishabh Pant becomes the most expensive player in IPL with 27cr. pic.twitter.com/TL8EKdRCnK
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) November 24, 2024
RISHABH PANT – MOST EXPENSIVE PLAYER IN IPL HISTORY…!!!! pic.twitter.com/woeYLPDzA3
—Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) November 24, 2024
Delhi and Lucknow exchanging Kl Rahul and Rishabh Pant #IPLAuction pic.twitter.com/sGiUWXwBnl
—Johns (@JohnyBravo183) November 24, 2024
Rishabh pant and Shreyas Iyer on call today #IPLAuction pic.twitter.com/1opUVtU3ZO
— Raja Babu (@GaurangBhardwa1) November 24, 2024
𝗞𝗬𝗔 𝗖𝗥𝗔𝗭𝗬 𝗛𝗢 𝗥𝗔𝗛𝗔 𝗛𝗔𝗜!🤯
Rishabh Pant breaks the record for most expensive player in #TATAIPL history, 𝗔𝗟𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗗𝗬!#TATAIPLAuctionpic.twitter.com/MYlyxjUFEH
— Mumbai Indians (@mipaltan) November 24, 2024
Rishabh Pant after becoming the most expensive player in IPL history.#IPLAuction pic.twitter.com/LWhcUJbln3
— Krishna (@Atheist_Krishna) November 24, 2024
This guy bought KL Rahul for 14 crore and sold Rishabh Pant for 27 crore and Shreyas Iyer for 26.65 crore.He is a bigger mastermind than Chanakya.KL Rahul at 14 cr is a steal deal. pic.twitter.com/683Tn3BSgt
— Sujeet Suman (@sujeetsuman1991) November 24, 2024
Scenes in the mind of Rishabh Pant, Shreyas Iyer and Mitchell Starc #IPLAuction pic.twitter.com/x1KNawc3sn
— Harsh Goenka (@hvgoenka) November 24, 2024
Congratulations on being the most expensive player in IPL history, no one deserves it more than you @RishabhPant17
#RishabhPant— Sushant Mehta (@SushantNMehta) November 24, 2024
Rishabh Pant & KL Rahul pic.twitter.com/5fZXA30zro
— RVCJ Media (@RVCJ_FB) November 24, 2024