The mega auction for IPL 2025 was amazing. This time, things were beyond what was thought. Records were being broken in a few minutes. No one could understand what was happening. Especially when the names of Shreyas Iyer and Rishabh Pant were called, the teams seemed eager to get them into their team. Shreyas Iyer first broke Mitchell Starc’s record and became the most expensive player in IPL history, but a few minutes later when Rishabh Pant’s name was called, he surpassed him as well. Now it seems that LSG i.e. Lucknow Super Giants has found its new captain.
Rishabh Pant was bought by LSG for Rs 27 crore.
Earlier, KL Rahul was captaining the Lucknow Super Giants. But after not being able to show a good game himself and the team’s poor performance, he was released. Since then, there have been speculations about who would be the new captain of LSG. Now it seems that the answer has been found. LSG has bought Team India’s explosive batsman Rishabh Pant for Rs 27 crore. However, before this, a bid of 20.75 crore was placed on Pant. After this, Delhi Capitals tried to buy him under RTM. After this, LSG was again asked what the last biggest bid they could place for Pant, on which Lucknow Super Giants directly bid 27 crores. After this, when Delhi was again asked if they could bid even more, Delhi refused and Pant went to LSG.
Pant can take over the command of LSG.
Earlier it was expected that Rishabh Pant could go to Punjab Kings because Punjab is looking for a captain and they also have a lot of money in their purse. But Punjab showed more interest in taking Shreyas Iyer. After this, all eyes were on Rishabh Pant. Rishabh Pant broke all the records and this time he has now become the most expensive player in IPL history. Meanwhile, now there is every possibility that Rishabh Pant will be the new captain of LSG. There should not be much doubt about this. Yes, it has not been officially announced yet, but it may be seen happening soon.