Hyderabad: Delhi Capitals (DC) skipper Rishabh Pant posted a cryptic post on his social media handle leading fans to speculate if the wicketkeeper-batter would leave the franchise which he represented from the beginning of his Indian Premier League (IPL) career in 2016.
Pant took to his X handle and posted a surprising tweet at midnight, leaving fans in a debate. "If go to the auction. will I be sold or not and for how much??"
If go to the auction. will I be sold or not and for how much ??
— Rishabh Pant (@RishabhPant17) October 11, 2024
Pant's tweet captured the attention of social media users in no time as they started reacting to his post.
“Late-night drunk thoughts..,” Shreyy (@SadlyShreyy), a random X user, wrote.
Late night drunk thoughts..
— Shreyy (@SadlyShreyy) October 11, 2024
"Pls put your phone away while you drink away to glory Switch it off," Esha (@jeezesha), a random X user, wrote.
Auction me chal jana pr drive pr nahi iss samay
— Div🦁 (@div_yumm) October 11, 2024
"Auction me chal jana pr drive pr nahi iss samay," Div (@div_yumm), a random X user, wrote.
Pls put your phone away while you drink away to glory
— Esha (@jeezesha) October 11, 2024
Switch it off
"If The Total Budget is 120 Crs Then Rishabh Pant Will Easily Fetch Over 18 Crores. Indian Player Captaincy Option Wicket-Keeper Six Hitter Star International Player," Junaid Khan (@JunaidKhanation), a random X user, wrote
If The Total Budget is 120 Crs Then Rishabh Pant Will Easily Fetch Over 18 Crores .
— Junaid Khan (@JunaidKhanation) October 11, 2024
Indian Player
Captaincy Option
Wicket-Keeper
Six Hitter
Star International Player
Pant, who didn't take part in the 2023 IPL season, returned to cricket with this year's IPL season. The southpaw has amassed 3284 runs in 111 IPL matches, at a strike rate of 148.93. He has registered a ton and 18 half-centuries in his IPL career.
Later, Pant went on to represent India in the T20 World Cup 2024, where the Men in Blue emerged triumphant and ended their 11-year ICC trophy-less drought. Pant played a crucial India victory, having scored a couple of fifties in the T20 World Cup.