Ahead of IPL 2025's mega auction, former South Africa cricketer and RCB batter AB de Villiers made a prediction about who would pick Rishabh Pant—Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) or Ricky Ponting-led management at the Punjab Kings. The bidding war for ...

Former Indian cricketer Aakash Chopra believes Rishabh Pant could become the IPL's most expensive player ever, potentially fetching over Rs 25 crore in the 2025 mega auction. Chopra cited Pant's stellar form and the substantial purses of teams like Punjab Kings and RCB as factors driving the potential bidding war.

Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting was the coach of the Delhi Capitals and after a change in management, he left for the Punjab Kings, only for skipper Rishabh Pant to be released as well ahead of the IPL 2025 mega auction.

With big names there in the auction like KL Rahul and Rishabh Pant , speculations are rife over who will become the most expensive player in IPL history. Rahul and Pant are two top names in Indian cricket and the speculations are that one of the Indians could become the most expensive player in the history.

Former South Africa and Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) batter AB de Villiers feels that the franchise would not be able to get wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant in the mega auction, set to be hosted in Jeddah,