Australia made light work of India on the third morning of the Adelaide Test as the visitors could add just 47 runs for the loss of five wickets. Australia registered a magnificent win by 10 wickets and levelled the series 1-1 while storming to the top of the WTC points table.
Hemang Badani, the new Delhi Capitals head coach, further revealed the behind-the-scenes of Rishabh Pant's non-retention before the IPL 2025 auction. The Capitals used RTM for Pant at Rs 20.75 crore before the Lucknow Super Giants raised the bid to Rs 27 crore and got his services.
Rishabh Pant became the most expensive player in IPL history after Lucknow Super Giants splurged INR 27 crore for him at the IPL 2025 mega auction. Justin Langer, who has been on the receiving end of Pant's assault in the past as Australian coach, is happy to be in the same corner as wicketkeeper.
Rishabh Pant became the apple of the eye for Lucknow Super Giants as they made an offer that Delhi Capitals were forced to refuse, Rs 27 crore, the highest for a player for a season in IPL history at the mega auction. Pant has a big responsibility to now justify that price tag as LSG aim for title.
Lucknow Super Giants splurged Rs 27 crore for Rishabh Pant at the IPL auction making him the most expensive ever in the history of the cash-rich league. However, an Indian player who went unsold at the auction has broken Pant's record now to smash fastest T20 century.
Rishabh Pant was part of the Delhi Capitals for nine years from 2016 onwards. Pant parted ways with the Capitals ahead of the IPL 2025 mega auction and was then roped in by Lucknow Super Giants at the bidding war. DC co-owner Parth Jindal has reacted to Pant's departure.
Rishabh Pant became the most expensive player in IPL history as Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) splurged INR 27 crore for him at the mega auction. Pant after being with the Delhi Capitals for nine years, bid goodbye even though the franchise did use an RTM for him at INR 20.75 crore.
With some exorbitant prices, a few steals and several high-profile players going unsold later all 10 teams finalised their squads ahead of the 2025 edition of the IPL. The two-day mega auction saw INR 639.15 crore getting spent with 182 players finding homes, some old and most of them new ones.
IPL mega auction 2025: Ten teams spent Rs 639.15 crore to sign a total of 182 players in a two-day bidding action in Jeddah. Rishabh Pant and Shreyas Iyer bagged a combined amount of Rs 53.75 crore while the likes of Kane Williamson and Steve Smith went unsold.
Rishabh Pant and Shreyas Iyer raked in moolah, as both marquee Indian players were splashed with cash at the IPL 2025 mega auction while Zimbabwe beat Pakistan by 80 runs on the DLS method, taking a 1-0 lead in the series. Here's a look at the top 10 sports stories on November 25.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru emerged as the best team in terms of business on Day 1 of the IPL mega auction 2025 in Jeddah on Sunday. RCB signed star cricketers Phil Salt, Josh Hazlewood and Jitesh Sharma to steal the show.
List of all sold players in IPL mega auction 2025: Rishabh Pant emerged as the most expensive player in the IPL 2025 mega auction as Lucknow Super Giants splashed Rs 27 crore to sign the star Indian wicketkeeper batter.
Rishabh Pant became the most expensive player in the IPL auction history after he was picked by the Lucknow Super Giants for Rs 27 crore. Watch the historic bid of Pant at the IPL 2025 mega auction.
Rishabh Pant parted ways with Delhi Capitals ahead of the IPL 2025 mega auctions. Pant was with the DC franchise for nine years from 2016 onwards. Pant missed IPL 2023 due to his fatal car crash at the end of December 2022.
IPL 2025 Auction Live Updates: At the end of Day 1 of the event, Rishabh Pant finished as the most expensive player with Lucknow Super Giants splurging a staggering Rs 27 crore for him. Shreyas Iyer and Venkatesh Iyer were next in this aspect. A total of 72 players were sold in the day.
IPL 2025 mega auction live streaming: Rishabh Pant, KL Rahul and Shreyas Iyer are among the biggest names set to go under the bidding hammer in a two-day event at the Abadi Al-Johar Arena in Jeddah. Punjab Kings will be entering the auction with the biggest purse of Rs 110.50 crore.
The World Test Championship (WTC) was introduced by the ICC in 2019 and since then, a lot of Indian players have scored truckloads of runs in the longest format of the game. Here are the top five run-scorers for the country in WTC history with almost three editions done.
India got bundled out for just 150 runs in the first innings of the opening Test against Australia with Rishabh Pant scoring 37 runs and looking the most fluent batter. With this knock, Pant created history breaking a 47-year-old record in Australia.
Rishabh Pant is one of the 12 players in the two marquee sets at the IPL 2025 mega auction and is expected to be among the top three most expensive players, even fetching the highest bid for any player. Pant started well in the first innings of the Perth Test after the whole batting order collapsed.
The highly anticipated Border-Gavaskar Trophy got underway today at the Optus Stadium in Perth with India opting to bat first after winning the toss. However, things didn't go to plan for the visitors even as Rishabh Pant managed to stun the opposition with a scoop shot.
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