The reason why rishabh pant was bought for Rs. 27 crore...!?

 Lucknow team owner sanjeev Goenka has explained the reason for signing indian team star player rishabh pant for Rs. 27 crore. He also said that the lucknow team did not want to take a risk because Parth Jindal had a lot of affection for rishabh Pant. indian team star player rishabh pant was bought by the lucknow team for Rs. 27 crore in the IPL mega auction. Through this, rishabh pant created the record of being the player signed for the highest amount in the history of IPL. As the auction ended with Rs. 20.75 crore, the delhi team suddenly announced that it would do RTM. With this, the lucknow team increased the price of rishabh pant to Rs. 27 crore. After this, the delhi team had no other choice but to give up rishabh Pant. Since the delhi team did not retain rishabh pant, the fans understood that the RTM request for rishabh pant in the mega auction was to empty the purse of the lucknow team. Even if the price of rishabh pant was Rs. 22 crore, the delhi team would have given rishabh Pant. Because there was a conflict between rishabh pant and the delhi team owners. The fans wondered why rishabh pant was bought for such a high amount despite knowing this.
Speaking about this matter, lucknow team owner sanjeev Goenka said that there is some emotion and science behind buying rishabh Pant. Because the delhi team went up to Rs. 26.5 crores to buy Shreyas Iyer. Similarly, Parth Jindal, one of the owners of the delhi team, is very fond of rishabh Pant. We thought that since shreyas iyer was not available, they might buy rishabh Pant. So we thought that we might have to spend more money to buy rishabh Pant. Accordingly, bids of up to Rs. 21 crores were being asked. Finally, the delhi team management lifted the RTM card. Due to this, we thought that the delhi team could go to any extent to buy rishabh Pant. It would not be right to comment on the reason why they did not retain rishabh Pant. But before lifting the RTM card, they consulted for a few minutes. After that, we also saw the RTM shown from the table immediately. Then, when I looked at Parth Jindal's face, it seemed that they were sure to get rishabh Pant. So we decided that Rs 27 crore would be our safe amount. Because they only went up to Rs 26.50 crore for Shreyas Iyer. I would have been happy if delhi had bought rishabh pant for Rs 27 crore.

Similarly, there is a reason for buying rishabh Pant. Our team needs an indian player who can play consistently from the middle order. We wanted to build a team around him. If rishabh pant had not been available, it would have been a little difficult. Although there are foreign players who are equal to rishabh pant, lucknow needs indian players. They needed someone who had achieved for the indian team, someone who could lead. So, among the players who came in the mega auction, rishabh pant seemed to be the only one who was right for that position. Similarly, if it was decided to use RTM for a player, teams were in a position to buy that player for any amount. Similarly, he said that he did not know whether the lucknow team would have gone up to Rs 30 crore to buy rishabh Pant.
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Sowmiya Sriram

12/12/2024 08:09 PM