There is now a big news on Indian cricket team's wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant, who made a comeback with a century in Test cricket. This news is about his future in the Indian Premier League, where he is currently the captain of Delhi Capitals. However, since last season, there have been constant speculations and rumors about his staying with the franchise, but now it seems to be coming to an end. A report has claimed that Delhi Capitals have decided to keep Pant in the team for the next season as well. Not only this, Pant's salary is also likely to increase in IPL. This news came on the same day when Pant scored a brilliant century in the Chennai Test against Bangladesh.

Pant will remain number-1 retention

Cricbuzz has reported in one of its reports that Delhi Capitals, a franchise owned by GMR Sports and JSW Sports, has decided to keep Pant as part of the team. The report states that like the last mega auction, the franchise wants to keep Rishabh Pant as its number-one retention, who gets the highest salary. With this news, the speculation about Pant leaving Delhi Capitals before the next season has come to an end. Reports a few weeks ago claimed that Pant could move to Chennai Super Kings next season and Delhi could buy Rohit Sharma as the new captain.

According to the report, Pant had met Delhi Capitals co-owner and JSW Sports owner Parth Jindal a few days ago, who is often seen in the stadium during the team's match. In the same meeting, Jindal told Pant about his and the franchise's wish and here both of them agreed on this decision. Pant made his IPL debut for Delhi Capitals in 2016 and since then he has been a part of the franchise. Then after Shreyas Iyer's injury, he was given the command of the team in 2021 and since then he has been the captain. Due to a road accident, he could not play in the 2023 season, but in 2024 he made a comeback from IPL and was also the captain of Delhi.

Will the salary increase next season?

Not only this, Pant's salary is also expected to increase from the next season. Pant currently gets Rs 16 crore per season, which can increase. This is because the BCCI can increase the auction purse of the franchise from the current Rs 95 crore in the mega auction to be held for the next season. This will also affect the retention and retention fees of the players. However, the BCCI has not yet released the rules and regulations of retention for the new season. These will take some more time but it is believed that this time the number of retentions and auction purse are sure to increase.