As the IPL 2025 auction nears, looking at six surprising player releases, including Yuzvendra Chahal and Rishabh Pant, that left fans baffled and may cost their teams next season.

Pant, who is listed at a base price of Rs 2 crore and is one of the 12 marquee players for the upcoming auction, was not retained by DC. The team instead retained Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Tristan Stubbs and Abhishek Porel.

The former Delhi Capitals cricketer countered Sunil Gavaskar's opinion that a disagreement on retention fees was behind his release

"The auction dynamics are completely different, so we don't know how it will go. But what I feel is that Delhi would certainly want Rishabh Pant back in their squad. Sometimes, when a player is to be retained,

Ahead of the IPL 2025 mega auction, Rishabh Pant broke his silence on leaving Delhi Capitals. DC retained the likes of Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Abhishek Porel and Tristan Stubbs.

Rishabh Pant addressed his non-retention by Delhi Capitals, stating it wasn't financially motivated. After eight years with the franchise, his departure surprised fans, especially with other players retained.

Rishabh Pant and Delhi Capitals' parting is all but confirmed, with Rishabh Pant writing on X that his non-retention was to do with non-money reasons.

Responding to a video on X where Sunil Gavaskar was talking about why Rishabh Pant left Delhi Capitals, the wicketkeeper batter said the reason he went back to the auction is nothing to do with the money.