In DPL 2025, Rishabh Pant will play for Old Delhi 6 (Photo -Alex Davidson/Getty Images)
Indian team’s aggressive wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant will once again be seen playing in the Delhi Premier League tournament. In the Delhi Premier League 2024, Rishabh Pant was included in his team by Old Delhi 6 franchise. Now, 2 days before the 2025 season auction, Old Delhi 6 has retained Rishabh Pant. This auction will be held on 6 July. Pant has been retained as a marquee player. The powerful batsman played only one match in DPL 2024 but he would like to make a valuable contribution to his team in 2025 season. However, nothing can be said about whether Rishabh Pant will be seen playing in Delhi Premier League 2025 or not? We tell you about this.
Old Delhi 6 retained Pant
The Delhi Premier League 2025 is expected to begin in late July. Its schedule has not been announced yet. Talking about Rishabh Pant, he is currently on a tour of England with Team India. A five -match Test series is being played between these two teams. The fifth and last Test between the two teams starts from July 31 and it will be played by August 4. In such a situation, if the Delhi Premier League starts at the end of July 2025, then Rishabh Pant can miss some matches of the tournament.
The franchise said in its release, ‘Old Delhi 6 has officially announced to maintain star wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant for the upcoming season. Pant has been retained as a marquee player. In this release, Rishabh Pant said, ‘Many players have come out of the country from DPL like Digvesh Rathi and Priyansh Arya. Old Delhi 6 is expected to return even stronger this year after the great season of last year.
Team performance in DPL 2024
Rishabh Pant took part in the first match of Old Delhi 6 in the Delhi Premier League 2024 against South Delhi Superstars. In this match, he scored 35 runs off 32 balls. At this time, the Indian player is in very good form and they will definitely want to leave their mark in this tournament. Talking about the performance of Old Delhi 6 in the last season, the team had won 5 out of 10 in the league match while they lost 5 matches. The team was third in the points table.
He had confirmed his place in the semi -finals. He was to play the second semi -final match against South Delhi Superstars but it was canceled due to rain. South Delhi Superstars Points was second in the table and that is why he confirmed his place in the final. This final was won by East Delhi Riders.
