“My feeling is Delhi would definitely want Pant back because they need a captain as well said Gavaskar the former cricketer.
If Rishabh Pant is not in their squad then they have to look for a new captain,” the Indian cricket legend said .
Gavaskar stressed that top players sometimes decide to leave their franchises to understand their true value in the auction. Suggesting that Pant’s case was the same, Gavaskar expects the stumper to be targeted by Delhi once again in the auction.
“Delhi would certainly want Rishabh Pant back in the squad. Sometimes when a player is to be retained, there is talk between the player and franchise about the fees that is expected.
As you can see, some of the players who have been retained by the franchise, they’ve gone for more than what the No. 1 retention fee would’ve been. Maybe there was some disagreement over the fees.