What is even an India vs Australia rivalry without some teasing and chattering? The Day 1 of the 1st Test between India and Australia was already spiced up with the juicy, pacy and bouncy track of the Optus Stadium in Perth. The players added more spice to it by engaging in some fun banter during …
Watch: Rishabh Pant-Nathan Lyon’s stump mic chatter over IPL auction at Perth
What is even an India vs Australia rivalry without some teasing and chattering? The Day 1 of the 1st Test between India and Australia was already spiced up with the juicy, pacy and bouncy track of the Optus Stadium in Perth. The players added more spice to it by engaging in some fun banter during the day’s play. Rishabh Pant and Nathan Lyon engaged in fun chatter and the conversation was over the IPL 2025 mega auction. It seems like not just the fans, experts but the players taking part in the 1st Test are also excited for the auctions. The mega auction will take place in Jeddah on November 24 and 25, which coincides with Day 3 and Day 4 of the Test match between India and Australia.
Australia’s veteran spinner, Nathan Lyon, took the opportunity to distract Rishabh Pant from batting and asked him as to which team he would be going in after the IPL auction. Pant smirked and said he had no idea. The Australians seemed to be aware of what Pant can pull off and hence kept on distracting him. Even Mitchell Marsh was spotted having a word with Pant.
AUS vs IND 1st Test, Day 1 Live
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Rishabh Pant in IPL auction
Rishabh Pant was not retained by the Delhi Capitals ahead of the IPL 2025 mega auction. The franchise retained four players before the auction. Axar Patel was paid Rs 16.5 crore, Kuldeep Yadav was retained for Rs 13.5 crore, while South African star Tristan Stubbs was paid Rs 10 crore, and Abhishek Porel as an uncapped wicketkeeper was retained for Rs 4 crore.
Notably, Rishabh Pant had teased an exit after rumour mills went on overdrive speculating about the future of the wicketkeeper-batter following Ricky Ponting’s exit as head coach. Pant asked his fans and followers if he would find takers in the auction in a cryptic post before the retention deadline of October 31.
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