IPL 2018: 5 Surprising Retentions made by franchises

3. Rishabh Pant (Delhi Daredevils) – 8 crore

The southpaw from Delhi, Rishabh Pant has bagged a Rs. 8 crore deal with the team. And they picked him as the first player thus the team took a cut worth 15 crore from the salary purse to get him on board. Indeed a huge moment in his career and he will be overwhelmed with this.

But isn’t this deal too big for a player who hasn’t even play 5 International games? Well, many expected Delhi would retain him, but not for this amount. In his defence, he recently led Delhi into the finals of the Ranji Trophy and DD are probably looking at him to maintain the local connection for the team.