Delhi Capitals (DC) owner Parth Jindal has confirmed that star keeper-batter Rishabh Pant, following his remarkable return to competitive cricket this year, is guaranteed to be retained for Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 season.

In an interaction with IANS, Parth revealed, "Yes, we definitely have to retain. We have some very good players in our team. The rules have just come out, so after discussing with GMR and our director of cricket, Sourav Ganguly, decisions will be made. Rishabh Pant will definitely be retained."

Hisar, Haryana: Chairman and co-owner of IPL Team Delhi Capitals, Parth Jindal says, "Yes, we definitely have to retain. We have some very good players in our team. The rules have just come out, so after discussing with GMR and our director of cricket, Sourav Ganguly, decisions… pic.twitter.com/TgXsYsBAW9

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"We also have Axar Patel, who is excellent, Criston Stubbs, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Kuldeep Yadav, Abishek Porel, Mukesh Kumar, Khaleel Ahmed, all very good players in our team. We’ll see what happens in the auction. But first, as per the rule, we can retain six players. After discussions, we will proceed with the auction and see what happens…"