Rishabh Pant's concerns with Badani as coach and power dynamics led to his exit from DC: Report reveals the truth.

New developments have emerged regarding the departure of Rishabh Pant from Delhi Capitals. On October 31, all ten IPL franchises announced their player retentions, and to the surprise of many, Delhi Capitals opted not to retain their captain Rishabh Pant. Instead, they chose to retain Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Tristan Stubbs, and Abishek Porel. Reports now suggest that Rishabh Pant made the decision to leave the franchise himself, as he felt that his potential could be limited by the owners. This shocking revelation marks the end of Pant's nine-year stint with Delhi Capitals.

As per the report, the wicketkeeper was also unhappy with Delhi Capitals' new coaching staff. It is important to mention that the franchise had recently appointed Hemang Badani as the head coach and Venugopal Rao as the director of cricket.

"In case of Pant, more than money, he was not happy about his powers being curbed by GMR, the co-owners, who will run the show for the next two years. He was also,it is learnt, not happy with Hemang Badani as head coach and Y Venugopal Rao as Team Director," the PTI report states.

Rishabh Pant was bought by Delhi Capitals in 2016. The wicketkeeper-batter was retained by the franchise in the two previous mega auctions. However, the story is totally different now.

Delhi Capitals share a 50-50 ownership between the JSW Group and the GMR Group. Each owner runs the franchise in tw-year cycles. The upcoming IPL 2025 and 2026 edition will be now under the direction of the GMR Group.

With GMR group coming in, Delhi Capitals have already decided to part ways with Ricky Ponting, who was the franchise's head coach since 2018.

Former India captain Sourav Ganguly, is also expected to have no role in Delhi Capitals' men's franchise, for the next two years.

Rishabh Pant will now be the most-sought after name in the mega auction this year. Lucknow Super Giants, Punjab Kings, Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Kolkata Knight Riders, are all in need for a captain, and they are expected to bid for the young wicketkeeper-batter.

Delhi Capitals do have the option of right-to-match for Pant, however, if Pant goes for more than ₹25 crore, the franchise would find it tough to buy back the wicketkeeper-batter.

Delhi Capitals have ₹73 crore left in their purse, and they need to pick 21 players, with this amount of money.

For Delhi Capitals, Rishabh Pant played 111 matches, scoring 3,284 runs at an average of 35.31 and strike rate of 148.93. His highest score in the league is 128 not out.