Hemang Badani, the newly appointed head coach of Delhi Capitals, has made shocking claims about Rishabh Pant leaving DC. Lucknow Supergiants has acquired him in the 2025 IPL Mega auctions for the highest ever price, INR 27 crore. While speaking about Pant's departure, Badani said that Pant wanted more money. As per the retention rules, a player can get maximum INR 18 crore if gets retained. As per Badani, Pant thought he deserved more. In a YouTube show with Subramaniam Badrinath, Badrinath said, as quoted by India Today, "I think it's the other way around. He wanted not to be retained. He said he wanted to go to the auction and test the market. If you want to retain a player, both parties (the team and the player) have to agree on certain things. We tried talking to him, the management tried talking to him. There were a lot of phone calls and messages exchanged. Yes (Delhi Capitals were interested in retaining him). He said he wanted to go to the auction and test the mark. He said he had a feeling that there were chances he would get more money than the highest cap for retained player, which is Rs 18 crore" He added that Pant was actually proved right as he got INR 27 crore. And it is "good for him," according to the head coach. Read also: Watch: Rishabh Pant Pens Emotional Goodbye to Delhi Capitals Badani's comments contradicts previous statements Earlier, Rishabh Pant posted on his X account that it was not about money. He wrote My retention wasn’t about the money for sure that I can say 🤍 — Rishabh Pant (@RishabhPant17) November 19, 2024 Even Parth Jindal, the co-owner of DC, stated that money had nothing to do with Rishabh Pant. That he is like Jindal's younger brother, and he would stay in DC no matter what, is what he told to ESPNCricinfo earlier. He, however, also said that, "It was just a different philosophy of how he wanted the franchise to operate and how us - the owners - wanted the franchise to operate. That's what caused it (Pant's departure). There's nothing to do with money."