WATCH: Rishabh Pant expresses excitement to sit on IPL 2024 auction table

India wicketkeeper batter Rishabh Pant is in Dubai for the IPL 2024 player auction to take place on December 19. For the first time in his IPL career, he missed the entire season in 2023. Also, Pant will be sitting at the auction table for the first time in his career. Meanwhile, ahead of the event, the left-hander has expressed his excitement for the same in a video uploaded by Delhi Capitals.

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The kind of accident I had, I am lucky to be alive: Rishabh Pant

“The kind of accident I had, [I’m] lucky to be alive,” he said in a video uploaded on IPL twitter handle. “I think it was very challenging, especially the first part I would say more from a physical point of view because in the starting there was a lot of pain to be endured. But just looking at the journey till now, I think it’s been going really well from a recovery point of view. I felt like I couldn’t face people and all, and I felt like I had to do something which gives me confidence.”

“I think [I’m] much better [compared to] what I was doing a few months ago,” he said in a video posted by Capitals on Instagram. “Still on recovery to 100%, but hopefully in a few months’ time I’ll be able to do that. It’s been really amazing because whenever we are playing, we feel no one loves us because there is always pressure and so many things. Yes, it’s a hard time but I came to know people love us, respect us and the kind of appreciation and concern people have shown over a period of time because of my injury.

Delhi Capitals

Retained Players: Abhishek Porel, Anrich Nortje, Axar Patel, David Warner, Ishant Sharma, Kuldeep Yadav, Lalit Yadav, Lungisani Ngidi, Mitchell Marsh, Mukesh Kumar, Pravin Dubey, Prithvi Shaw, Rishabh Pant, Syed Khaleel Ahmed, Vicky Ostwal, Yash Dhull

Released Players: Aman Khan, Chetan Sakariya, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Manish Pandey, Mustafizur Rahman, Phil Salt, Priyam Garg, Rilee Rossouw, Ripal Patel, Rovman Powell, Sarfaraz Khan