Rishabh Pant rejected the offer of captaincy, made a big decision in the interest of the team

After India's shameful defeat by 1-3 in the Border Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25, BCCI and head coach Gautam Gambhir have taken a very strict stand. He has instructed all the players to play domestic red-ball cricket. The BCCI had said that the second phase of the Ranji Trophy is going to start from January 23 and everyone should play in it. After which Rohit Sharma, Rishabh Pant, Shubman Gill, and Yashasvi Jaiswal will be seen playing Ranji Trophy, while KL Rahul and Virat Kohli have declared themselves unavailable citing injuries. Earlier it was reported that Rishabh Pant would take over the command of Delhi, but now the update is coming that Pant has turned down the offer of captaincy.

Rishabh Pant captains the Indian Premier League and once he took over the command of Team India, too. After Rohit Sharma, there was talk of preparing Pant as the captain of Team India, but Rishabh Pant himself has turned down this offer in view of the team's interest. According to a report by Cricbuzz, DDCA did offer Pant to take over as the command against Delhi, who advised making skipper Ayush Badoni there. Pant thinks thereby if he skips as captain in that match, as such, the combination may deteriorate. Despite this, promise to help Badoni these days.

Delhi's team will play against Saurashtra in Rajkot on January 23. DDCA has not announced the team for this match yet. Rishabh Pant has declared himself available for this match, but he will not captain. At the same time, an update is coming about Virat Kohli that he will not play this match due to injury.

The report quoted the source as saying that Rishabh Pant was offered the captaincy, but Pant himself refused. He has said that Badoni should be retained as the captain. He has said that it would not be right to step into the captaincy based on just one international and IPL captaincy experience. He believes that his captaincy in one match can upset the balance of the team.