RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, Nov 24, 2024 (BSS/AFP) - India's Rishabh Pant on Sunday 
broke Indian Premier League auction records after Lucknow Super Giants 
snapped up the wicketkeeper-batsman for 270 million rupees ($3.2 million), a 
live broadcast showed.

The winning bid for Pant surpassed the 267.5 million ($3.17 million) paid to 
Shreyas Iyer by Punjab Kings, in the first set of marquee players in the 
ongoing auction in the Saudi Arabian city of Jeddah.