Pant set to be traded to Delhi Capitals for USD 1.5 million; LSG to get Kuldeep in return

ESPNcricinfo has realized that Pant, who turned the costliest purchase in IPL historical past when LSG purchased him for INR 27 crore (US$ 3 million approx.) on the 2025 mega public sale, will go to DC for INR 15 crore (US$ 1.5 million approx.). Each franchises are nonetheless ending the formalities of this deal after which must await the BCCI to ratify it. So far as the public sale purse is worried, LSG may have INR 13.75 crore (the outgoing Pant’s INR 27 crore wage minus the incoming Kuldeep’s INR 13.25 crore wage) added to their purse as a result of commerce, whereas DC may have INR 1.25 crore deducted from theirs to make it INR 15 crore for Pant*.

Pant will grow to be the second massive title after Ravindra Jadeja to take a pay reduce as a part of the commerce. Forward of IPL 2026, Chennai Tremendous Kings made one of many greatest trades in IPL historical past after they swapped Jadeja for Sanju Samson with Rajasthan Royals. In 2022, CSK had retained Jadeja for 18 crore however RR obtained him after providing a wage of INR 14 crore. It’s understood that Pant was approached by two franchises – DC and one other staff that has gained the IPL greater than as soon as – to play for them.

Kuldeep, who performs for Uttar Pradesh in home cricket, will now play for the IPL franchise that represents the state. He had a troublesome IPL this 12 months, after spending most of India’s title-winning T20 World Cup marketing campaign on the bench. Total although, the left-arm wristspinner was an asset to DC, choosing up 72 wickets in 65 video games at an economic system of 8.24 since becoming a member of them in 2022.

Two days previous to the IPL 2026 ultimate, Pant advised LSG, who completed backside of the factors desk, he was going to step down as their captain. The event adopted LSG staff director Tom Moody suggesting instantly after the staff’s final match of the season that franchise was trying to “reset” the management within the wake of ending seventh in 2024 and 2025 after which final in 2026.

Pant was with LSG for 2 seasons but it surely was a battle. As skipper, he gained 10 matches and misplaced 18. As batter, he scored 581 runs at a median of 26.4 and a strike price of 135.74, each of that are decrease than his profession T20 numbers.

That was in distinction to his three-and-a-bit years at DC the place he turned the fifth-youngest captain within the IPL after being appointed initially in an interim capability in 2021. Pant led DC in 44 matches from 2021 to 2024 (he missed the 2023 version recovering from a automobile crash) of which they gained 24 and misplaced 19. As captain, Pant scored 1205 runs whereas averaging 35.44 – virtually equivalent to his general IPL common of 35.31 – at a strike price of 143.96, solely barely worse than his IPL strike price of 148.93.

If the commerce goes by way of efficiently Pant’s return to DC will likely be just like that of Hardik Pandya to Mumbai Indians, each gamers returning to the franchise the place their IPL journey began. In Pant’s case, he joined DC in 2016 after they was known as Delhi Daredevils. Forward of the 2025 mega public sale Pant opted to be launched after talks with the DC management group which included co-owner Kiran Grandhi and Parth Jindal.

June 19 GMT 1810 hours This story was up to date with how the commerce will influence DC and LSG’s public sale purses