Mumbai Indians, Punjab Kings ink swap deal for Hardik Pandya, Arshdeep Singh
Hardik Pandya has joined Punjab Kings from Mumbai Indians in a high-profile swap deal, with pacer Arshdeep Singh moving in the opposite direction for identical fees of eighteen crore rupees.
Hardik Pandya has joined Punjab Kings from Mumbai Indians in a high-profile swap deal, with pacer Arshdeep Singh moving in the opposite direction for identical fees of eighteen crore rupees.
Hardik Pandya has joined Punjab Kings from Mumbai Indians in a high-profile swap deal, with pacer Arshdeep Singh moving in the opposite direction for identical fees of eighteen crore rupees.
New Delhi: Indian Premier League (IPL) franchises Mumbai Indians and Punjab Kings have agreed on a swap deal for Hardik Pandya moving to Punjab Kings from Mumbai Indians, Kings pacer Arshdeep Singh headed to Mumbai, read a statement from the IPL on Wednesday. In one of the most high-profile exchanges of players in the history of IPL, Pandya moved to Punjab Kings from Mumbai Indians at a hiked fee of ₹18 crore, when his existing fee was ₹16.35 crore. Arshdeep on the other hand, moved to Mumbai at an unchanged price tag of ₹18 crore.
Pandya's trade brings an end to his second stint with MI, a franchise with which he won four IPL titles. Breaking out for MI in 2015, the 33-year-old played a major part in the team's title-winning campaigns in 2015, 2017, 2019 and 2020. After seven seasons with Mumbai, Pandya moved to Gujarat Titans (GT) in 2022 and led the franchise to a title in its debut season. GT reached the final in 2023 as well.
Pandya returned to MI in 2024, taking over the captaincy from stalwart Rohit Sharma, but the franchise's performance saw a major downfall. Across 162 IPL matches played, he has scored 2,955 runs at a strike rate of 146.28 and claimed 82 wickets, underlining his value as a proven match-winner.
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Arshdeep, meanwhile, moves to MI after eight seasons with Punjab Kings, where he made his IPL debut in 2019 and established himself as one of the competition's leading left-arm fast bowlers in the country. With 111 wickets in 96 IPL matches, he is Kings’ all-time leading wicket-taker. Arshdeep’s ability to make early breakthroughs with the new ball and deliver under pressure in the death overs has made him a key component of Punjab’s bowling attack.
His left-arm pace and ability to deliver across different phases of an innings will add considerable depth to MI’s bowling attack. Having completed the acquisition, Mumbai will have the Jasprit Bumrah-Arshdeep Singh combination to open their attack and restrict run-flow through the final overs. The 27-year-old is also India's leading wicket-taker in the T20 format with 151 wickets in 104 matches.
(With PTI inputs).