{"id":25521,"date":"2026-06-23T15:34:39","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T10:04:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/ipl-confirms-blockbuster-trade-rishabh-pant-returns-to-dc-with-rs-12-crore-pay-cut-kuldeep-yadav-joins-lsg-cricket-news\/"},"modified":"2026-06-23T15:34:39","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T10:04:39","slug":"ipl-confirms-blockbuster-trade-rishabh-pant-returns-to-dc-with-rs-12-crore-pay-cut-kuldeep-yadav-joins-lsg-cricket-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/ipl-confirms-blockbuster-trade-rishabh-pant-returns-to-dc-with-rs-12-crore-pay-cut-kuldeep-yadav-joins-lsg-cricket-news\/","title":{"rendered":"IPL confirms blockbuster trade: Rishabh Pant returns to DC with Rs 12 crore pay cut; Kuldeep Yadav joins LSG | Cricket News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-articlebody=\"1\"><video-embed value=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"ihgno clearfix  \">\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-131930778,imgsize-681255,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/cbv-14.jpg\" alt=\"IPL confirms blockbuster trade: Rishabh Pant returns to DC with Rs 12 crore pay cut; Kuldeep Yadav joins LSG\" title=\"Rishabh Pant, Kuldeep Yadav\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Ta7d_ img_cptn\"><span title=\"Rishabh Pant, Kuldeep Yadav\">Rishabh Pant, Kuldeep Yadav<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>NEW DELHI: As first reported by TimesofIndia.com last week, former <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/news\/kuldeep-yadav-set-to-play-for-a-new-team-from-ipl-2027-delhi-capitals-homecoming-for-rishabh-pant\/articleshow\/131854750.cms\" rel=\"noopener\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Rishabh Pant will return to Delhi Capitals<\/a> for the <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/indian-premier-league\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Indian Premier League<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/ipl\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">IPL<\/a>) 2027 season. The IPL confirmed the move on Tuesday, with Pant agreeing to a salary of Rs 15 crore, Rs 12 crore less than the record Rs 27 crore deal he received when he was picked up by Lucknow Super Giants ahead of the 2025 season.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"8\"\/>&#8220;Former Lucknow Super Giants captain <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/rishabh-pant\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Rishabh Pant<\/a> is set for a return to Delhi Capitals (DC), while Kuldeep Yadav will join Lucknow Super Giants (LSG), following one of the most significant player trades in recent IPL history,&#8221; IPL said in a press release.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"13\"\/> <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"16\"\/>Pant returns to the franchise where he spent nine seasons between 2016 and 2024. During that period, he played 111 matches for Delhi Capitals, the highest by any player for the franchise. <!-- -->He also led the team in 43 matches across four seasons from 2021 to 2024.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"21\"\/><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"23\"\/>At the IPL 2025 auction, Pant was bought by Lucknow Super Giants for Rs 27 crore, the highest bid in IPL history. Following the latest trade, he moves back to Delhi Capitals for Rs 15 crore.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"25\"\/>As part of the swap, Kuldeep Yadav joins Lucknow Super Giants after spending five seasons with Delhi Capitals. Since joining DC in 2022, the left-arm wrist spinner picked up 72 wickets in 65 matches and became one of the team&#8217;s key bowlers.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"28\"\/>The IPL release stated that Kuldeep will move to Lucknow at his existing salary of Rs 13.50 crore.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"30\"\/>Pant had captained Delhi Capitals for four seasons before being released ahead of the 2025 auction. He later took charge of Lucknow Super Giants but stepped down as captain after the 2026 season.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"32\"\/>Lucknow endured a difficult IPL 2026 campaign, finishing at the bottom of the table with four wins from 14 matches.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"34\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/ipl\/top-stories\/ipl-confirms-blockbuster-trade-rishabh-pant-returns-to-dc-with-rs-12-crore-pay-cut-kuldeep-yadav-joins-lsg\/articleshow\/131930779.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rishabh Pant, Kuldeep Yadav NEW DELHI: As first reported by TimesofIndia.com last week, former Rishabh Pant will return to Delhi Capitals for the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2027 season. The IPL confirmed the move on Tuesday, with Pant agreeing to a salary of Rs 15 crore, Rs 12 crore less than the record Rs 27 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":25522,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[263],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25521","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25521","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25521"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25521\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25522"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25521"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25521"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25521"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}