Before IPL 2027, the marquee player deal between 5-time champions Mumbai Indians (MI) and Punjab Kings (PBKS) has been completed. The trade deal includes India's star all-rounder Hardik Pandya and India's leading wicket-taker in T20Is, Arshdeep Singh. Punjab Kings team has included Pandya in their team for Rs 18 crore, up from his old fee of Rs 16.35 crore. Meanwhile, Mumbai has added Arshdeep for his old fee of Rs 18 crore only.
With the completion of this trade deal, Hardik's second innings with Mumbai also ended. Hardik joined the Mumbai team in 2015, after which he won 4 IPL titles. Hardik's all-round ability played an important role in Mumbai winning the title in 2015, 2017, 2019 and 2020.
Pandya was associated with Gujarat team in 2022
Hardik Pandya joined Gujarat Titans team as captain in 2022. Under the captaincy of Hardik, Gujarat won the IPL title in its very first season. Not only this, the very next year it once again reached the finals. However, in the final, Gujarat had to face defeat from Chennai Super Kings team.
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Arshdeep parted ways with Punjab after 8 seasons
Arshdeep Singh has played a total of 8 seasons with Punjab. During this period, along with his debut for India, he also made the record of taking most wickets for the country in T20I. Arshdeep has taken 111 wickets in a total of 96 matches while playing for Punjab. During this period, his best bowling has been 5 wickets for 32 runs.
For India also, Arshdeep has taken 151 wickets in 104 matches. He is the only bowler for India to take 150 wickets in T20 International. Along with this, Arshdeep also has the record of taking most wickets (40) in a calendar year. He made this record in 2026 by defeating Joshua Little of Ireland.
Trade deals done so far in IPL 2027
Before the trade deal of Hardik Pandya and Arshdeep Singh, 8 trade deals have already been completed for IPL 2027. In which the main name is Rishabh Pant. Who will go from Lucknow Super Giants to Delhi Capitals for a value of Rs 15 crores. Apart from them, Kuldeep Yadav will go from Delhi Capitals to Lucknow Super Giants for a value of Rs 13.50 crore. T Natarajan will join Sunrisers Hyderabad from Delhi Capitals for a price of Rs 5 crore. Zeeshan Ansari will come to Delhi Capitals from Sunrisers Hyderabad. His value is Rs 40 lakh.
Whereas Liam Livingstone will go from Sunrisers Hyderabad to Chennai Super Kings with a value of Rs 6 crore. Khaleel Ahmed will join Sunrisers Hyderabad from Chennai Super Kings for a valuation of Rs 4.8 crore. Jack Edwards will come from Sunrisers Hyderabad to Chennai Super Kings for Rs 3 crore and Nathan Ellis will come to Sunrisers Hyderabad from Chennai Super Kings with a trade value of Rs 2 crore.