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Explainer: How did LSG ‘kill two birds with one stone’ by getting Kuldeep Yadav in exchange for Rishabh Pant? understand the complete mathematics

By Samira Vishwas

Explainer: There is still a lot of time for the IPL 2027 season but before that, a big trail deal has been made between Lucknow Super Giants and Delhi Capitals regarding Rishabh Pant and Kuldeep Yadav. Rishabh Pant has returned to Delhi Capitals. Whereas Kuldeep Yadav has now become a part of Lucknow Super Giants. Barring Rishabh Pant, Lucknow Super Giants have hit two birds with one stone. Let us know why this is so…

LSG’s purse value increased due to release of Rishabh Pant

Lucknow Super Giants have got a lot of financial benefit by leaving Rishabh Pant and adding Kuldeep Yadav. Actually, Lucknow Super Giants had added Rishabh Pant to their name at a huge price of Rs 27 crore. At the same time, Lucknow has included Kuldeep Yadav in its team for his current fee of Rs 13.50 crore. That means, an additional amount of Rs 13.50 crore has been saved for Lucknow Super Giants. This money will be added to their purse, which will increase their purse value. In such a situation, on one hand, Lucknow Super Giants have got one of the best wrist spinners in the world, on the other hand, a huge budget has been added to their purse, which they can spend in the next season’s auction to add the names of the best players. Lucknow team can buy some good all-rounders, because there is a shortage of them in the team.

Kuldeep will get ‘home advantage’ by getting Ekana Stadium

Kuldeep Yadav originally comes from Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh. Ekana International Cricket Stadium in Lucknow is Kuldeep’s home ground. In such a situation, he understands the conditions of this pitch very well. Arun Jaitley Stadium of Delhi proves to be very helpful for the batsmen. Arun Jaitley’s pitch is quite flat, on which there is a lot of rain of sixes and fours. However, spinners get less help on this pitch. In contrast, Lucknow’s pitches traditionally offer turn and bounce to spin bowlers. Here Kuldeep’s Chinaman style i.e. left arm wrist spin bowling proves to be even more lethal.

Kuldeep Yadav’s T20 record at Ekana Stadium

Kuldeep Yadav has had excellent performances in both IPL and T20 International on the spin-friendly pitch of Ekana Stadium in Lucknow. He has played a total of 6 T20 matches (including International and IPL) on this ground so far. During this period he has taken a total of 9 wickets in his name. Kuldeep has bowled here at an excellent average of 18.66 and an excellent economy rate of only 7.00, which shows how much dominance he has had on this field.

T20 International Records: Kuldeep has played 2 T20 International matches on this ground, in which he has taken 3 wickets. He took 2 wickets against West Indies in the year 2018. After this, on 29 January 2023, he took one wicket against New Zealand.

IPL Records: Talking about Kuldeep Yadav’s IPL record at Ekana Stadium, he has played a total of 4 matches here, in which he has taken a total of 6 wickets while bowling. Kuldeep Yadav bowled his best against Lucknow Super Giants on this very ground and took 3 wickets for just 20 runs. Kuldeep can prove to be a disaster for the batsmen on this pitch.

Solution to the weakness of the spin department

Taking wickets in the middle overs: There was a lack of experienced spin bowler in the team of Lucknow Super Giants. In previous seasons, Lucknow Super Giants had to struggle a lot to take wickets in the middle overs. However, with the arrival of Kuldeep, the spin department of Lucknow Super Giants will be much stronger. Whenever Kuldeep gets a chance, he takes wickets. Kuldeep Yadav is a match-winning player in many ways.

Immense experience of international cricket

Kuldeep is an experienced bowler who has played all three formats for India. Kuldeep has experience of playing 193 international matches. He has been a part of the champion Team India of T20 World Cup 2024. In that tournament, Kuldeep took 10 wickets in 5 matches. After this, he has also been a part of the 2025 Champions Trophy winning team. Played an important role in making the team champion. The young bowlers of Lucknow Super Giants will get to learn a lot from his winning mindset and experience.

Kuldeep Yadav’s IPL career

Talking about Kuldeep Yadav’s IPL career, he has played a total of 110 matches so far, bowling in 106 innings, he has bowled a total of 2274 balls and conceded 3130 runs, which includes one maiden over. During this period, Kuldeep has taken a total of 112 wickets in his name, in which 4/14 has been his best bowling performance. His bowling economy rate has been 8.26 and average 27.95, while he has taken wickets at a strike rate of 20.3. In his IPL career, he has also achieved the feat of taking 4 wickets in an innings 4 times.

Kuldeep Yadav will play for MI, KKR DC and now LSG in IPL

Kuldeep Yadav has played for Mumbai Indians, Kolkata Knight Riders and Delhi Capitals in IPL. He started his IPL career from Mumbai Indians. Kuldeep was a part of Mumbai Indians from 2012 to 2014. After this, he played for Kolkata Knight Riders from 2016 to 2021. After this, Kuldeep Yadav was a part of Delhi Capitals from 2022 to 2026. Now he will be seen playing for Lucknow Super Giants in 2027.

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