Shikhar Dhawan traded to Delhi Daredevils from Sunrisers Hyderabad, IPL 2019

Mumbai: India’s top-order batsman Shikhar Dhawan is set to be traded to Delhi Daredevils (DD) from Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) for the upcoming IPL 2019 (Indian Premier League).

According to a report in ESPN Cricinfo, the 32-year-old Delhi cricketer will return to his home team where he started his IPL career.

In exchange of this, SRH will trade in three DD players namely Abhishek Sharma,  Shahbaz Nadeem and Vijay Shankar. The Delhi franchise had acquired Abhishek Sharma (Rs 55 lakhs), Shahbaz Nadeem (Rs 3.2 cr) and Vijay Shankar (Rs 3.2 cr) which added up a total of Rs 6.95 crore and the Hyderabad team will have to pay in cash.

South Africa’s Quinton de Kock was traded to Mumbai Indians from Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) earlier this month. Likewise, the Bengaluru franchise also traded Mandeep Singh to Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) in exchange of Marcus Stoinis.