K Gowtham, who was part of the Rajasthan Royals franchise, will ply his trade with Kings XI Punjab in the next edition of the Indian Premier League, it was confirmed on Thursday (November 14). The Karnataka all-rounder moved to the Kings XI team as part of a trade off, while the Royals acquired the services of Ankit Rajpoot who was with the Punjab franchise.
The Royals made a successful bid of INR. 6.2 Crore to get hold of Gowtham (who started with a base price of 20 Lakhs) for the 2018 edition of IPL and he was retained for the 2019 season. The bowling all-rounder picked up 11 scalps in the 2018 season. However, he didn’t have a good time last season, snaring only a solitary scalp for the franchise.
A few days back, Kings XI Punjab had traded Ravichandran Ashwin to Delhi Capitals. In return for the trade, the franchise got INR 1.5 crore and spinner Jagadeesha Suchith.
Earlier, Trent Boult too was been traded to Mumbai Indians by Delhi Capitals, while Rajpoot’s move to the Royals was also confirmed on the same day.
Boult was bought by Capitals for INR. 2.20 Crores ahead of IPL 2018 and picked 18 wickets from 14 games. Things, however, didn’t go as planned as he had only five wickets in five games in IPL 2019 at an average of 32.60. With the track conditions favouring spinners, Capitals have decided to sign R Ashwin and traded J Suchith to KXIP. Boult has 33 IPL games and has 38 wickets overall at an economy of 8.78.
Capitals have made several changes to their squad trading Sherfane Rutherford to Mumbai Indians and including Mayank Markande to their squad.
Rajpoot played only four games in IPL 2019 and was able to manage just three wickets at an economy of more than nine and an average of more than 50. The pacer has also featured for Chennai Super Kings and Kolkata Knight Riders since making his IPL debut in 2013.
. The Karnataka all-rounder moved to the Kings XI team as part of a trade off, while the Royals acquired the services of Ankit Rajpoot who was with the Punjab franchise.){kind=link}