On Thursday, the Indian all-rounder Jayant Yadav will play for Mumbai Indians (MI) in the next season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) in 2019 after the three-time champions traded the all-rounder from Delhi Capitals (DC).
Jayant became the second addition to MI squad through the transfer process, with South African wicketkeeper-bat Quinton de Kock being the first from Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) earlier. The franchise owner Akash Ambani expressed satisfaction over the transfer and feels ‘the squad is complete with the right balance in all aspects’.
Mr. Ambani said, “We were delighted to bring in Quinton in the pre-auction transfer window. His multi-tasking abilities and recent exploits with the bat including player of the tournament performance at the recently concluded Mzansi Super League in South Africa has been a delight to watch and am sure he will carry the current form into the IPL season as well.”
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On Jayant’s inclusion, Akash said: “I am delighted Jayant is now an @mipaltan. His experience and skills with both the bat and ball add to the MI squad tremendously and I am happy to have him join us within a few days after our successful auction.”
Jayant was part of the Delhi franchise since 2015 but only got to play 10 matches in which he scalped four wickets at an impressive economy rate of 6.53. He has earlier played for India in four Tests and an ODI with his last international appearance coming in February 2017.
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Yadav plays for Haryana in domestic cricket and recently represented India in the Emerging Teams Cup in Colombo. He recently led India in the 2018 Emerging Teams Asia Cup where they lost to Sri Lanka by three runs in the final.
The trading window is expected to remain open until 30 days to the start of the 2019 Season.
