India, June 24 -- After a disappointing two-year stint at Lucknow Super Giants, Rishabh Pant is back on familiar territory after a trade between LSG and the Delhi Capitals was finalised. With both teams enduring difficult IPL (Indian Premier League) campaigns, especially the Super Giants, change was inevitable. After Pant was removed as captain, his future at the franchise was always under scrutiny. And on Tuesday, his time at LSG finally came to an end as he returned to his former team, the Capitals, taking a pay cut of Rs.12 crore.

Once the deal was completed, one of the first people Pant called was Delhi Capitals captain Axar Patel. While Pant is expected to eventually replace Axar as DC captain, the wicketkeeper's immediate priority ...