New Delhi, June 23 -- Rishabh Pant will return to Delhi Capitals (DC) for the IPL 2027 season after he completed a blockbuster trade deal with Kuldeep Yadav, who will head to Lucknow Super Giants (LSG), the league announced in an official statement.

"At the TATA IPL 2025 Player Auction, Pant was acquired by LSG for a record-breaking INR 27 crore - the highest winning bid in IPL history. Following the trade, he will rejoin DC at a revised fee of INR 15 crore," the IPL statement read.

"One of India's premier white-ball bowlers, Kuldeep will join LSG at his existing fee of INR 13.50 crore," added the statement.

Rishabh Pant had begun his IPL career with Delhi Capitals (Then Delhi Daredevils) in 2016, and went onto play nine seasons for th...