India, June 24 -- Rishabh Pant took a massive pay cut of Rs 12 crore after two underwhelming seasons as the Lucknow Super Giants' captain and Delhi Capitals wrist spinner Kuldeep Yadav were involved in a high-profile trade off completed on Tuesday

Pant returns to the Capitals for Rs 15 crore. The LSG had acquired his services for a whopping Rs 27 crore, highest-ever in the history of the league, in the mega auction ahead of IPL 2025.

Incidentally, LSG owner Sanjiv Goenka back in the day, had claimed that the deal with Pant will be a long-term one but only after two disappointing seasons, the LSG owners, with tacit support from Australian heavy coaching staff (Justin Langer and Tom Moody), decided on releasing the flamboyant keeper-batte...