Indian cricket group batter Shubman Gill will lead Gujarat Titans within the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 after all-rounder Hardik Pandya accomplished his transfer to Mumbai Indians on Sunday, in keeping with sources. Pandya was the skipper of the group for the previous two years and he even led them to the IPL title on their debut season in 2022. However, Pandya accomplished his transfer again to MI as a part of an all-cash deal and will probably be an ideal alternative for Shubman Gill to show his mettle as a captain.

Pandya on Sunday returned to his “spiritual home” Mumbai Indians after an all-cash deal trade-off with Gujarat Titans was formally accomplished following 72 hours of intense drama.

On Sunday at 5 pm, the IPL retention window was closed and at that time, Gujarat Titans named their IPL-winning captain within the retention checklist elevating lots of eyebrows.

However it was learnt that the formal paperwork wasn’t but accomplished and therefore IPL and BCCI did not give greenlight of approval for probably the most anticipated transfer of this switch season.

“Yes, Hardik’s trade off got completed after 5 pm. The deal is now formalised and he is a MI player. It’s been a tripartite all cash deal. MI have traded their all-rounder Cameron Green to RCB in an all cash deal. After that they had requisite funds to settle an all-cash deal with Gujarat Titans and procure Hardik’s services,” a senior BCCI official and IPL Governing Council member instructed PTI on situations of anonymity.

It have to be talked about that Green was purchased by MI for a whopping Rs 17.5 crore throughout final public sale and therefore the cash required to purchase Hardik wasn’t obtainable until that deal was inked.

Pandya was picked by Gujarat Titans earlier than 2022 public sale from the checklist of accessible gamers for the 2 new franchises — GT and Lucknow Super Giants.

His reported payment was Rs 15 crore and he led the facet to back-to-back finals, profitable the championship in maiden 12 months and dropping a thriller to CSK in 2023.

(With PTI inputs)