With the IPL 2026retentions to be announced on November 15, there have been several speculations regarding which players will be retained by the franchises ahead of the upcoming season. However, former
Indian cricketer Ravichandran Ashwin accidentally made a big reveal regarding a possible trade deal ahead of IPL 2026. Ashwin revealed that fast bowler Shardul Thakur has been trade to Mumbai Indians from Lucknow Super Giants.
“I don’t see any releases happening from Mumbai, they won’t release anyone. Their biggest concern would be finding a replacement for Deepak Chahar, who’s a bit injury prone. They’ve secured Shardul Thakur through a trade from LSG. That has happened, they will probably look for a spinner and will get one too,” Ashwin said in a segment on his YouTube channel which is now deleted.
Shardul Thakur in IPL 2025
Shardul Thakur went unsold in the IPL 2025 mega auction last year. However, he was later picked by Lucknow Super Giants as a replacement for injured Mohsin Khan. Talking about his stats in IPL 2025, Thakur had a good start to his campaign and ended up taking 13 wickets from 10 matches in that season.
Now, Thakur is likely to seen in action for five-time champions in the upcoming season of the IPL in 2026. Talking about his IPL career, Thakur has played for six different teams so far (PBKS, CSK, DC, KKR, LSG, RPS) since 2015. He played 105 matches in his IPL career so far taking 107 with the balls and scoring 325 runs with the bat.
