 "IPL 2024: Lucknow swaps Avesh Khan for Padikkal ahead of auction on Dec 19")
Ahead of IPL 2024 players' auction, Lucknow Super Giants have strengthened their batting line-up by trading pacer Avesh Khan to Rajasthan Royals and, in return, got Devdutt Padikkal's services.
Both Lucknow and Rajasthan confirmed the news by welcoming the players on their respective X handles.
BCCI has set November 26 as the deadline to release the retained players' list names. Till November 26, the franchisees are also allowed to trade players between them.
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Lucknow Super Giants bought Avesh Khan for Rs 10 crore in the IPL 2022 mega auction, while Rajasthan's Padikkal has a salary purse of Rs 7.75 crore. Both players were retained by their respective IPL teams in the 2023 season.
Avesh Khan IPL stats
| Avesh Khan IPL bowling stats | ||||||||||
| YEAR | MAT | BALLS | RUNS | WKTS | BBM | AVE | ECON | SR | 4W | 5W |
| Career | 47 | 1006 | 1448 | 55 | 4/24 | 26.33 | 8.64 | 18.29 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 (LSG) | 9 | 174 | 283 | 8 | 3/25 | 35.38 | 9.76 | 21.75 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 (LSG) | 13 | 286 | 416 | 18 | 4/24 | 23.11 | 8.73 | 15.89 | 1 | 0 |
| 2021 (DC) | 16 | 366 | 450 | 24 | 3/13 | 18.75 | 7.37 | 15.25 | 0 | 0 |
Devdutt Padikkal IPL stats
| Devdutt Padikkal IPL batting stats | ||||||||||||
| YEAR | MAT | NO | RUNS | HS | AVG | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4S | 6S | CT |
| Career | 57 | 2 | 1521 | 101* | 27.65 | 1213 | 125.39 | 1 | 9 | 166 | 42 | 24 |
| 2023 (RR) | 11 | 1 | 261 | 52 | 26.1 | 200 | 130.5 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 6 | 4 |
| 2022 (RR) | 17 | 0 | 376 | 54 | 22.12 | 306 | 122.88 | 0 | 1 | 40 | 14 | 5 |
| 2021 (RCB) | 14 | 1 | 411 | 101* | 31.61 | 328 | 125.3 | 1 | 1 | 44 | 14 | 7 |
| 2020 (RCB) | 15 | 0 | 473 | 74 | 31.53 | 379 | 124.8 | 0 | 5 | 51 | 8 | 8 |