India allrounder Shardul Thakur is set to join Mumbai Indians (MI) for IPL 2026.

ESPNcricinfo has learned that MI have reached an in-principle agreement with Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) to get Thakur via an all-cash trade deal. It is understood both franchises have sent an expression of interest to the IPL, which will ratify the trade once the necessary process is concluded.

The development means Thakur is on the verge of becoming a quiz question as this is the third trade involving him in the IPL - in 2017, Rising Pune Supergiant bought him from Kings XI Punjab (now Punjab Kings), and before the 2023 season Kolkata Knight Riders procured him from Delhi Capitals. Both those trades were also all-cash deals.

Thakur, who had gone unsold at the 2025 mega auction and was to join Essex i

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