New Delhi, Nov. 13 -- India's all-rounder Shardul Thakur is poised to join the Mumbai Indians (MI) for Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026, as the franchise has reached an in-principle agreement with Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) to acquire him through an all-cash trade deal.

Thakur, who had gone unsold at the 2025 mega auction and was to join Essex in the County Championship, was picked by LSG as a replacement for Mohsin Khan at his base price of Rs 2 crore, and he scalped six wickets in his first two matches in IPL 2025. Thakur, however, struggled after that, playing only ten games and taking 13 wickets with an economy rate of 11.02.

The auction for the next season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) is set to be held in Abu Dhabi, with its ...