Kings XI Punjab have successfully traded Marcus Stoinis for Mandeep Singh with Royal Challengers Bangalore for the 2019 Indian Premier League.
Punjab completed the swap as part of IPL’s first trading window, which commenced after the conclusion of IPL 2018 and will end a month before the 2019 auction.
Punjab first acquired the services of Stonis in 2016 and since then the Australian all-rounder has been with the franchise. The 29-year-old has scored 262 runs and picked up 13 wickets in the 19 games that he has played for them. Stoinis almost went to Bangalore in the 2018 auction for a whopping Rs 6.20 crore before Punjab used their Right-To-Match card to retain his services.
Both Punjab and Bangalore failed to qualify for the playoffs last season. While Mandeep hit 252 runs in the 13 games that he played, Stoinis could only manage 99 runs and three wickets in seven encounters.
