IPL 2024 Transfers: Lucknow Super Giants trade Romario Shepherd to Mumbai Indians

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IPL 2024: West Indies all-rounder Romario Shepherd was on Friday traded to five-time champions Mumbai Indians (MI) from Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) ahead of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024.

The 28-year-old from Guyana was picked up by LSG for Rs 50 lakh but featured in only one IPL 2023 match for them. He did not get to bowl in the match and was dismissed for a first ball duck by Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) spinner Adil Rashid.

“Romario Shepherd has been traded to Mumbai Indians (MI) from Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) during the ongoing TATA Indian Premier League (IPL) trading window ahead of the TATA IPL 2024,” read an IPL media advisory.

Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) had bought out Shepherd for a whopping Rs 7.75 crore during the IPL 2022 auction but he got to play only three games in his debut season.

The right-hand batter has played a total of 99 T20 matches and scored 866 runs at an average of 22.78 and a strike rate of 150.60. He has also picked 99 wickets at an average of 23.00 and an economy rate of 9.02 with his right-arm medium pace bowling.

He was recently seen playing in the CPL 2023 where he scored 113 runs in 12 matches at an average of 37.66 and a strike rate of 235.41. He picked 12 wickets at an average of 21.50.

IPL 2024 Transfer Deadline

IPL 2024 transfer window will close on November 26 which is also the date for the franchises to submit the list of retained and released players.The IPL 2024 auction is likely to take place on December 19 in Dubai.