IPL 2024 Trade Window: RCB Swap Indian Spinner Shahbaz Ahmed For SRH's Uncapped Mayank Dagar

IPL 2024 Trade Window: Royal Challengers Bangalore has reportedly traded Indian all-rounder Shahbaz Ahmed for Sunrisers Hyderabad's Mayank Dagar a day before the IPL Retention 2023 deadline on Sunday (November 26).

As per ESPNCricinfo, both teams swapped players via a pre-auction trade that will see Shahbaz represent SRH in the IPL next year, while spin bowling all-rounder Dagar will be representing the RCB next season.

Shahbaz was secured for Rs 2.4 crore before IPL 2022. Shahbaz has scored 321 runs in 39 matches of his IPL career at an average of almost 17 while also taking 14 wickets.

The Bengal cricketer has also played three ODIs and two ODIs for India. 2022 was Shahbaz's most prolific IPL season, in which he scored 219 runs in 16 matches at an average of over 27, with four wickets under his belt as well.

In 81 T20Is, Shahbaz has scored 834 runs at an average of 22.54, with two half-centuries and best score of 60*. He has also taken 54 wickets in the shortest format of the sport.

Dagar, who represents Himachal Pradesh, played three games for SRH last year and was brought for Rs 1.8 crore before IPL 2023. He took just one wicket that season. Mayank has taken 55 wickets in 54 T20Is overall.

Both SRH and RCB will be heading into the new season with a new management. RCB, who narrowly missed out on playoffs by finishing sixth with seven wins in 14 matches, will be having Andy Flower as their new head coach.

On the other hand, SRH will have New Zealand legend Daniel Vettori, who was part of the RCB support staff, as their head coach, after finishing at the bottom last season with just four wins in 14 games.

If this does go through, it will become the third or fourth trade of the window and the second involving a player swap after Rajasthan Royals and Lucknow Super Giants made a successful exchange for Devdutt Padikkal and Avesh Khan.

The biggest news in this window is the potential trade of Hardik Pandya from Gujarat Titans to Mumbai Indians as franchises get ready to announce their released and retained players list ahead of next month's IPL 2024 auction.