Mumbai: Ajinkya Rahane, Rajasthan Royals’ (RR) most-capped player will now move to Delhi Capitals (DC) following a successful trade, it was confirmed on Thursday (November 14).

Rahane, who captained RR in 24 matches and represented them in 100 IPL games from 2011 to 2015 and again in 2018 and 2019, was also their top run-getter having scored 2810 runs at an average of 34.26 and a S/R of 122.65. Rahane also scored two centuries for the Royals and made 17 half-centuries.

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Meanwhile, DC have traded leg spinner Mayank Markande to RR. After the 12th season of the IPL, Markande was traded to Delhi Capitals by Mumbai Indians.

Bowling all-rounder Rahul Tewatia will return to RR after being traded by DC. Tewatia began his IPL career with RR in 2014, when he was bought for Rs 10 lakh. He also played for them in 2015 before moving to Kings XI Punjab in 2017 and settling with DC in 2018 and 2019.

Yesterday it was announced that all-rounder K Gowtham will play for Kings XI Punjab in the upcoming season of the IPL after being traded by RR.

Gowtham, who was bought for Rs 6.2 crore at the 2018 auction from his base price of Rs 20 lakh, played 15 games in 2018 and seven matches in 2019.