IPL History: 3 stars who returned to an IPL franchise after a gap of 4 years or more

#2 Mandeep Singh

Mandeep Singh playing for KXIP (picture courtesy: BCCI/iplt20.com)

Very few people may know that Mandeep Singh's first IPL franchise was Kolkata Knight Riders. Yes, the Jalandhar lad kicked off his IPL career as a part of KKR in 2009, but he never got a chance to play for them. Hence, he switched to Kings XI Punjab in 2010 and stayed with them till 2014.

Mandeep even won the IPL Emerging Player of the Year Award once, proving his credentials as a match-winner. But at the end of the 2014 season he joined the Royal Challengers Bangalore, where he spent four seasons without ever cementing his place in the team.

Thereafter, he was traded back to Kings XI Punjab in the 2019 preseason, a move which marked Mandeep's return to his home franchise after five years. KXIP have not been able to use Mandeep to his full potential this year either, as the primarily top order batsman is being played in the middle order.

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