Kings XI Punjab trades Dinesh Karthik with Mumbai Indians

MUMBAI: IPL franchise Kings XI Punjab has announced that wicket-keeper-cum-batsman Dinesh Karthik has been traded with Mumbai Indians for the coming IPL season in 2012. 

Kings XI Punjab COO Col. Arvinder Singh said, ?Dinesh was an integral part of KXIP last year and displayed an exemplary performance. However, we feel that his talent as a wicket-keeper cannot be harnessed here as we already have a specialist wicket-keeper in our able captain, Adam Gilchrist".

Kings XI Punjab had acquired Dinesh at $900,000 during the auction in 2011 and have traded him with Mumbai Indians for a sum of $2.35 million. "We are also pleased to welcome Rajgopal Satish in to our team and are sanguine that he shall beef up our middle order in the coming season," the IPL team said.