With an eye on the IPL 3 auctions on the 19th of January, the trading window saw just a couple of swaps.

The IPL franchisees are cool calculators or so it would seem. Just days before the ninety-six listed players come up for auctions, the owners are playing a delicate field since no team can have more than ten foreign cricketers in their team. With a limited budget of $750,000, they do not want to be playing their cards too soon. It has meant that once again there was little activity in the trading window prior.
It has meant that England's Owais Shah who was not used by the Delhi Daredevils at all in the IPL 2 season in South Africa moves to Kolkata Knight Riders who have traded Australia's Moises Henriques instead. Manoj Tiwary goes back to Bengal, moving from DD to KKR as well.
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