NEW DELHI: Two days before the Indian Premier League (IPL) retention deadline ends, Mumbai Indians ' (MI) activity has picked up. The five-time title winners have approached Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) for leg-spinner Mayank Markande , and it’s reliably learnt that the conversations have reached the final stages. If all goes well, the trade could be announced soon, and the 28-year-old will be back with the franchise where he started his IPL journey in 2018. It is not confirmed at this stage whether another player is involved in the deal, as insiders feel it could well be an all-cash transaction. KKR bought the wrist-spinner for ₹30 lakh at the mega auction last year but didn’t give him a single game in the entire season. MI have two wrist-spinners — Vignesh Puthur (chinaman

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