IPL player trade and transfer: Full l of biggest deals in Indian Premier League hory | Cricket News
The Indian Premier League (IPL) player trade deals and transfers have always spurred interest and curiosity, for the logic and reasoning behind certain player movements from franchises may not always find sound backing from the team’s fan base. Throughout the course of the last 16 years, the IPL has seen several player trades and transfers as part of player-to-player swap deals that has impacted the involved franchises heavily the following season.
Rajasthan Royals skipper Sanju Samson has now dominated the trade talks post the IPL 2025 season. The Indian Express had reported that it has been learnt that the India wicketkeeper-batter has indeed expressed his interest to the Royals to leave the franchise before the 2026 edition. Samson’s potential move could indeed further shake up the IPL trade dynamics and rank among the biggest trades in IPL hory, involving an Indian player alongside Hardik Pandya’s stunning homecoming in 2024 from the Gujarat Titans to Mumbai Indians in a Rs 15 crore deal.
Former India cricketers Zaheer Khan, Robin Uthappa, Ashish Nehra and Shikhar Dhawan were involved in the first major IPL trade deals in 2009. Zaheer and Uthappa were involved in a swap deal between Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Mumbai Indians, with the latter moving to the RCB camp. Meanwhile, Dhawan moved from MI to Delhi Daredevils in exchange for Nehra’s services.
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Samson’s rumoured move has been watched with interest the Chennai Super Kings, although at least one more team would be interested in initiating such a move.
Full l of all major IPL player transfers and trades
IPL Major Trades and Transfers
Year
Player
From
To
Details
2009
Zaheer Khan
RCB
Mumbai Indians
Part of Robin Uthappa swap deal
2009
Ashish Nehra
Delhi Daredevils
Mumbai Indians
Part of Shikhar Dhawan swap deal
2012
Dinesh Karthik
KXIP
Mumbai Indians
2012
Pragyan Ojha
Deccan Chargers
Mumbai Indians
2012
Kevin Pietersen
Deccan Chargers
Delhi Daredevils
2013
Ashish Nehra
Delhi Daredevils
PWI
Part of Ross Taylor swap deal
2015
Parthiv Patel
RCB
Mumbai Indians
2016
KL Rahul
SRH
RCB
2019
Quinton de Kock
RCB
Mumbai Indians
₹2.8 crore
2019
Marcus Stoinis
KXIP
RCB
₹6.2 crore
2019
Shikhar Dhawan
SRH
Delhi Capitals
₹5.2 crore
2019
Abhishek Sharma
Delhi Capitals
SRH
Part of Dhawan swap deal
2020
R Ashwin
KXIP
Delhi Capitals
₹7.6 crore, part of J Suchith swap deal
2020
Trent Boult
Delhi Capitals
Mumbai Indians
₹3.2 crore
2020
Ajinkya Rahane
RR
Delhi Capitals
₹5.25 crore
2021
Harshal Patel
Delhi Capitals
RCB
2021
Robin Uthappa
RR
CSK
2022
Lockie Ferguson
Gujarat Titans
KKR
₹10 crore
2022
Shardul Thakur
Delhi Capitals
KKR
₹10.75 crore
2024
Avesh Khan
LSG
RR
₹10 crore, Swapped for Devdutt Padikkal
2024
Hardik Pandya
Gujarat Titans
Mumbai Indians
₹15 crore
2024
Cameron Green
Mumbai Indians
RCB
₹17.5 crore
