A few weeks ago, reports suggested that Delhi Capitals (DC) and Rajasthan Royals (RR) were looking to trade KL Rahul and Sanju Samsonrespectively to other teams prior to the mini-auction. Fans started speculating which team would bring in the two wicketkeeper-batters who can also serve as captain.
However, latest reports suggest that Rahul is all set to be retained by the Capitals. Samson, on the other hand, has reportedly told the Royals that he wants to take on new challenges after spending 11 seasons with the first-time champions in two different spells.
According to reports, Chennai Super Kings (CSK) could be Samson’s next destination as the five-time champions could hand over Ravindra Jadeja and Sam Curran to the Royals in return.
There have been some very interesting player transactions in the IPL over the years. Let’s take a look at the biggest IPL swap deals below.
Here is the list of IPL player swaps and swap deals in the history of the tournament:
| Year | Player | By | Nasty | Comments |
| 2009 | Zaheer Khan | RCB | MI | Swap deal with Robin Uthappa |
| 2009 | Ashish Nehra | DD | MI | Swap deal with Shikhar Dhawan |
| 2012 | Dinesh Karthik | KXIP | MI | Sum not disclosed; Exchange deal with R Sathish |
| 2012 | Pragyan Ojha | Chargers | MI | Undisclosed amount |
| 2012 | Kevin Pietersen | Chargers | DD | |
| 2013 | Ashish Nehra | PRICE | DD | Trade deal with Ross Taylor |
| 2015 | Partiv Patel | RCB | MI | Exchange deal with Manvinder Bisla |
| 2016 | KL Rahul | SRH | RCB | |
| 2019 | Quinton de Kock | RCB | MI | Rs 2.8 crore |
| 2019 | Marcus Stoinis | KXIP | RCB | Rs 6.2 crore; Swap deal with Mandeep Singh |
| 2019 | Shikar Dhawan | SRH | Capitals | Rs 5.2 crore; Swap deal with Abhishek Sharma, Shahbaz Nadeem, Vijay Shankar |
| 2020 | R Ashwin | KXIP | Capitals | Rs 7.6 crore; Exchange deal with J Suchith |
| 2020 | Trent Boult | Capitals | MI | Undisclosed amount |
| 2020 | Ajinkya Rahane | RR | Capitals | Rs 5.25 crore; Swap deal with Mayank Markande and Rahul Tewatia |
| 2021 | Harshal Patel | Capitals | RCB | |
| 2022 | Lockie Ferguson | G.T | KKR | Rs 10 crore |
| 2022 | Shardul Thakur | Capitals | KKR | Rs 10.75 crore |
| 2024 | Avesh Khan | LSG | RR | Rs 10 crore; Swap deal with Devdutt Padikkal |
| 2024 | Hardik Pandya | G.T | MI | Rs 15 crore |
| 2024 | Cameron Green | MI | RCB | Rs 17.5 crore |
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