The mini auction for the upcoming edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL 2026) is likely to take place on December 15. Before that, the deadline for all the 10 teams to submit the list of their retained and released players to the board is November 15. The trade deal of Ravindra Jadeja and Sanju Samson is the most talked about right now, discussions have taken place between the two teams but the final decision has not been taken yet. Here we are telling you about those 5 players, who can go from the current team to the new team through trade deal.

KL Rahul

KL Rahul is currently involved in Delhi Capitals, who was bought by the franchise in the auction last year. Delhi even wanted to make him the captain, but Rahul did not agree. Although Rahul performed effectively with the bat, that is why Delhi does not want to give up this player easily.

Kolkata Knight Riders franchise wants to bring KL Rahul with itself, hence it was ready to give Andre Russell to Delhi through a trade deal. However, things probably won’t work out with Russell. Unless KKR gives Rinku Singh or Varun Chakraborty, Delhi may not make this deal.

sanju samson

There is also news about Rajasthan Royals captain Sanju Samson that the franchise is discussing a deal to give him to CSK, but in exchange of the captain, it wants another player along with Ravindra Jadeja. There is also news that Delhi Capitals is also discussing to take Sanju Samson. Let us tell you that Sanju Samson has previously lived in Delhi.

washington beautiful

After Ashwin’s retirement, Chennai Super Kings is reportedly looking for a suitable replacement for him. The franchise is reported to have shown interest in Washington Sundar, who is currently part of Gujarat Titans. He is also playing matches for Team India. Ashwin had also revealed Washington’s reaction on this, he had said that Sundar does not know about this but he has improved his game a lot while being with Gujarat.

Washington Sundar fits into the CSK setup, but Gujarat head coach Ashish Nehra has ruled out such a trade deal but if it has been discussed then it is too early to rule out any possibility.

Venkatesh Iyer

Kolkata Knight Riders had bought Venkatesh Iyer for Rs 23.75 crore last year, who was a part of their team earlier also. According to the news, Royal Challengers Bangalore wants to take Venkatesh through a trade deal and is considering giving Phil Salt in exchange for him. However, there is one thing that is making this deal difficult and that is Iyer’s price, which is high.

Ravindra Jadeja

Not only this year but it will be the biggest deal of the entire IPL, if Chennai Super Kings gives Ravindra Jadeja to any franchise in a trade deal. There is news that discussions are going on between CSK and Rajasthan Royals, CSK wants Sanju Samson in exchange of Jadeja. Let us tell you that Jadeja started his IPL career by playing for Rajasthan team.

The news of Sanju Samson’s trade has started gaining momentum again. It seems almost certain that Samson will play for Chennai Super Kings in IPL 2026. ESPN Cricinfo report has revealed that in exchange for Sanju Samson, CSK can trade two all-rounder players in the form of Ravindra Jadeja and Sam Curran with RR. If this trade is successful then Jadeja will be returning to RR team after 17 years.

According to ESPN Cricinfo, Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals team officials have also talked to Ravindra Jadeja, Sanju Samson and Sam Curran in this regard. The deal seems almost finalized, but no franchise has given any confirmation regarding the trade.

If Rajasthan Royals and Chennai Super Kings want to make this trade official, then they will have to inform the Governing Council of IPL about the three players. As per the rules of trading, once written consent is received from the players, the franchise can proceed with the final agreement process.

Samson and Jadeja have been associated with Rajasthan Royals and CSK respectively for a long time. Samson has spent 11 years in the Rajasthan team, while Jadeja has played 12 seasons for Chennai Super Kings. Samson has already made it clear that he wants to leave Rajasthan Royals team.

Jadeja has played 254 matches in his huge IPL career. He is behind only Virat Kohli, MS Dhoni, Rohit Sharma and Dinesh Karthik in terms of playing most matches. He has taken 143 wickets for CSK, which is the highest. He was also made the captain of Chennai Super Kings in the IPL 2022 season, but after the poor start of the team in the season, he handed over the captaincy back to Dhoni.

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