IPL 2026 Players Trading Rule: There are many months left in the IPL 2026 auction, but the player has started stirring in the trade window. The news of Rajasthan Royals captain Sanju Samson being traded (Sanju Samson Trade) has caught fire at this time. More teams including Chennai Super Kings have to include Samson in their team through trading. Know how the players are trades here? Understand what is the rules and procedure regarding trading of players in details.

Trading window has opened for IPL 2026

According to Cricbuj, the first trade window of IPL 2026 has started from 9 am, a week after the end of IPL 2025, i.e. June 10, 9 am and it will run till 5 pm a week before the IPL 2026 auction. Starting from the next day of the second trade window auction, it will remain open until a month before the season starts.

IPL 2026 Players Trading Rules

• Players purchased in the auction cannot be traded.
• Transfer of foreign player is possible only when no objection certificate (NOC) is found from his cricket board.
• Whichever player is being traded or the franchise for which he is playing, no separate payment can be made.
• It is the responsibility of the buying franchise to check whether the player who is being traded is fit or not. Also, she can also ask the player to get a medical examination before signing the necessary documents.
• There is no limit on the number of players being traded between the two windows, but it is necessary to follow the rules of salary cap and squad combination.
• A player can be traded only once after the IPL 2025 is over and before the IPL 2026 starts.
• If a player of Rs 15 crore is being traded, then the purse of the team buying will reduce Rs 15 crore. Whereas in the purse of the selling team, the same amount of money will increase.
• If a player wants many teams, the selling franchise can interact with other teams, but the final decision will be taken only by the consent of the player.

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Sanju samson csk trade: IPL 2026 is still a year away, but different kinds of speculations have started from now on. It is reported that Sanju Samson may replace MS Dhoni in Chennai Super Kings next year, which means Samson can leave the Rajasthan Royals team. In fact, these reports caught fire when a post on social media went viral, which reads that Rajasthan Royals can release Sanju Samson before IPL 2026.

The rumor of Sanju Samson leaving the Rajasthan team got more fire when this viral post was liked by the manager of the CSK team. It is worth noting that there is no official confirmation of MS Dhoni’s play in the next season. In such a situation, liking the post coming in Sanju Samson’s CSK by the manager of Chennai Super Kings team was testifying to the truth of these rumors somewhere.

What is the truth?

During the IPL 2025, such claims were revealed that there is a rift between Sanju Samson and Rajasthan Royals Team Management. At the same time, RR team coach Rahul Dravid rejected all these rumors. As far as Sanju Samson is subject to going to Chennai Super Kings, on this, neither CSK has issued any official statement nor Rajasthan team has talked about releasing them. In such a situation, these claims are seen false at the moment.

Sanju Samson has played for 2 teams in his IPL career so far. He scored 677 runs in 28 matches for Delhi Capitals. At the same time, Samson has played 149 matches for the Rajasthan Royals team so far, in which he has 4,027 runs. Samson has so far scored 4,704 runs in 177 IPL matches.

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