Sanju Samson will play with MS Dhoni in Chennai Super Kings in the upcoming season of the Indian Premier League (IPL 2026). BCCI has made its official announcement, after which Sanju Samson made 2 posts. The first post was about separation from Rajasthan Royals and the second was about joining Chennai Super Kings.

Sanju Samson has joined Chennai Super Kings from Rajasthan Royals through a trade deal before the auction. His salary in CSK is only Rs 18 crore, which was also in Rajasthan Royals in the last edition. Ravindra Jadeja and Sam Curran, who were included in CSK, have been traded to Rajasthan Royals.

Sanju Samson’s first reaction on joining CSK

Sanju Samson posted a post on social media, in which he is resting on the beach. He is wearing a yellow colored hand band (which is also the color of CSK). In the caption, she wrote, “Vanakkam” and shared a yellow heart. Let us tell you that Vanakkam is a Tamil word, which means Hello in Hindi.

Earlier, while sharing a post with Rajasthan Royals, he wrote, “We are only here for a short time. Gave our all to this franchise, enjoyed great cricket, made some life-long relationships, treated everyone at the franchise like my family. And when the time comes, that’s when I move on. I will be forever grateful for everything.”

CSK will be Sanju Samson’s third IPL team

Sanju Samson started his IPL career by playing with Rajasthan Royals, he stayed in Rajasthan from 2013 to 2015. Samson played for Delhi Capitals in 2016 and 2017, he returned to Rajasthan in 2018. He has played 177 matches in IPL, in which he has 4704 runs in his name. Samson has 3 centuries and 26 half-centuries in IPL.

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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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Pbks vs rr pitch report: Today, the second match of the double header to be held on Saturday in the IPL will be played between Punjab Kings and Rajasthan Royals in the Mullanpur Cricket Stadium. This will be the first match of this season in Mullanpur. Let us tell you how the IPL record is here? How is the behavior of today’s pitch here and whose pan is heavy in the head to head between the two teams.

Talking about Punjab Kings captained by Shreyas Iyer, the team is at the top of the team points table after winning both their matches. His net run rate is also good (+1.485). At the same time, Rajasthan Royals are winning in the final match after losing both their initial matches. As captain Sanju Samson will also return today. The team is at number 9 in the points table.

Pbks vs RR Head to Head: Punjab vs Rajasthan Head to Head

A total of 28 matches have been played in the IPL between Punjab Kings and Rajasthan Royals. In this, the upper hand of Rajasthan has been heavy. Punjab has won 12 matches while Rajasthan has won in 16 matches. Punjab’s biggest score against Rajasthan Royals is 223 and the shortest score is 124 runs .. Punjab Kings have the biggest score in front of Rajasthan and the shortest score is 112 runs.

IPL record of Mullanpur Cricket Stadium

Punjab Kings made this stadium their home ground last year (2024), which was prepared as new. A total of 5 IPL matches have been played in this stadium, out of which the team who batting and bowling 3 times has won 2 times.

The team winning the toss at Mullanpur Stadium has won 2 times and the losing team has won 3 times. The biggest personal score here is 78 runs, which was made by Suryakumar Yadav against Punjab Kings. The biggest score here is 192, which was made by Mumbai Indians in this match in which Surya scored an innings of 78 runs.

Pbks vs rr pitch report: Mullanpur Cricket Stadium Pitch Report

The bowlers will get more benefit than the batsmen at Mullanpur Cricket Stadium. Fast bowlers will help here. This match will be played in the evening, so dew will be a big factor. The captain to win the toss will prefer to bowl first. You have to fight to score runs here. Taking risk in middle order can be heavy. The team batting in the first innings will have to reach 180, which can be a good total to defend here.