It still remains a big question as to which team Sanju Samson will play for in IPL 2026. According to media reports, the deal regarding Samson’s trade was almost finalized between Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals. Speculations about Ravindra Jadeja being traded to Rajasthan Royals in place of Samson had gained momentum recently. Now the news is that RR management is not happy with trading just one player in place of Samson.

According to a report published in Cricbuzz, Sanju Samson and Ravindra Jadeja were retained by Rajasthan and Chennai respectively last season in the Rs 18 crore slot. The deal should have been finalized by now, but Rajasthan Royals management is not ready to swap players directly. Rajasthan team wants CSK to hand over one more player along with Ravindra Jadeja in exchange of Samson.

Rajasthan management wants to get Ravindra Jadeja and Dewald Brevis in exchange of Sanju Samson. South Africa’s dreaded batsman Brevis had joined Chennai Super Kings only last year. On the other hand, CSK officials only want to trade Jadeja, and as far as trading another player along with Jadeja is concerned, CSK especially does not want to trade Brevis at all.

According to the report, RR franchise officials have also contacted some other teams. These teams are Sunrisers Hyderabad, Delhi Capitals, Kolkata Knight Riders and Lucknow Super Giants.

Chennai Super Kings is ready to release Ravindra Jadeja, which in itself would be a huge swap. Jadeja is one of the most successful and legendary all-rounders in IPL history. Apart from scoring 3,260 runs in his IPL career, Jadeja has also taken 170 wickets.

On the other hand, Sunrisers Hyderabad has not shown much interest in Sanju Samson, because SRH already has 3 good opening batting options.

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KL Rahul And Sanju Samson In IPL 2026: There is still a lot of time for the Indian Premier League 2026 (IPL 2026) to start, but even before that the exchange of players is starting. India’s star batsmen KL Rahul and Sanju Samson can leave their old team and join the new franchise. According to the report of Times of India, Delhi Capitals team is ready to make a big trade deal with Rajasthan Royals (RR). Shahrukh Khan’s Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) is showing interest in buying KL Rahul.

KKR will bet big for KL Rahul

KL Rahul was a part of Delhi Capitals in IPL 2025, but Rahul kept himself away from captaincy in the 18th season of IPL, so that he could focus more on his batting. Rahul’s performance last season was also better. KL Rahul scored 539 runs in 13 matches at an average of 53.9. According to the report of Times of India, now the Kolkata team wants to include KL Rahul in its team, so that KKR gets an opening batsman along with the wicketkeeper.

Trouble regarding Sanju Samson

Sanju Samson has been associated with Rajasthan Royals for a long time, but now Sanju himself wants to separate from this franchise. Sanju has himself asked RR to release him. According to reports, Delhi Capitals team can make a trade deal with Rajasthan Royals to include Samson in their team. Delhi has decided to take Sanju Samson, but has not yet decided which player they will give to Rajasthan in exchange for Sanju. From all these things it is certain that Sanju Samson will be seen in the new team in IPL 2026.

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