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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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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Before the IPL 2026 auction this year, Sanju Samson can make a deal with another team. According to Times of India, Rajasthan Royals and Delhi Capitals are going to finalize the deal regarding Sanju Samson very soon. It is certain that Samson is going to leave the Rajasthan team and Delhi Capitals have shown interest in him. But according to the report, Delhi did not want to trade any of its main players. It is also reported that KKR is trying its best to bring KL Rahul into its squad.

Where will Sanju Samson go?

According to a report published in Times of India, KL Rahul’s name was taken in the Rajasthan-Delhi deal. But Delhi is not ready to release a player who was their top performer last season. But RR management has liked the idea of ​​trading Samson with Tristan Stubbs, but it is also updated that Rajasthan team wants another player along with Stubbs in exchange of trading Sanju Samson. It is being told that the Delhi management has not liked the idea of ​​swapping two players in place of Samson.

In the same report, it was also revealed that Rajasthan Royals had approached Chennai Super Kings management to trade Samson. RR wanted to trade Samson with Ravindra Jadeja.

KKR interested in KL Rahul

Kolkata Knight Riders needs a top order batsman and captain, so the team is trying hard to include KL Rahul. The friendship between the new head coach of KKR and KL Rahul is not hidden from anyone. Even the management is in favor of bringing Rahul, but the question is which player should be sent to another team in his place.

Andre Russell can be an option, but the Delhi team wants to invest its money and time in young players. KKR is unlikely to release star players like Varun Chakraborty and Rinku Singh. At the same time, no one is showing interest in taking Venkatesh Iyer, who performed averagely last season.

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Speculations about Rajasthan Royals getting a new captain in IPL 2026 are gaining momentum. According to media reports, Sanju Samson has told the Rajasthan team franchise that he wants to leave the team. It is also reported that Yashasvi Jaiswal has been offered captaincy to remain in the team. There is speculation that 3 teams including Chennai Super Kings (CSK) may show great interest in buying Samson.

According to reports, not only Sanju Samson but another wicketkeeper batsman Dhruv Jurel can also leave the Rajasthan Royals team. However, no reason has emerged as to why Jurel can leave the 2008 IPL champion team. Jaiswal was also about to leave the RR team, but he was stopped by the promise of captaincy.

Talking about Sanju Samson, Chennai Super Kings, Kolkata Knight Riders and Delhi Capitals can also show interest in including Samson in their team. It is not yet clear whether Samson will be traded, or he will be bid for in the auction.

Samson was playing for Rajasthan Royals team from 2013-15 and thereafter from 2018 till now. He has scored 4,704 runs in his IPL career of 177 matches. These also include 3 centuries and 26 half-centuries. Samson has also played for Rajasthan Royals and Delhi Capitals (earlier Delhi Daredevils) in the IPL.

When will the auction happen?

The mini auction of IPL 2026 can take place between 13-15 December. BCCI has not yet confirmed any date regarding the auction. It is reported that the teams will have to submit their respective retention lists by 15th November. This time the auction will be on a smaller scale compared to the IPL 2025 mega auction.

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In the 19th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL 2026), Sanju Samson will not play for Rajasthan Royals, after which the news came that Chennai Super Kings are willing to include him in his team and the conversation is going on. Now the news has come that through trade, Rajasthan wants to take Rituraj Gaikwad or Ravindra Jadeja instead of its captain.

Why does Sanju Samson want to leave Rajasthan Royals?

The news of Sanju Samson’s trade is still in discussion. According to Cricbuzz report, Sanju Samson himself wants to leave Rajasthan Royals. Although many things are the reason for this, but last year Jose Butler is being told not to retain. Samson said last season that letting Butler go was one of the most challenging decisions for me.

After Sanju’s demand to leave the Rajasthan Royal team, the franchise has contacted several teams for trade. According to the news, Rajasthan is close to a deal, whom will he take in exchange for Samson? Therefore, suggestions of some players have also been given.

Who will be included in Rajasthan Royals instead of Sanju Samson?

The news of Rajasthan Royals trade with Chennai Super Kings is still in discussion, according to the report, the Rajasthan team has demanded one of Rabindra Jadeja and Rituraj Gaikwad from CSK instead of their captain. Jadeja has also captained CSK and Rituraj Gaikwad is currently the captain of CSK. However, Chennai Super Kings are not ready to leave any of these two through trade.

All -rounder player Shivam Dubey’s name was also revealed, but Chennai does not want to leave him either. Right now, it is difficult for Sanju Samson to go to Chennai, now Rajasthan will not take any small player instead of its captain. Let us know that there will be a mini auction for IPL 2026 in December, although it is difficult to name Sanju Samson in the auction.

Difficult because if the deal with Chennai Super Kings is not made, then Sanju can also go with another team through Samson Trade. There is also a possibility whether Sanju will remain in Rajasthan by forgetting the differences. It seems difficult to see the current situation. Explain that the player can request to leave the franchise, the final decision will be of the franchise.

Csk rr trade sanju samson: Rumors began to fly just after the end of IPL 2025 that Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals could have a huge trade. It was claimed that Sanju Samson may go to Chennai Super Kings next season. However, none of both franchisees, both CSK or Rajasthan Royals, had confirmed this news or even a signal. Now a media report has revealed that the rumors of Samson going to CSK can be not just a rumor.

A secret source in CSK quoted cricbing as saying, “We are really showing interest in Sanju. He is an Indian batsman, wicketkeeper and opening, so we will definitely keep the option open to include him in our squad. We have not yet discussed that the subject has not been discussed yet.”

It is not yet clear that if there is a trade between Chennai and Rajasthan teams, then the players will be swapped or Samson will be traded only in the cash deal. Let us tell you that Samson is part of the Rajasthan Royals team since 2018 and has been captaining this team since 2021.

There have been very few trade in the history of the Indian Premier League, which have included CSK franchise. In the year 2021, Chennai Super Kings traded with Rajasthan Royals, when she brought Robin Uthappa from the RR team to her squad. At that time, a cash deal was done about Uthappa. There can be many other revelations about trading in the coming months. According to the news, some other teams have also contacted the RR team to connect Sanju Samson with them.

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