IPL player trade and transfer: Full list of biggest deals in Indian Premier League history

IPL Trades and Transfers: From Hardik Pandya and KL Rahul to Zaheer Khan and Shikhar Dhawan, here is a look at all the major IPL transfers and trade deals that have occurred in Indian Premier League history.

IPL trades and transfers: Take a look at the biggest player movements in history. (BCCI)

The Indian Premier League (IPL) player trade deals and transfers have always spurred interest and curiosity, for the logic and reasoning behind certain player movements from franchises may not always find sound backing from the team’s fan base. Throughout the course of the last 16 years, the IPL has seen several player trades and transfers as part of player-to-player swap deals that has impacted the involved franchises heavily the following season.

Rajasthan Royals skipper Sanju Samson has now dominated the trade talks post the IPL 2025 season. The Indian Express had reported that it has been learnt that the India wicketkeeper-batter has indeed expressed his interest to the Royals to leave the franchise before the 2026 edition. Samson’s potential move could indeed further shake up the IPL trade dynamics and rank among the biggest trades in IPL history, involving an Indian player alongside Hardik Pandya’s stunning homecoming in 2024 from the Gujarat Titans to Mumbai Indians in a Rs 15 crore deal.

Former India cricketers Zaheer Khan, Robin Uthappa, Ashish Nehra and Shikhar Dhawan were involved in the first major IPL trade deals in 2009. Zaheer and Uthappa were involved in a swap deal between Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Mumbai Indians, with the latter moving to the RCB camp. Meanwhile, Dhawan moved from MI to Delhi Daredevils in exchange for Nehra’s services.

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Samson’s rumoured move has been watched with interest by the Chennai Super Kings, although at least one more team would be interested in initiating such a move.

Full list of all major IPL player transfers and trades

IPL Major Trades and Transfers
Year	Player	From	To	Details
2009	Zaheer Khan	RCB	Mumbai Indians	Part of Robin Uthappa swap deal
2009	Ashish Nehra	Delhi Daredevils	Mumbai Indians	Part of Shikhar Dhawan swap deal
2012	Dinesh Karthik	KXIP	Mumbai Indians
2012	Pragyan Ojha	Deccan Chargers	Mumbai Indians
2012	Kevin Pietersen	Deccan Chargers	Delhi Daredevils
2013	Ashish Nehra	Delhi Daredevils	PWI	Part of Ross Taylor swap deal
2015	Parthiv Patel	RCB	Mumbai Indians
2016	KL Rahul	SRH	RCB
2019	Quinton de Kock	RCB	Mumbai Indians	₹2.8 crore
2019	Marcus Stoinis	KXIP	RCB	₹6.2 crore
2019	Shikhar Dhawan	SRH	Delhi Capitals	₹5.2 crore
2019	Abhishek Sharma	Delhi Capitals	SRH	Part of Dhawan swap deal
2020	R Ashwin	KXIP	Delhi Capitals	₹7.6 crore, part of J Suchith swap deal
2020	Trent Boult	Delhi Capitals	Mumbai Indians	₹3.2 crore
2020	Ajinkya Rahane	RR	Delhi Capitals	₹5.25 crore
2021	Harshal Patel	Delhi Capitals	RCB
2021	Robin Uthappa	RR	CSK
2022	Lockie Ferguson	Gujarat Titans	KKR	₹10 crore
2022	Shardul Thakur	Delhi Capitals	KKR	₹10.75 crore
2024	Avesh Khan	LSG	RR	₹10 crore, Swapped for Devdutt Padikkal
2024	Hardik Pandya	Gujarat Titans	Mumbai Indians	₹15 crore
2024	Cameron Green	Mumbai Indians	RCB	₹17.5 crore

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