Top Game-Changing IPL Trades and Transfers of All Time
Indian Premier League (IPL) teams have until November 15 to finalize their list of retained and released players ahead of the IPL 2026 mini-auction scheduled for later this year. With the deadline fast approaching, teams like Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals are actively engaged in trade deals.
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Here’s a list of notable IPL player trade and swap deals throughout the tournament’s history:
| Year | Player | From | To | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Zaheer Khan | RCB | MI | Swap deal with Robin Uthappa |
| 2009 | Ashish Nehra | DD | MI | Swap deal with Shikhar Dhawan |
| 2012 | Dinesh Karthik | KXIP | MI | Sum undisclosed; Swap deal with R Sathish |
| 2012 | Pragyan Ojha | Chargers | MI | Undisclosed sum |
| 2012 | Kevin Pietersen | Chargers | DD | |
| 2013 | Ashish Nehra | PWI | DD | Swap deal with Ross Taylor |
| 2015 | Parthiv Patel | RCB | MI | Swap deal with Manvinder Bisla |
| 2016 | KL Rahul | SRH | RCB | |
| 2019 | Quinton de Kock | RCB | MI | Rs 2.8 crore |
| 2019 | Marcus Stoinis | KXIP | RCB | Rs 6.2 crore; Swap deal with Mandeep Singh |
| 2019 | Shikhar Dhawan | SRH | Capitals | Rs 5.2 crore; Swap deal with Abhishek Sharma, Shahbaz Nadeem, Vijay Shankar |
| 2020 | R Ashwin | KXIP | Capitals | Rs 7.6 crore; Swap deal with J Suchith |
| 2020 | Trent Boult | Capitals | MI | Undisclosed Sum |
| 2020 | Ajinkya Rahane | RR | Capitals | Rs 5.25 crore; Swap deal with Mayank Markande, Rahul Tewatia |
| 2021 | Harshal Patel | Capitals | RCB | |
| 2022 | Lockie Ferguson | GT | KKR | Rs 10 crore |
| 2022 | Shardul Thakur | Capitals | KKR | Rs 10.75 crore |
| 2024 | Avesh Khan | LSG | RR | Rs 10 crore; Swap deal with Devdutt Padikkal |
| 2024 | Hardik Pandya | GT | MI | Rs 15 crore |
| 2024 | Cameron Green | MI | RCB | Rs 17.5 crore |
Published on Nov 10, 2025.
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