IPL trades and transfers: List of biggest deals in Indian Premier League history
Indian Premier League (IPL) teams will have until November 15 to finalise the list of retained and released players ahead of the IPL 2026 mini-auction, set to take place later this year.
With not much time left for the final date, trade deals between franchises are in full flow, led by Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals.
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Here’s the list IPL player trade and swap deals in 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
