Ever since the Indian Premier League introduced the trade window system, there have been a number of lucrative and high-profile transactions on the table. Shardul ThakurHaving played for seven IPL teams since his debut in 2015, he has been traded the most number of times in the cash-rich tournament. However, he has not been able to make it into one of the league's most expensive trade deals.
With the 2027 season of the league still 11 months away, a trade deal has already been done between Lucknow Super Giants and Delhi Capitals, in which both the teams have swapped Rishabh Pant and Kuldeep Yadav. The total transaction value of the deal was signed at Rs 28.25 crore, with the wicketkeeper-batsman getting the bigger share of the two. But has this made the biggest IPL business deal?
Here are the three biggest trade deals in IPL history
3. Hardik Pandya (Gujarat Titans to Mumbai Indians), IPL 2024: INR 15 crore
hardik pandya Has become one of the most brilliant all-rounders in the Indian Premier League on the basis of many match-winning performances. He made his captaincy debut with Gujarat Titans in the 2022 season and struck gold with the franchise as Hardik led them to the title in his debut season. However, Hardik only played two seasons for the franchise and expressed interest in looking beyond that.
Ahead of the 2024 season, Hardik was traded to his first IPL team Mumbai Indians for Rs 15 crore. To facilitate the transaction, MI also traded Australian all-rounder Cameron Green to Royal Challengers Bangalore. After Hardik's return to the five-time champion team, he was made the captain in place of their legendary captain Rohit Sharma.
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