Top 3 Most Expensive Trade IPL: Here we are going to tell you about the 3 most expensive trades in the history of the Indian Premier League, whose performance was very poor. Crores of rupees were thrown on these players, but they have not proved useful for the team.
IPL 2026 Trade: Preparations for the 19th season of the Indian Premier League have started. Mini auction is going to be held in December. Before that the trading window has opened for all the 10 teams. Through this, all the teams can trade their favorite players with any player. There has been no official confirmation of any player being traded for IPL 2026. However, trading is being seen between Rajasthan Royals and Chennai Super Kings. A deal is going on between Rajasthan’s Sanju Samson and Chennai’s Ravindra Jadeja. Before this, we will tell you about the 3 biggest trade deals in the history so far.
Cameron Green (Royal Challengers Bangalore)
The first name in the list is that of Australian all-rounder Cameron Green, who is the most traded player in IPL history. Their price surprised everyone. In IPL 2024, this Australian player was traded from Mumbai Indians to Royal Challengers Bangalore, for which Rs 17 crore 50 lakh was given. He scored 255 runs in 12 innings that season at a strike rate of 143.26, with his highest individual score being 46. The performance was not special in terms of money.
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Hardik Pandya (Mumbai Indians)
At second place in the list is the name of Team India’s all-rounder Hardik Pandya, who is the second most expensive trade in the history of the Indian Premier League. In this trade deal, he came out of Gujarat Titans to Mumbai Indians, after which there was a lot of uproar. The surprising thing was that Gujarat had reached the finals for two consecutive seasons, in which it was also made the champion of IPL 2022. Hardik was given Rs 15 crore in this trading. He was made the captain as soon as he came to MI, but his performance was poor. Scored 216 runs in 13 innings in batting and took 11 wickets in bowling. The captaincy was so bad that the team could not qualify for the playoffs.
Dinesh Karthik (Royal Challengers Bangalore)
At number three is the name of former Indian cricketer Dinesh Karthik, who is the third most expensive trade in IPL history. Dinesh was traded by Kings XI Punjab to Mumbai Indians in the 2012 IPL season. A total of Rs 12 crore 40 lakh was given to Karthik in this trade. He scored 238 runs in 14 innings at a strike rate of 111.74, in which his highest individual score was 44. The performance was very poor considering the amount of money received.
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