IPL Trade Window


image-lsm04maeIPL 2024 trade window saw significant names get traded (Twitter)

The IPL Trade Window is an integral part of the league's ecosystem, governed by the IPL Governing Council. This period is strategically set to begin a month after the conclusion of the season, providing franchises with the opportunity to reassess their squad's performance and make necessary adjustments.

During this window, teams can engage in player trades, involving both domestic and international talent, through direct swaps, cash deals, or a mix of both. This phase is critical for teams aiming to optimize their lineup, address gaps, or offload players not fitting their strategy. It's a time for strategic planning and negotiation, allowing franchises to realign their squads in preparation for the next season.

IPL Trade Window Open

The timing of the IPL Trade Window is meticulously planned to maximize strategic opportunities for franchises. It opens a month after the season concludes, offering a significant period for teams to deliberate and execute trades. This window stays open until a week before the auction date, providing a clear deadline for teams to finalize their pre-auction trades.

Post-auction, the trade window reopens, offering another chance for franchises to fine-tune their squads based on auction outcomes. This second phase lasts until a month before the commencement of the new season. These defined periods ensure that teams have structured opportunities to build and refine their teams, enhancing the competitive balance and excitement of the league.

It is worth mentioning that the IPL provides teams with three distinct trading windows to fine-tune their squads, beginning after the season's conclusion and ending just before the retention deadline. The second window opens post-retention announcement and concludes a week prior to the auction. The final window, crucial for last-minute strategic adjustments, opens immediately after the auction and continues until a week before the season starts.

A unique clause for the third window stipulates that players acquired in the recent auction cannot be traded, restricting teams to player-to-player exchanges, with all-cash deals off the table. This ensures that teams strategize within these confines to optimize their squads. With anticipation building for IPL 2024 set to commence tentatively in March, the trade window activities highlight the dynamic nature of team compositions in the pursuit of the coveted title.

IPL 2024 Trade Window

The IPL 2024 Trade window post the auction that took place in December last year saw significant player movements, making headlines for some of the most astonishing shifts in the league's history. The limelight was captured by Mumbai Indians for their landmark acquisition of Hardik Pandya from Gujarat Titans, marking one of the most talked-about trades.

Additionally, Mumbai Indians have been at the forefront of two major all-cash transactions, securing talents like Cameron Green alongside Pandya in previous windows as they showcased their aggressive approach to building a formidable squad.

Moreover, ahead of the auction, before the final retention list announcement, Mumbai Indians made a notable move by bringing in West Indies all-rounder Romario Shepherd from Lucknow Super Giants. Other significant trades included Avesh Khan moving from Lucknow to Rajasthan Royals, Devdutt Padikkal making a switch to Lucknow from Rajasthan, Shahbaz Ahmed joining Sunrisers Hyderabad from Royal Challengers Bangalore, and Mayank Dagar transitioning from SRH to RCB, filling the void left by Ahmed.


IPL Retention List 2024

Chennai Super Kings Retained Players
Ruturaj Gaikwad, Devon Conway, Moeen Ali, Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni, Ajinkya Rahane, Deepak Chahar, Maheesh Theekshana, Mukesh Choudhary, Mitchell Santner, Matheesha Pathirana, Tushar Deshpande, Prashant Solanki, Shaik Rasheed, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Simarjeet Singh, Nishant Sindhu, Ajay Mandal.
Royal Challengers Bangalore Retained Players
Faf du Plessis, Glenn Maxwell, Virat Kohli, Cameron Green (trade), Rajat Patidar, Anuj Rawat, Dinesh Karthik, Suyash Prabhudessai, Will Jacks, Mahipal Lomror, Karn Sharma, Manoj Bhandage, Mayank Dagar (trade), Vyshak Vijaykumar, Himanshu Sharma, Rajan Kumar, Akash Deep, Mohammed Siraj, Reece Topley.
Mumbai Indians Retained Players
Rohit Sharma, Hardik Pandya (trade), Dewald Brevis, SKY, Ishan Kishan, Tilak Varma, Tim David, Vishnu Vinod, Arjun Tendulkar, Shams Mulani, Nehal Wadhera, Jasprit Bumrah, Kumar Kartikeya, Piyush Chawla, Akash Madhwal, Jason Behrendorff, Romario Shepherd (trade).
Lucknow Super Giants Retained Players
KL Rahul, Quinton de Kock, Nicholas Pooran, Ayush Badoni, Deepak Hooda, K Gowtham, Krunal Pandya, Kyle Mayers, Marcus Stoinis, Prerak Mankad, Yudhvir Singh, Mark Wood, Mayank Yadav, Mohsin Khan, Ravi Bishnoi, Yash Thakur, Amit Mishra, Naveen-ul-Haq, Devdutt Padikkal (Trade)
Gujarat Titans Retained Players
Shubman Gill, David Miller, Kane Williamson, Abhinav Manohar, B. Sai Sudharsan, Wriddhiman Saha, Matthew Wade, Rashid Khan, Rahul Tewatia, Vijay Shankar, Mohammed Shami, Darshan Nalkande, Jayant Yadav, R. Sai Kishore, Noor Ahmad, Joshua Little, Mohit Sharma.
SunRisers Hyderabad Retained Players
Aiden Markram, Abdul Samad, Rahul Tripathi, Glenn Phillips, Abhishek Sharma, Marco Jansen, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, T. Natarajan, Umran Malik, Mayank Agarwal, Heinrich Klaasen, Mayank Markande, Sanvir Singh, Upendra Yadav, Mayank Dagar, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Anmolpreet Singh, Washington Sundar, Shabaz Ahmed (Trade)
Kolkata Knight Riders Retained Players
Shreyas Iyer, Nitish Rana, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Venkatesh Iyer, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakravarthy, Anukul Roy, Rinku Singh, Vaibhav Arora, Suyash Sharma, Jason Roy (replacement).
Delhi Capitals Retained Players
Rishabh Pant, David Warner, Mitchell Marsh, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Ishant Sharma, Prithvi Shaw, Khaleel Ahmed, Anrich Nortje, Lungi Ngidi, Lalit Yadav, Pravin Dubey, Mukesh Kumar, Yash Dhull, Vicky Ostwal, Abishek Porel.
Punjab Kings Retained Players
Shikhar Dhawan, Prabhsimran Singh, Jitesh Sharma, Gurnoor Singh Brar, Rishi Dhawan, Liam Livingstone, Atharva Taide, Arshdeep Singh, Baltej Singh, Nathan Ellis, Kagiso Rabada, Rahul Chahar, Harpreet Brar, Sam Curran, Sikandar Raza, Harpreet Bhatia, Vidwath Kaverappa, Shivam Singh, Jonny Bairstow.
Rajasthan Royals Retained Players
Sanju Samson, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shimron Hetmyer, Jos Buttler, Dhruv Jurel, Riyan Parag, Sandeep Sharma (replacement), Trent Boult, Navdeep Saini, Kuldeep Sen, Kuldip Yadav, Ravichandran Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, Donovan Ferreira, Kunal Rathore, Adam Zampa, Prasidh Krishna, Avesh Khan (trade)


IPL Released List 2024

Chennai Super Kings Released Players
Ben Stokes, Dwaine Pretorius, Subhranshu Senapati, Ambati Rayudu, Bhagath Varma, Akash Singh, Sisanda Magala, Kyle Jamieson.
Royal Challengers Bangalore Released Players
Josh Hazlewood, Harshal Patel, Wanindu Hasaranga, Finn Allen, Michael Bracewell, David Willey, Wayne Parnell, Kedar Jadhav, Sonu Yadav, Avinash Singh, Siddharth Kaul.
Mumbai Indians Released Players
Jofra Archer, Tristan Stubbs, Duan Jansen, Jhye Richardson, Riley Meredith, Chris Jordan, Sandeep Warrier, Mohammed Arshad Khan, Ramandeep Singh, Hrithik Shokeen, Raghav Goyal.
Lucknow Super Giants Released Players
Jaydev Unadkat, Daniel Sams, Manan Vohra, Swapnil Singh, Karan Sharma, Arpit Guleria, Suryansh Shedge, Karun Nair.
Gujarat Titans Released Players
Pradeep Sangwan, Odean Smith, Alzarri Joseph, Dasun Shanaka, Yash Dayal, KS Bharat, Shivam Mavi, Urvil Patel.
SunRisers Hyderabad Released Players
Harry Brook, Samarth Vyas, Kartik Tyagi, Vivrant Sharma, Akeal Hosain, Adil Rashid.
Kolkata Knight Riders Released Players
Shakib Al Hasan, Litton Das, Aarya Desai, David Wiese, Narayan Jagadeesan, Mandeep Singh, Kulwant Khejroliya, Shardul Thakur, Lockie Ferguson, Umesh Yadav, Tim Southee, Johnson Charles.
Delhi Capitals Released Players
Rilee Rossouw, Chetan Sakariya, Rovman Powell, Manish Pandey, Phil Salt, Mustafizur Rahman, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Ripal Patel, Sarfaraz Khan, Aman Khan, Priyam Garg.
Punjab Kings Released Players
Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Mohit Rathee, Baltej Dhanda, Raj Angad Bawa, Shahrukh Khan.
Rajasthan Royals Released Players
Joe Root, Abdul Basith, Jason Holder, Akash Vashisht, Kuldip Yadav, Obed McCoy, Murugan Ashwin, KC Cariappa, KM Asif.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) About IPL Trade Window

Q.1. When do player trades occur in the IPL?

Answer: Player trades can happen during the trading window, which opens a month after the season ends, closes a week before the auction date, and then reopens from the day after the auction until a month before the next season begins.

Q.2. Have player trades been a part of the IPL since its inception?

Answer: No, player trades were introduced in 2009. The first significant trade involved Mumbai Indians acquiring Shikhar Dhawan from the Delhi Daredevils in exchange for Ashish Nehra.

Q.3. What happens if a player wants to move but his current franchise doesn't agree?

Answer: The current franchise has the final say in whether a player can be traded or not. The player's desire alone does not guarantee a trade.

Q.4. Do players receive a portion of the transfer fee in a trade?

Answer: Players can receive up to 50% of the transfer fee based on the agreement with the selling franchise, although this is not guaranteed and varies by case.

Q.5. Does the transfer fee affect the franchise's auction purse?

Answer: No, the transfer fee is separate from the auction purse. The buying franchise's auction purse is only reduced by the amount of the player's price, while the selling franchise's purse is increased by the same amount.