IPL 2027 Trade Tracker: Eight Player Moves Confirmed Across Three Deals

Key points

1. Eight player movements have been confirmed across three IPL 2027 trade deals as of November 6, 2026.
2. Rishabh Pant moved from Lucknow Super Giants to Delhi Capitals, while Kuldeep Yadav went from Delhi to Lucknow in June.
3. T. Natarajan moved from Delhi Capitals to Sunrisers Hyderabad, with Zeeshan Ansari moving in the opposite direction in October.
4. Chennai Super Kings and Sunrisers Hyderabad completed a four-player trade on November 5, with Liam Livingstone and Jack Edwards joining CSK.
5. Khaleel Ahmed and Nathan Ellis moved from CSK to SRH in the same deal.
6. Livingstone joins CSK at a reduced fee of ₹6 crore; Edwards remains at ₹3 crore, Khaleel at ₹4.8 crore and Ellis at ₹2 crore.
7. The IPL has officially announced all three deals; other player links and transfer speculation should not be treated as completed trades.

The IPL 2027 trade window has produced eight confirmed player movements across three deals, with the latest involving Chennai Super Kings and Sunrisers Hyderabad. The franchises completed a four-player exchange on November 5, adding Liam Livingstone and Jack Edwards to Chennai while sending Khaleel Ahmed and Nathan Ellis to Hyderabad. The deal joins two earlier trades involving Delhi Capitals, Lucknow Super Giants and Sunrisers Hyderabad.

The confirmed list includes high-profile names such as Rishabh Pant and Kuldeep Yadav, alongside specialist bowlers and overseas all-rounders. The official IPL website has published media advisories for all three transactions. Speculation about other players remains separate from this list and should not be counted as a completed transfer unless the league or the franchises confirm it.

CSK and SRH complete latest four-player exchange

The newest deal sees England all-rounder Livingstone move from SRH to CSK at a reduced fee of ₹6 crore. He had originally been acquired by Hyderabad for ₹13 crore. Australian seam-bowling all-rounder Edwards also joins Chennai at his existing fee of ₹3 crore.

In return, SRH have acquired left-arm fast bowler Khaleel at his existing fee of ₹4.8 crore and Australian quick Ellis at ₹2 crore. Khaleel returns to the franchise after representing Hyderabad from 2018 to 2021. He had taken 15 wickets in 14 matches for CSK in IPL 2025, according to the league’s announcement, before featuring in five games in the 2026 season and then being ruled out with a right quadriceps injury.

Edwards was unable to feature in IPL 2026 after a foot injury, while Ellis adds an experienced option for the death overs. The official IPL media advisory described the deal as a four-player trade ahead of the 2027 season.

Pant and Kuldeep headline the June trade

The first major confirmed deal of the cycle involved Delhi Capitals and Lucknow Super Giants. Pant moved from Lucknow back to Delhi at a revised fee of ₹15 crore, while left-arm wrist-spinner Kuldeep Yadav moved from Delhi to Lucknow at his existing fee of ₹13.50 crore.

Pant had joined Lucknow for ₹27 crore at the 2025 mega auction. His return to Delhi represented a significant change in the franchise’s squad plans, while Lucknow added an established India spinner in Kuldeep. The IPL announced the exchange on June 23, 2026.

Natarajan returns to Hyderabad

Delhi Capitals and Sunrisers Hyderabad completed another exchange in October. Left-arm fast bowler T. Natarajan returned to SRH at a revised fee of ₹5 crore, while leg-spinner Zeeshan Ansari moved to Delhi at his existing fee of ₹40 lakh.

Natarajan had represented Hyderabad from 2020 to 2024 before joining Delhi. Ansari featured in 10 matches for SRH in IPL 2025 and took six wickets, as noted in reports on the trade. The IPL’s official announcement confirmed the movement between the two franchises on October 14.

Confirmed deals versus transfer speculation

With the retention deadline approaching, several other high-profile players have been linked with possible moves in media reports and online discussions. Those links do not have the same status as the three transactions announced by the IPL. A player being discussed by franchises, or being named in a possible swap, is not evidence that a trade has been completed.

For now, the confirmed movement ledger stands at eight players: Pant and Kuldeep in the Delhi-Lucknow deal; Natarajan and Ansari in the Delhi-Hyderabad exchange; and Livingstone, Edwards, Khaleel and Ellis in the latest Chennai-Hyderabad trade. The three deals have altered the balance of batting, spin and pace resources at the four franchises involved.

Teams will continue shaping their squads ahead of the IPL 2027 auction. Further trades should be added to the confirmed list only when the IPL or the participating franchises issue an announcement. Until then, reported possibilities should remain clearly labelled as rumours rather than transfers.