Rajasthan Royals are most likely to trade their captain Sanju Samson for star Chennai Super Kings all-rounders Ravindra Jadeja and Sam Curran ahead of the Indian Premier League 2026.
Samson has actually invested a bulk of his IPL profession with the Royals whom he has actually likewise led given that being called their full-time captain in IPL 2021.
A senior authorities from five-time IPL winners Chennai Super Kings validated to PTI that the franchise has an interest in trapping the 30-year-old Samson, who has actually likewise been a routine member of the Indian T20I side.
“Everyone knows we are interested in getting Sanju. We have expressed our interest of procuring him in this trading window. RR is yet to confirm as their management said they are weighing the options. We are hopeful Sanju will play for CSK,” a senior CSK authorities stated on condition of privacy.
Samson has actually represented RR, the winners of the inaugural IPL in 2008, for 11 years and after the conclusion of this year’s edition, the wicketkeeper-batter had actually confessed that he was searching for a modification and wished to be launched by the franchise.
Jadeja, who belonged to the Rajasthan Royals in the very first 2 IPL editions, has actually invested a bulk of his profession at Chennai Super Kings where he has actually not simply been among their frontline gamers, however was likewise promoted to captaincy when MS Dhoni stepped far from the function before the 2022 edition.
The 27-year-old England all-rounder Curran has actually belonged of CSK in addition to Punjab Kings franchises.
For the trade off to continue, both RR and CSK will be needed to offer expression of interest to the IPL governing council and when the gamers offer their composed approvals, the 2 groups will need to exercise the last contract, which likewise would be validated by the governing body.
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