IPL 2024: How Player Trades Work in IPL?
Hardik Pandya’s trade to Mumbai Indians form Gujrat Titans on Sunday remains the top high profile trade in the IPL history. After this, the trade system is still unknown to many of the cricket fans how it works and how things go in the IPL Trade window.
Let us look at details on How Player Trades work in IPL.
At first, what is a player trade, and when it can happen?
It is the simply the transfers of the players between the franchises of the league during the trade window. The trade can be all cash and also it can be done by the barter system a player to player trade between the franchises.
According to the Indian Premier League Rules and regulations, the trading window opens after a month when the previous session ends and remains live till the week before the auction.
For the Indian Premier League 2024 trade window will close on 12th December as the auction is scheduled on 19th December 2023 at Dubai.
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Do Players Get the Cut of the Trade Amount?
Players who are traded by the cash deals can get upto 50% share in the trade amount. Which also depends on the rule and deals with the franchise for the players But it totally depends on the franchise that will get the share or not.
Is the Auction purse affected by the Trade?
When a player is traded between two franchises there are no differences created in the purse with that certain amount. Such as Hardik Pandya traded to Mumbai Indians for 15 crores INR. In Hardik Pandya’s case the purse of Mumbai will decrease by 15 cr. and Titans will have an increase of the same amount in the auction purse.
What is a two-way trade?
This is effectively a player swap between teams, with one team paying the difference in their prices to the other.
What if a player wants to move to another team but his franchise doesn’t want to let him go?
The franchise has the right to say above all the changes in the trade and auction of the player. Perhaps the player also has the say whether to stay with the franchise or not.
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Do players have a say in the trades? Can they initiate it?
Yes, the player’s consent is mandatory before he is traded to another franchises in the IPL verse.
In Hardik Pandya’s case Mumbai Indians began discussions with Gujarat Titans immediately after the 2023 Indian Premier League session ended. They were in the delima to trade all cash or swap a player with the all rounder. The Gujarat Titans director of cricket Vikram Solanki said Hardik had “expressed a desire” to return to Mumbai, who eventually paid INR 15 crore in an all-cash trade.
Do players have the right to Side chat about the trade with the another franchise?
Ravindra Jadeja was banned from the Indian Premier League for one season in 2010 for failing to sign his renewal deal with the Rajasthan Royals and instead attempting to negotiate a new contract with Mumbai Indians. He was in violation of player trading and operating guidelines, according to the IPL at the time.
