IPL announces four-player trade between CSK and SRH

The Indian Premier League announced a four-player trade between Chennai Super Kings and Sunrisers Hyderabad ahead of IPL 2027, with Liam Livingstone and Jack Edwards moving to CSK and Khaleel Ahmed and Nathan Ellis joining SRH. The terms set Livingstone’s fee at ₹6 crore, Edwards’ at ₹3 crore, Ahmed’s at ₹4.8 crore and Ellis’ at ₹2 crore. Livingstone was acquired by SRH for ₹13 crore at the IPL 2026 auction. His revised fee with CSK is ₹7 crore lower, a reduction of about 54%. He scored 15 runs in two appearances for SRH during the 2026 season, according to reports on his performance. The England allrounder has played 51 IPL matches, scoring 1,066 runs, according to figures reported on his career. Edwards, an Australian seam-bowling allrounder, joins CSK at his existing ₹3 crore fee. SRH had signed him before IPL 2026, but he did not play in the tournament after a foot injury ruled him out. One report said he took 19 wickets and scored 133 runs in 10 innings for the Sydney Sixers in the 2025-26 Big Bash League season. Ahmed returns to SRH, where he played from 2018 to 2021, after moving to CSK ahead of IPL 2025. He took 15 wickets in 14 matches for CSK in 2025. In IPL 2026, he...