Overview
- Franchise and media reports say Sanju Samson, Ravindra Jadeja and Sam Curran have given written consent and the Expression of Interest is filed, with final approvals expected to take up to 48 hours.
- Any announcement awaits the IPL Governing Council’s sign-off, with additional clearance required from the ECB for Curran as an overseas player.
- CSK publicly wished Samson on his birthday on X, a move widely read as a soft signal that the wicketkeeper-batter is heading to Chennai.
- Rajasthan Royals are weighing new captaincy options if Samson departs, with reports naming Yashasvi Jaiswal and Dhruv Jurel as frontrunners as Riyan Parag is viewed as less likely; Mohammad Kaif backed Jaiswal.
- Ravichandran Ashwin highlighted Jadeja’s potential impact at RR and said CSK may target left-hand options like Nitish Rana or Venkatesh Iyer, plus Cameron Green, to rebalance after losing Jadeja and Curran, ahead of a mid-December mini-auction in Abu Dhabi.