Overview
- Franchise officials cited in reports say written consent from all three players is in place and an Expression of Interest has been filed, with a roughly 48-hour timeline to formalise the swap pending IPL Governing Council sign-off and possible ECB involvement for Sam Curran.
- News18 reports Ravindra Jadeja is likely to be appointed Rajasthan Royals captain as part of the trade agreement, subject to ratification.
- The same report indicates Sanju Samson would not take over captaincy at Chennai Super Kings immediately, with Ruturaj Gaikwad expected to continue for now.
- CSK publicly wished Samson a happy birthday on X, a visible signal as teams work toward the November 15 retention deadline ahead of a December mini-auction.
- Pundit chatter and parallel reporting outline knock-on plans, with Yashasvi Jaiswal or Dhruv Jurel discussed elsewhere as RR leadership options and Nitish Rana or Venkatesh Iyer mentioned as potential CSK auction targets.