SRHSunrisers HyderabadWins the trade
Reach the playoffs59% → to 60% +1.8
Win the title14% → to 16% +1.5
Wins a season (of 18)10.1 → to 10.3 +0.1
Natarajan for Zeeshan Ansari: who won the trade?
T Natarajan back to Sunrisers Hyderabad, Zeeshan Ansari to Delhi Capitals. We played IPL 2026 1,600 times with each squad: as it was, and after the trade.
SRHSunrisers Hyderabad get
Value +₹90 L · Money adds ₹4.6 cr
DCDelhi Capitals get
Value −₹90 L · Money frees ₹10.3 cr
IPL 2026, played 1,600 times with each squad
SRH win the trade
With the trade, SRH win 0.1 more matches a season; DC win 0.3 fewer matches a season. DC free ₹10.3 cr for the auction.
DCDelhi Capitals
Reach the playoffs10% → to 8% −2.3
Win the title0.9% → to 1% same
Wins a season (of 18)7.2 → to 6.9 −0.3
Natarajan returns to Hyderabad on ₹5 cr, down from the ₹10.75 cr Delhi paid; Ansari moves at his ₹40 L. Ansari did not play in IPL 2026, so only Natarajan's move is in the simulated seasons.
Reported by Free Press Journal and Zee News.
How the trade is played
Value is our IPL value: what a mega auction would pay for each player today. Money is what each side frees or adds: the side that sends a player frees his old contract, and the side that gets him pays the fee the trade set.
The simulation plays IPL 2026 again, every ball, each side meeting every other twice and then the playoffs, with each player as he played that season and each side picking its best twelve before every match. It is played 1,600 times with the squads as they were and 1,600 times after the trade. Only players who played for their side in IPL 2026 can be simulated. Changes of a point or two in the chances can be chance alone.