T Natarajan made a return to the Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) after two seasons with Delhi Capitals in an Indian Premier League (IPL) trade deal ahead of the upcoming retention deadline, on Wednesday.
started his IPL career with Punjab Kings in 2017, playing just six games. Thereafter, he didn’t play in the next two seasons, before making a return at the cash-rich league with in the 2020 season. It was at SRH, Natarajan established himself as one of the IPL’s most effective Indian left-arm seam bowlers in five seasons till 2024.
His IPL highlight so far has been IPL 2019, where Natarajan took 19 wickets, the most by any SRH bowler that season, and played a key role in the team’s run to the playoffs. SRH were exited in the Eliminator. Natarajan, who was bought for ₹10.75 crore by in the IPL 2025 Player Auction, will now join SRH at a revised fee of ₹5 crore.
Having taken 72 wickets in 73 IPL games for SRH, Delhi Capitals and Punjab Kings, Natrajan enjoyed immense success with SRH, taking 65 wickets in 55 matches and being franchise’s third-highest wicket-taker of all time behind Bhuvneshwar Kumar (157) and Rashid Khan (93).
As a part of the trade, leg-spinner Zeeshan Ansari moved to from SRH. Ansari’s move to Delhi Capitals comes after the Uttar Pradesh made his IPL debut in the 2025 season for SRH, where he played 10 matches. Ansari made an impressive start to his IPL career, claiming three wickets on debut against Delhi Capitals.
The 26-year-old has taken six wickets in 10 IPL appearances and will add depth to the Delhi Capitals spin-bowling department. He was benched throughout the entire season in IPL 2026, as SRH favored a tactical focus on pace. Ansari will join Delhi Capitals at his existing fee of ₹40 lakh.
A day before, former India World Cup-winning all-rounder Yuvraj Singh was appointed assistant and batting coach of Delhi Capitals ahead of IPL 2027. The announcement comes a week after Delhi Capitals unveiled former India captain Sourav Ganguly as their head coach.
A veteran of 304 ODIs, 40 Tests and 58 T20Is, Yuvraj, a multiple World Cup winner, will take up his first coaching assignment in the cash-rich league. The appointment marks Yuvraj’s reunion with the Delhi franchise.
In 2015, the franchise, then known as Delhi Daredevils, secured his services for a record ₹16 crore, making him the most expensive player in IPL history at the time. He went on to represent the franchise in all 14 matches that season.
