GT were outbid for Harshal Patel at two auctions, and SRH are now trading him to them for ₹4 crore
The two-time Purple Cap winner went wicketless in five games for Sunrisers Hyderabad in 2026. He is from Ahmedabad, and he turns 36 this month.
Nov 15, 2026
Gujarat Titans tried to buy Harshal Patel at two auctions running and were outbid both times. They are about to get him for ₹4 crore. Sunrisers Hyderabad have agreed an all-cash trade that sends the two-time Purple Cap winner to Gujarat ahead of IPL 2027, Cricinfo reported on Saturday, 14 November. The deal still needs the BCCI’s sign-off, and the ₹4 crore will come out of GT’s auction purse.
That is half what SRH paid. They bought Harshal for ₹8 crore at the 2025 mega auction.
One good year at SRH, then the bench
His first season in Hyderabad was fine. Harshal took 16 wickets in 13 games in 2025, at 9.80 an over. In 2026 SRH went with two young quicks, Praful Hinge and Sakib Hussain, who took four wickets each on debut against Rajasthan Royals in April with Harshal left out. By Cricinfo’s count he played five games all season, went wicketless and conceded 10.82 an over, and he was not in the XI when SRH lost the Eliminator to Rajasthan.
That is a long way from his best. Harshal won the Purple Cap with 32 wickets for Royal Challengers Bengaluru in 2021, and again with 24 for Punjab Kings in 2024. Only two other bowlers had won it twice before him.
GT finally get their man
Gujarat have wanted him for a while. At the 2024 auction they opened the bidding and lost out to Punjab Kings, who paid ₹11.75 crore. A year later, at the mega auction, Cricinfo says GT dropped out at ₹6.5 crore, and SRH got him.
There is a home angle too. Harshal is from Ahmedabad and has played his domestic cricket for Gujarat since the 2025-26 season. GT will be his fifth IPL franchise after RCB, Delhi Capitals, Punjab Kings and SRH, and he turns 36 later this month.
He will not walk into the side. GT already have Kagiso Rabada, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna and Jason Holder as their main seamers. I think ₹4 crore is a fair punt on a two-time Purple Cap winner. He will still have to earn his games, though, and a 36-year-old coming off a wicketless season is not a sure thing.
SRH keep dealing
Sunrisers have been the busiest side in this trade window. They have already brought T Natarajan back from Delhi Capitals and taken Khaleel Ahmed and Nathan Ellis from Chennai Super Kings in a four-player deal. The auction is in Goa on 16 December.
Teams have until 17 November to submit their retention lists, so there could be more moves by Tuesday.