List of 2021 Indian Premier League personnel changes explained

2021 Indian Premier League Auction
Sport:	Cricket
Time:	3 PM IST
Location:	Chennai
Network:	Star Sports & Disney+ Hotstar
League:	Indian Premier League
Teams:	8
Prev:	2020
Next:	2022

This is a list of all personnel changes for the 2021 Indian Premier League (IPL).

Pre-auction

The BCCI set the deadline of 20 January 2021 for the list of retained and released players for IPL franchise teams.^[1] The trading window remained open till 11 February 2021 and was closed for one week, before being reopened on 19 February 2021.^[2]

Transfers

Player		Salary Before	From	To	Salary After	Date	Ref
		₹20 lakh	Delhi Capitals	Royal Challengers Bangalore			^[3]
Harshal Patel		₹20 lakh	Delhi Capitals	Royal Challengers Bangalore
Robin Uthappa		₹3 crore	Rajasthan Royals	Chennai Super Kings			^[4]

↓: Player(s) was/were swapped with the player(s) mentioned in the next row(s).

↑: Player(s) was/were swapped with the player(s) mentioned in the previous row(s).

REP: Players who were unsold originally in the 2020 auction but were later signed up as a replacement player.

Released players

The released players were announced on 20 January 2021.^{[5] [6]} Steve Smith, Aaron Finch and Glenn Maxwell were the prominent names among the released players. Piyush Chawla, the costliest Indian player at the 2020 auction, was also released.

Player		Salary	Ref
Chennai Super Kings
Kedar Jadhav		₹7.8 crore
Piyush Chawla		₹6.75 crore
Shane Watson		₹4 crore
Murali Vijay		₹2 crore
Harbhajan Singh		₹2 crore
Monu Kumar Singh		₹20 lakh
Delhi Capitals
Alex Carey		₹2.40 crore
Jason Roy		₹1.5 crore
Mohit Sharma		₹50 lakh
Keemo Paul		₹50 lakh
Sandeep Lamichhane		₹20 lakh
Tushar Deshpande		₹20 lakh
Kolkata Knight Riders
Tom Banton		₹1 crore
Harry Gurney		₹75 lakh
Chris Green		₹20 lakh
Siddhesh Lad		₹20 lakh
Nikhil Naik		₹20 lakh
M Siddharth		₹20 lakh
Mumbai Indians
Nathan Coulter-Nile		₹8 crore
Lasith Malinga		₹2 crore
Sherfane Rutherford		₹2 crore
Mitchell McClenaghan		₹1 crore
Prince Balwant Rai		₹20 lakh
Digvijay Deshmukh		₹20 lakh
James Pattinson		₹1 crore

Player		Salary	Ref
Punjab Kings
Glenn Maxwell		₹10.75 crore
Sheldon Cottrell		₹8.50 crore
Krishnappa Gowtham		₹6.20 crore
Karun Nair		₹5.60 crore
Mujeeb Ur Rahman		₹4 crore
James Neesham		₹50 lakh
Hardus Viljoen		₹75 lakh
J Suchith		₹20 lakh
Tajinder Singh		₹20 lakh
Rajasthan Royals
Steve Smith		₹12.5 crore
Ankit Rajpoot		₹3 crore
Varun Aaron		₹2.4 crore
Tom Curran		₹1 crore
Oshane Thomas		₹50 lakh
Shashank Singh		₹30 lakh
Akash Singh		₹20 lakh
Aniruddha Joshi		₹20 lakh
Royal Challengers Bangalore
Chris Morris		₹10 crore
Shivam Dube		₹5 crore
Aaron Finch		₹4.4 crore
Umesh Yadav		₹4.2 crore
Dale Steyn		₹2 crore
Parthiv Patel		₹1.7 crore
Moeen Ali		₹1.7 crore
Pawan Negi		₹1 crore
Gurkeerat Singh Mann		₹50 lakh
Isuru Udana		₹50 lakh
Sunrisers Hyderabad
Billy Stanlake		₹50 lakh
Fabian Allen		₹50 lakh
		₹20 lakh
R Sanjay Yadav		₹20 lakh
Bavanaka Sandeep		₹20 lakh

REP: Players who were unsold originally in the 2020 auction but were later signed up as a replacement player.

Retained players

The retained players were announced on 20 January 2021.^[7]

Player		Salary
Chennai Super Kings
MS Dhoni
Suresh Raina
Ravindra Jadeja
Dwayne Bravo
Sam Curran
Karn Sharma
Shardul Thakur
Ambati Rayudu
Josh Hazlewood
Faf du Plessis
Imran Tahir
Deepak Chahar
Lungisani Ngidi
Mitchell Santner
KM Asif
Jagadeesan Narayan
Ruturaj Gaikwad
R Sai Kishore
Delhi Capitals
Rishabh Pant
Shimron Hetmyer
Ravichandran Ashwin
Shreyas Iyer
Ajinkya Rahane
Shikhar Dhawan
Axar Patel
Marcus Stoinis
Kagiso Rabada
Amit Mishra
Chris Woakes
Prithvi Shaw
Mark Wood
Avesh Khan
Lalit Yadav
Praveen Dubey
Kolkata Knight Riders
Pat Cummins
Sunil Narine
Andre Russell
Dinesh Karthik
Kuldeep Yadav
Eoin Morgan
Varun Chakravarthy
Nitish Rana
Kamlesh Nagarkoti
Shivam Mavi
Shubman Gill
Lockie Ferguson
Rinku Singh
Rahul Tripathi
Prasidh Krishna
Sandeep Warrier
Mumbai Indians
Rohit Sharma
Hardik Pandya
Krunal Pandya
Jasprit Bumrah
Ishan Kishan
Kieron Pollard
Suryakumar Yadav
Trent Boult
Quinton de Kock
Chris Lynn
Rahul Chahar
Anmolpreet Singh
Dhawal Kulkarni
Jayant Yadav
Saurabh Tiwary
Aditya Tare
Anukul Roy
Mohsin Khan

Player		Salary
Punjab Kings
KL Rahul
Mohammed Shami
Nicholas Pooran
Chris Jordan
Chris Gayle
Ravi Bishnoi
Mandeep Singh
Mayank Agarwal
Prabhsimran Singh
Deepak Hooda
Darshan Nalkande
Sarfaraz Khan
Arshdeep Singh
Harpreet Brar
Murugan Ashwin
Ishan Porel
Rajasthan Royals
Ben Stokes
Sanju Samson
Jofra Archer
Jos Buttler
Robin Uthappa
Jaydev Unadkat
Rahul Tewatia
Yashasvi Jaiswal
Mayank Markande
Kartik Tyagi
Andrew Tye
Anuj Rawat
David Miller
Mahipal Lomror
Manan Vohra
Riyan Parag
Shreyas Gopal
Royal Challengers Bangalore
Virat Kohli
AB de Villiers
Yuzvendra Chahal
Kane Richardson
Washington Sundar
Navdeep Saini
Mohammed Siraj
Josh Philippe
Devdutt Padikkal
Pavan Deshpande
Shahbaz Ahmed
Sunrisers Hyderabad
David Warner
Manish Pandey
Rashid Khan
Bhuvneshwar Kumar
Siddarth Kaul
Shahbaz Nadeem
Vijay Shankar
Kane Williamson
Khaleel Ahmed
Sandeep Sharma
Jonny Bairstow
Mitchell Marsh
Priyam Garg
Virat Singh
Wriddhiman Saha
Mohammad Nabi
Shreevats Goswami
Basil Thampi
Abhishek Sharma
Thangarasu Natarajan
Abdul Samad

REP: Players who were unsold originally in the 2020 auction but were later signed up as a replacement player.

Summary

Pre-Auction summary^[8]

Team	Retained		Transfers In		Released		Transfers Out		Funds Remaining	Player Slots Remaining (Max)
	Players	Amount	Players	Amount	Players	Amount	Players	Amount		Overall	Overseas
Chennai	21		1		6		0	—		6	1
Delhi	17		0	—	6		2			8	3
Kolkata	17		0	—	6		0	—		8	2
Mumbai	18		0	—	7		0	—		7	4
Punjab	16		0	—	9		0	—		9	5
Rajasthan	16		0	—	8		1			9	3
Bangalore	14		2		10		0	—		11	3
Hyderabad	22		0	—	5		0	—		3	1
Maximum overseas players: 8; Squad size- Min:18 and Max:25; Budget:₹85 Crore

Auction

The auction was conducted on 18 February 2021 in Chennai.^[9] A total of 1097 players initially registered for the auction^[10] of which 292 were selected for the auction, including 125 overseas players and three players from associate nations.^[11]

Sold players

S.No	Set No	Set	Name	Country	Playing Role	IPL Matches	Capped / Uncapped / Associate	Base Price (in Lacs)	IPL 2021 Team	Auctioned Price (in Lacs)	IPL 2020 Team	IPL Team(s)
1	1	BA1	Steve Smith		Batsman	95	Capped	200	Delhi Capitals	220	RR	RCB, PWI, RPS & RR
2	2	AL1	Glenn Maxwell		All Rounder	82	Capped	200	Royal Challengers Bangalore	1425	PBKS	MI, PBKS & DC
3	2	AL1	Shakib Al Hasan		All Rounder	63	Capped	200	Kolkata Knight Riders	320		KKR & SRH
4	2	AL1	Moeen Ali		All Rounder	19	Capped	200	Chennai Super Kings	700	RCB	RCB
5	2	AL1	Shivam Dube		All Rounder	15	Capped	50	Rajasthan Royals	440	RCB	RCB
6	2	AL1	Chris Morris		All Rounder	70	Capped	75	Rajasthan Royals	1625	RCB	CSK, RR, DC & RCB
7	2	AL1	Dawid Malan		All Rounder		Capped	150	Punjab Kings	150
8	4	FA1	Adam Milne		Fast Bowler	5	Capped	50	Mumbai Indians	320		RCB,MI
9	4	FA1	Mustafizur Rahman		Fast Bowler	24	Capped	100	Rajasthan Royals	100		MI & SRH
10	4	FA1	Jhye Richardson		Fast Bowler		Capped	150	Punjab Kings	1400
11	4	FA1	Nathan Coulter-Nile		Fast Bowler	33	Capped	150	Mumbai Indians	500	MI	MI, DC, KKR & RCB
12	4	FA1	Umesh Yadav		Fast Bowler	121	Capped	100	Delhi Capitals	100	RCB	DC, KKR & RCB
13	5	SP1	Piyush Chawla		Spinner	164	Capped	50	Mumbai Indians	240	CSK	PBKS, KKR & CSK
14	6	UBA1	Sachin Baby		Batsman	18	Uncapped	20	Royal Challengers Bangalore	20		RR,RCB,SRH
15	6	UBA1	Rajat Patidar		Batsman		Uncapped	20	Royal Challengers Bangalore	20
16	7	UAL1	Ripal Patel		All Rounder		Uncapped	20	Delhi Capitals	20
17	7	UAL1	Shahrukh Khan		All Rounder		Uncapped	20	Punjab Kings	525
18	7	UAL1	Krishnappa Gowtham		All Rounder	24	Uncapped	20	Chennai Super Kings	925	PBKS	MI,RR,PBKS
19	8	UWK1	Vishnu Vinod		Wicket Keeper	3	Uncapped	20	Delhi Capitals	20		RCB
20	8	UWK1	Sheldon Jackson		Wicket Keeper	4	Uncapped	20	Kolkata Knight Riders	20		KKR & RCB
21	8	UWK1	Mohammed Azharuddeen		Wicket Keeper		Uncapped	20	Royal Challengers Bangalore	20
22	9	UFA1	Lukman Hussain Meriwala		Fast Bowler		Uncapped	20	Delhi Capitals	20
23	9	UFA1	Chetan Sakariya		Fast Bowler		Uncapped	20	Rajasthan Royals	120
24	9	UFA1	Riley Meredith		Fast bowler		Uncapped	40	Punjab Kings	800
25	10	USP1	Manimaran Siddharth		Spinner		Uncapped	20	Delhi Capitals	20	KKR	KKR
26	10	USP1	Jagadeesha Suchith		Spinner	15	Uncapped	20	Sunrisers Hyderabad	30	PBKS	MI, PBKS & DC
27	10	USP1	K. C. Cariappa		Spinner	11	Uncapped	20	Rajasthan Royals	20		KKR & PBKS
28	11	BA2	Cheteshwar Pujara		Batsman	30	Capped	50	Chennai Super Kings	50		KKR, RCB & PBKS
29	12	AL2	Kyle Jamieson		All Rounder		Capped	75	Royal Challengers Bangalore	1500
30	12	AL2	Tom Curran		All Rounder	10	Capped	150	Delhi Capitals	525	RR	KKR & RR
31	12	AL2	Moises Henriques		All Rounder	57	Capped	100	Punjab Kings	420		KKR, DC, MI, PBKS, RCB & SRH
32	14	UAL2	Jalaj Saxena		All Rounder		Uncapped	20	Punjab Kings	30		MI, RCB & DC
33	14	UAL2	Utkarsh Singh		All Rounder		Uncapped	20	Punjab Kings	20
34	14	UAL2	Vaibhav Arora		All Rounder		Uncapped	20	Kolkata Knight Riders	20
35	14	UAL2	Fabian Allen		All Rounder		Capped	75	Punjab Kings	75	SRH	SRH
36	14	UAL2	Dan Christian		All Rounder	40	Capped	75	Royal Challengers Bangalore	480		DCH, RCB, RPS & DC
37	14	UAL2	Liam Livingstone		All Rounder	4	Capped	75	Rajasthan Royals	75		RR
38	14	UAL2	Suyash Prabhudessai		All Rounder		Uncapped	20	Royal Challengers Bangalore	20
39	14	UWK2	Kona Srikar Bharat		Wicket Keeper		Uncapped	20	Royal Challengers Bangalore	20		DC
40	14	UAL2	Harishankar Reddy		All Rounder		Uncapped	20	Chennai Super Kings	20
41	14	UAL2	Kuldip Yadav		All Rounder		Uncapped	20	Rajasthan Royals	20
42	14	UAL2	James Neesham		All Rounder		Capped	50	Mumbai Indians	50	PBKS	KKR, DC & PBKS
43	14	UAL2	Yudhvir Charak		All Rounder		Uncapped	20	Mumbai Indians	20
44	14	UAL2	Bhagath Varma		All Rounder		Uncapped	20	Chennai Super Kings	20
45	14	UAL2	Marco Jansen		All Rounder		Uncapped	20	Mumbai Indians	20
46	14	UAL2	Saurabh Kumar		All Rounder		Uncapped	20	Punjab Kings	20		RPS
47	14	UBA2	Karun Nair		Batsman	73	Capped	50	Kolkata Knight Riders	50	PBKS	RCB, RR, DC & PBKS
48	14	AL2	Kedar Jadhav		All Rounder	87	Capped	200	Sunrisers Hyderabad	200	CSK	DC, KTK, RCB & CSK
49	14	WK2	Sam Billings		Wicket Keeper	22	Capped	200	Delhi Capitals	200		DC & CSK
50	14	USP2	Mujeeb Ur Rahman		Spinner	18	Capped	150	Sunrisers Hyderabad	150	PBKS	PBKS
51	14	SP2	Harbhajan Singh		Spinner	160	Capped	200	Kolkata Knight Riders	200	CSK	MI, CSK
52	14	UBA2	Chezhian Harinishanth		Batsman		Uncapped	20	Chennai Super Kings	20
53	14	AL2	Ben Cutting		All Rounder	21	Capped	75	Kolkata Knight Riders	75		PBKS, RR, SRH & MI
54	14	UAL2	Venkatesh Iyer		All Rounder		Uncapped	20	Kolkata Knight Riders	20
55	14	UAL2	Pawan Negi		All Rounder	50	Capped	50	Kolkata Knight Riders	50	RCB	DC, CSK & RCB
56	14	UFA2	Akash Singh		Fast Bowler		Uncapped	20	Rajasthan Royals	20	RR	RR
57	14	UAL2	Arjun Tendulkar		All Rounder		Uncapped	20	Mumbai Indians	20

Withdrawn players

The following players withdrew from the tournament either due to injuries or because of other reasons.

• Bold – Players returned for UAE leg. Players listed as their replacements were put into the available players pool.

Player	Team	Auctioned/Retention Price	Reason	Withdrawal Announcement date	Replacement Player	Replacement Player's Price	Replacement Player's Base Price	Signing date	Ref
Josh Philippe	Royal Challengers Bangalore		Personal Reasons	10 March 2021	Finn Allen			10 March 2021	^[12]
Shreyas Iyer	Delhi Capitals		Shoulder injury	30 March 2021					15 April 2021	^[13]
Axar Patel	Delhi Capitals	₹5 crore (US$660,000)	Ruled out for a short term due to covid positive	15 April 2021	Shams Mulani			15 April 2021
Mitchell Marsh	Sunrisers Hyderabad		Personal Reasons	31 March 2021	Jason Roy			31 March 2021	^[14]
Josh Hazlewood	Chennai Super Kings		Personal Reasons	1 April 2021	Jason Behrendorff			9 April 2021	^[15]
Rinku Singh	Kolkata Knight Riders		Knee Injury	3 April 2021	Gurkeerat Singh			3 April 2021	^[16]
Ben Stokes	Rajasthan Royals		Finger Injury	13 April 2021		Oshane Thomas			31 August 2021	^[17]
Liam Livingstone	Rajasthan Royals		Personal Reasons	20 April 2021				1 May 2021	^[18]
T. Natarajan	Sunrisers Hyderabad		Knee Injury	22 April 2021	Umran Malik^[19]			24 September 2021	^[20] ^[21]
Jofra Archer	Rajasthan Royals		Elbow/Finger Injury	23 April 2021	Glenn Phillips			21 August 2021	^[22] ^[23]
Andrew Tye	Rajasthan Royals		Personal Reasons	25 April 2021	Tabraiz Shamsi			25 August 2021	^[24] ^[25]
Kane Richardson	Royal Challengers Bangalore		Personal Reasons	26 April 2021	Scott Kuggeleijn		₹50 lakh (US$66,000)	27 April 2021
					George Garton			25 August 2021	^[26]
					Wanindu Hasaranga			21 August 2021	^[27]
			Personal Reasons	20 August 2021	Adil Rashid			26 August 2021	^[28]
Riley Meredith					Nathan Ellis			20 August 2021	^[29]
			Personal Reasons	21 August 2021	Dushmantha Chameera			21 August 2021
Finn Allen					International duty	Tim David
Jos Buttler	Rajasthan Royals		Personal Reasons		Evin Lewis			31 August 2021
Pat Cummins	Kolkata Knight Riders		Personal Reasons	22 August 2021	Tim Southee			26 August 2021	^[30] ^[31]
Washington Sundar	Royal Challengers Bangalore		Finger Injury	30 August 2021	Akash Deep			30 August 2021	^[32]
Dawid Malan			Personal Reasons	11 September 2021	Aiden Markram			11 September 2021	^[33]
Jonny Bairstow									^[34]
Chris Woakes					Ben Dwarshuis			13 September 2021	^[35]
Manimaran Siddharth			Quadriceps Strain	15 September 2021	Kulwant Khejroliya			15 September 2021	^[36]
Sherfane Rutherford			Personal Reasons	23 September 2021					^[37]
Kuldeep Yadav			Knee Injury	27 September 2021					^[38]
Arjun Tendulkar			Injury	29 September 2021	Simarjeet Singh			29 September 2021	^[39]
Chris Gayle			Bio-Bubble Fatigue	30 September 2021					^[40]
Sam Curran			Lower-Back issue	5 October 2021	Dominic Drakes			6 October 2021	^[41]

Support staff changes

Staff	Team	Change	Role	Announcement date	Ref
Parthiv Patel	Mumbai Indians	Appointed	Talent scout	10 December 2020
Tom Moody	Sunrisers Hyderabad	Appointed	Director of cricket	15 December 2020
Pravin Amre	Delhi Capitals	Appointed	Assistant coach	6 January 2021
Kumar Sangakkara	Rajasthan Royals	Appointed	Director of cricket	24 January 2021
Sanjay Bangar	Royal Challengers Bangalore	Appointed	Batting consultant	10 February 2021
Andrew McDonald	Rajasthan Royals	Resigned	Head coach	21 February 2021
Trevor Penney	Rajasthan Royals	Appointed	Assistant coach	21 February 2021
Ish Sodhi	Rajasthan Royals	Appointed	Team Liaison Officer	26 February 2021
Sundar Raman	Chennai Super Kings	Appointed	Consultant	7 March 2021
Damien Wright	Punjab Kings	Appointed	Bowling coach	13 March 2021
Vinay Kumar	Mumbai Indians	Appointed	Talent scout	28 July 2021
Mike Hesson	Royal Challengers Bangalore	In-charge	Head coach	21 August 2021

Notes and References

1. Web site: Staff. Cricketnext. 20 January 2021. IPL 2021 Players Retention Updates: Big Names Dropped as Steve Smith, Lasith Malinga Face the Axe. 20 January 2021. News18. en.
2. Web site: Two negative RT-PCR tests mandatory; no quarantine for IPL owners. 27 January 2021. Cricbuzz. en.
3. Web site: 20 January 2021. Daniel Sams goes to Royal Challengers Bangalore from Delhi Capitals in IPL 2021's first trade, Chris Morris released. 20 January 2021. DNA India. en.
4. Web site: Rajasthan Royals trade Robin Uthappa to CSK in all-cash deal. 21 January 2021. ESPNcricinfo. en.
5. Web site: IPL 2021: Who will be retained, and who will be released? . ESPNcricinfo . 20 January 2021.
6. Web site: RCB release Finch, Morris; KXIP let go of Maxwell. 20 January 2021. Cricbuzz. en.
7. Web site: IPL 2021 Player retentions list. 21 January 2021. www.iplt20.com. en.
8. Web site: IPL 2021 PLAYER RETENTIONS LIST. IPT20.com. 20 January 2021. 21 January 2021.
9. Web site: IPL 2021 player auction to be held on February 18 . ESPNcricinfo . 27 January 2021.
10. Web site: 1097 players register for IPL 2021 Player Auction. 5 February 2021. www.iplt20.com. en.
11. Web site: VIVO IPL 2021 Player Auction list announced. 11 February 2021. www.iplt20.com. en.
12. News: Finn Allen Signs Up With Royal Challengers Bangalore as Replenishment for Josh Philippe. IPLT20.com. 10 March 2021.
13. Web site: Shams Mulani joins Delhi Capitals as short-term COVID-19 replacement for Axar Patel; Anirudha Joshi replaces injured Shreyas Iyer. 15 April 2021. IPLT20.com. en.
14. Web site: Sunrisers Hyderabad bring in Jason Roy as Mitchell Marsh's replacement. 31 March 2021. ESPNcricinfo. en.
15. Web site: Chennai Super Kings sign Jason Behrendorff as replacement for Josh Hazlewood. 9 April 2021. IPLT20.com. en.
16. News: KKR sign Gurkeerat as replacement for Rinku Singh. The Indian Express. 3 April 2021.
17. Web site: IPL 2021: Rajasthan Royals name Jos Buttler and Ben Stokes' replacements. 31 August 2021. Hindustan Times. en.
18. Web site: Gerald Coetzee joins Rajasthan Royals as a replacement for Liam Livingstone. 1 May 2021. IPLT20. en.
19. [Umran Malik]
20. Web site: Natarajan out of IPL with knee injury. 2 May 2021. ESPNcricinfo. en.
21. Web site: Umran Malik joins Sunrisers Hyderabad as short-term COVID-19 replacement for T Natarajan . 25 September 2021. IPLT20. en.
22. Web site: Jofra Archer ruled out of entire IPL 2021. 2 May 2021. ESPNcricinfo. en.
23. Web site: Player Replacements for RCB, RR, PBKS and KKR. 26 August 2021. 12 September 2021. IPLT20.
24. Web site: Andrew Tye leaves for home as anxiety about worsening Covid-19 situation builds. 2 May 2021. ESPNcricinfo. en.
25. Web site: Rajasthan Royals sign Shamsi as replacement for Tye. 25 August 2021. CricBuzz. en.
26. Web site: IPL 2021: Tabraiz Shamsi to join Rajasthan Royals, George Garton replaces Kane Richardson at RCB. 26 August 2021. ESPNcricinfo. en.
27. Web site: RCB rope in Wanindu Hasaranga and Dushmantha Chameera for IPL 2021. 21 August 2021. ESPNcricinfo. en.
28. Web site: Adil Rashid roped in by Punjab Kings. 26 August 2021. Cricbuzz. en.
29. Web site: Punjab Kings sign Nathan Ellis as Richardson, Meredith ruled out. 20 August 2021. Cricbuzz. en.
30. News: Pat Cummins to Jos Buttler: List of players who have pulled out of IPL 2021's 2nd leg in UAE. Times Now News. 22 August 2021.
31. Web site: KKR sign Tim Southee for remainder of IPL 2021. 26 August 2021. CricBuzz. en.
32. Web site: Akash Deep replaces injured Washington in RCB. 30 August 2021. CricBuzz. en.
33. Web site: Dawid Malan pulls out, Punjab Kings replace him with Aiden Markram. 11 September 2021. The Times of India.
34. Web site: Sunrisers Hyderabad rope in West Indies' batsman as Jonny Bairstow's replacement for IPL 2021. 11 September 2021. Times Now.
35. Web site: IPL 2021: Delhi Capitals rope in Australian pacer Ben Dwarshuis as replacement for Woakes. 13 September 2021. ANI News.
36. Web site: IPL 2021: Kulwant Khejroliya Replaces Injured Manimaran Siddharth In Delhi Capitals Squad. 15 September 2021. NDTV Sports.
37. Web site: IPL 2021: Sherfane Rutherford Returns Home due to Death of Father . 23 September 2021. ESPNcricinfo.
38. Web site: Kuldeep Yadav returns to India after sustaining knee injury. 27 September 2021. ESPNcricinfo.
39. Web site: IPL 2021: Arjun Tendulkar injured, Mumbai Indians name replacement for remainder of the season. 29 September 2021. Hindustan Times.
40. Web site: Bubble fatigues forces Chris Gayle to leave IPL 2021. 30 September 2021. The Times of India.
41. Web site: CSK sign Dominic Drakes as Sam Curran replacement. 6 October 2021. Cricbuzz.