List of 2015 Indian Premier League personnel changes explained

This is a list of all the personnel changes for the 2015 Indian Premier League (IPL). Apart from the players retained by their franchises, the rest entered the pool of players put up for auction. Notable names among these were Yuvraj Singh (released by Royal Challengers Bangalore), Pragyan Ojha and Zaheer Khan (released by Mumbai Indians), Kevin Pietersen (released by Delhi Daredevils) among others.

Trading window

There were 2 trading windows prior to the auction which was held on 16 February 2015. A third trading window opened after the auction. During these trading windows, franchises could trade players with other franchises.

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Retained players

Prior to the auction, teams could release players and retain those that they wanted for the next season. The salaries of the released players would be added to the salary purse of the teams which was increased to Rs. 63 crores for the 2015 edition. The salaries of the retained players was deducted from this purse.^[2]

S.No		Player	Purse left in crores
Chennai Super Kings
1		Mahendra Singh Dhoni	5^[3]
2		Ashish Nehra
3		Baba Aparajith
4		Brendon McCullum
5		Dwayne Bravo
6		Dwayne Smith
7		Faf du Plessis
8		Ishwar Pandey
9		Matt Henry
10		Mithun Manhas
11		Mohit Sharma
12		Pawan Negi
13		R Ashwin
14		Ravindra Jadeja
15		Samuel Badree
16		Suresh Raina
17		Ronit More
Delhi Daredevils
18			40
19		Kedar Jadhav
20		Manoj Tiwary
21		Mohammed Shami
22		Nathan Coulter-Nile
23		Quinton de Kock
24		Saurabh Tiwary
25		Shahbaz Nadeem
26		Mayank Agarwal
27		Imran Tahir
28		Jayant Yadav
Kolkata Knight Riders
29		Gautam Gambhir	13
30		Andre Russell
31		Chris Lynn
32		Kuldeep Yadav
33		Manish Pandey
34		Suryakumar Yadav
35		Morne Morkel
36		Pat Cummins
37		Piyush Chawla
38		Robin Uthappa
39		Ryan ten Doeschate
40		Shakib Al Hasan
41		Sunil Narine
42		Umesh Yadav
43		Veer Pratap Singh
44		Yusuf Pathan
Kings XI Punjab
45		Axar Patel	11.8
46		Anureet Singh
47		Beuran Hendricks
48		David Miller
49		George Bailey
50		Glenn Maxwell
51		Gurkeerat Singh
52		Karanveer Singh
53		Manan Vohra
54		Mandeep Singh
55		Mitchell Johnson
56		Parvinder Awana
57		Rishi Dhawan
58		Sandeep Sharma
59		Shardul Thakur
60		Shaun Marsh
61		Shivam Sharma
62		Thisara Perera
63		Virender Sehwag
64		Wriddhiman Saha
Mumbai Indians
65		Rohit Sharma	10
66		Aditya Tare
67		Ambati Rayudu
68		Corey Anderson
69		Harbhajan Singh
70		Jasprit Bumrah
71		Josh Hazlewood
72		Kieron Pollard
73		Lasith Malinga
74		Marchant de Lange
75		Pawan Suyal
76		Shreyas Gopal
77		Lendl Simmons
78		Unmukt Chand
79		Vinay Kumar
80		Parthiv Patel
Rajasthan Royals
81		Shane Watson	13
82		Abhishek Nayar
83		Ajinkya Rahane
84		Ankit Sharma
85		Ben Cutting
86		Deepak Hooda
87		Dhawal Kulkarni
88		Dishant Yagnik
89		James Faulkner
90		Kane Richardson
91		Karun Nair
92		Pravin Tambe
93		Rahul Tewatia
94		Rajat Bhatia
95		Sanju Samson
96		Steve Smith
97		Stuart Binny
98		Tim Southee
99		Vikramjeet Malik
Royal Challengers Bangalore
100		Virat Kohli	21
101		AB de Villiers
102		Chris Gayle
103		Mitchell Starc
104		Nic Maddinson
105		Varun Aaron
106		Yuzvendra Chahal
107		Rilee Rossouw
108		Vijay Zol
109		Yogesh Takawale
110		Abu Nechim Ahmed
111		Harshal Patel
112		Ashok Dinda
113		Sandeep Warrier
114		Manvinder Bisla
115		Iqbal Abdulla
Sunrisers Hyderabad
116		Shikhar Dhawan	20.85
117		Ashish Reddy
118		Bhuvneshwar Kumar
119		Chama Milind
120		Dale Steyn
121		David Warner
122		Ishant Sharma
123		Karn Sharma
124		Lokesh Rahul
125		Moises Henriques
126		Naman Ojha
127		Parvez Rasool
128		Ricky Bhui

Auction

Summary

66 players (43 Indians and 23 Overseas) were sold at the auction. Yuvraj Singh and Dinesh Karthik fetched the highest bids of 16 crore and 10.5 crore respectively. Angelo Mathews was the most costly foreign player at 7.5 crore. Many prominent players such as Kumar Sangakkara, Ross Taylor, Alex Hales, Cameron White and Tillakaratne Dilshan remained unsold at the auction.^[4]

Country	Capped		Uncapped		Total
	Entered	Sold	Entered	Sold	Entered	Sold
	22	5	15	3	37	8
	6	3	0	0	6	3
	23	13	209	30	232	43
	1	0	0	0	1	0
	13	5	0	0	13	5
	17	5	5	0	22	5
	17	1	0	0	17	1
	10	1	3	0	13	1
	2	0	0	0	2	0
Total	111	33	232	33	343	66

Sold players

Name		IPL Matches	IPL team(s)	IPL 2014 team	Capped / uncapped	Base Price in (in lakhs)^[5]	IPL 2015 team	Auctioned price in (in lakhs)
		55	Chennai Super Kings / Mumbai Indians	Mumbai Indians	Capped	150	Chennai Super Kings	150
		98	Delhi Daredevils / Kings XI Punjab / Sunrisers Hyderabad	Sunrisers Hyderabad	Capped	150	Chennai Super Kings	150
		44	Deccan Chargers / Pune Warriors India / Delhi Daredevils	Delhi Daredevils	Capped	30	Chennai Super Kings	30
		0	Kings XI Punjab		Capped	30	Chennai Super Kings	30
		0			Uncapped	20	Chennai Super Kings	20
		0			Uncapped	10	Chennai Super Kings	10
		0	Rajasthan Royals	Rajasthan Royals	Uncapped	10	Chennai Super Kings	10
		0	Pune Warriors India		Uncapped	10	Chennai Super Kings	10
		84	Kings XI Punjab / Pune Warriors India / Royal Challengers Bangalore	Royal Challengers Bangalore	Capped	200	Delhi Daredevils	1600
		35	Pune Warriors India / Kolkata Knight Riders		Capped	150	Delhi Daredevils	750
		70	Mumbai Indians / Royal Challengers Bangalore	Mumbai Indians	Capped	100	Delhi Daredevils	400
		86	Deccan Chargers / Delhi Daredevils / Sunrisers Hyderabad	Sunrisers Hyderabad	Capped	10	Delhi Daredevils	350
		0			Uncapped	10	Delhi Daredevils	260
		0			Capped	30	Delhi Daredevils	170
		33	Kolkata Knight Riders / Royal Challengers Bangalore / Delhi Daredevils	Delhi Daredevils	Capped	50	Delhi Daredevils	110
		0			Uncapped	10	Delhi Daredevils	75
		85	Chennai Super Kings / Royal Challengers Bangalore	Royal Challengers Bangalore	Capped	30	Delhi Daredevils	30
		0			Uncapped	20	Delhi Daredevils	25
		12	Delhi Daredevils / Royal Challengers Bangalore / Mumbai Indians	Mumbai Indians	Uncapped	20	Delhi Daredevils	20
		0			Uncapped	10	Delhi Daredevils	10
		0			Uncapped	10	Delhi Daredevils	10
		75	Chennai Super Kings / Delhi Daredevils	Delhi Daredevils	Capped	50	Kings XI Punjab	300
		0			Uncapped	10	Kings XI Punjab	30
		0			Uncapped	10	Kings XI Punjab	10
		0			Uncapped	10	Kolkata Knight Riders	240
		4	Delhi Daredevils	Delhi Daredevils	Capped	30	Kolkata Knight Riders	50
		10	Rajasthan Royals		Capped	50	Kolkata Knight Riders	50
		0			Uncapped	10	Kolkata Knight Riders	25
		0	Royal Challengers Bangalore		Uncapped	10	Kolkata Knight Riders	15
		7	Rajasthan Royals		Uncapped	10	Kolkata Knight Riders	10
		0			Uncapped	10	Kolkata Knight Riders	10
		36	Rajasthan Royals / Delhi Daredevils / Pune Warriors India / Sunrisers Hyderabad	Sunrisers Hyderabad	Capped	100	Mumbai Indians	320
		91	Deccan Chargers / Mumbai Indians	Mumbai Indians	Capped	50	Mumbai Indians	50
		16	Royal Challengers Bangalore		Capped	30	Mumbai Indians	30
		0			Capped	30	Mumbai Indians	30
		7	Mumbai Indians		Uncapped	30	Mumbai Indians	30
		0			Uncapped	10	Mumbai Indians	10
		0			Uncapped	10	Mumbai Indians	10
		0			Uncapped	10	Mumbai Indians	10
		0			Uncapped	10	Mumbai Indians	10
		0			Uncapped	10	Mumbai Indians	10
		16	Chennai Super Kings		Capped	50	Rajasthan Royals	140
		9	Deccan Chargers / Kings XI Punjab		Capped	30	Rajasthan Royals	30
		0			Uncapped	10	Rajasthan Royals	10
		6	Rajasthan Royals		Uncapped	10	Rajasthan Royals	10
		0			Uncapped	10	Rajasthan Royals	10
		0			Uncapped	10	Rajasthan Royals	10
		106	Delhi Daredevils / Kings XI Punjab / Mumbai Indians	Delhi Daredevils	Capped	200	Royal Challengers Bangalore	1050
		20	Sunrisers Hyderabad	Sunrisers Hyderabad	Capped	100	Royal Challengers Bangalore	280
		0			Capped	30	Royal Challengers Bangalore	280
		0			Capped	50	Royal Challengers Bangalore	100
		0			Capped	30	Royal Challengers Bangalore	70
		0			Uncapped	10	Royal Challengers Bangalore	50
		95	Chennai Super Kings		Capped	30	Royal Challengers Bangalore	30
		0	Mumbai Indians	Mumbai Indians	Uncapped	10	Royal Challengers Bangalore	10
		0			Uncapped	10	Royal Challengers Bangalore	10
		0			Capped	50	Sunrisers Hyderabad	380
		85	Kings XI Punjab / Royal Challengers Bangalore / Mumbai Indians	Mumbai Indians	Capped	50	Sunrisers Hyderabad	220
		32	Deccan Chargers / Delhi Daredevils / Royal Challengers Bangalore	Delhi Daredevils	Capped	200	Sunrisers Hyderabad	200
		32	Royal Challengers Bangalore / Kolkata Knight Riders		Capped	150	Sunrisers Hyderabad	150
		15	Kings XI Punjab		Capped	100	Sunrisers Hyderabad	100
		0			Capped	50	Sunrisers Hyderabad	60
		46	Kolkata Knight Riders / Delhi Daredevils	Delhi Daredevils	Capped	30	Sunrisers Hyderabad	30
Padmanabhan Prasanth		0	Kochi Tuskers Kerala		Uncapped	10	Sunrisers Hyderabad	10
		17	Sunrisers Hyderabad		Uncapped	10	Sunrisers Hyderabad	10
		11	Delhi Daredevils / Kolkata Knight Riders	Delhi Daredevils	Uncapped	10	Sunrisers Hyderabad	10

Source:Pepsi IPL 2015 Player Auction^[6]

Withdrawn players

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

Player	Team	Reason
James Neesham	Kolkata Knight Riders	Injury^[7]
Chris Lynn	Kolkata Knight Riders	Hamstring Injury
Kevin Pietersen	Sunrisers Hyderabad	Other reasons^[8]
Kane Richardson	Rajasthan Royals	Personal reasons^[9]
Josh Hazlewood	Mumbai Indians	National team commitment^[10]
Aaron Finch	Mumbai Indians	Hamstring injury^[11]
Mohammed Shami	Delhi Daredevils	Knee injury^[12]
Laxmi Ratan Shukla	Sunrisers Hyderabad	Illness
Adam Milne	Royal Challengers Bangalore	Heel Injury^[13]
Corey Anderson	Mumbai Indians	Fractured Finger^[14]
Shaun Marsh	Kings XI Punjab	National team commitment^[15]
Mitchell Johnson	Kings XI Punjab	National team commitment

Replacement signings

Players were signed as replacement of contracted players who were not available to play due to injuries and national commitments. Under IPL rules, the replacements have to be chosen from the pool of players who went unsold in the auction, and cannot be paid more than the players they are replacing, though they can be paid less.

Player	Replaced	Team	Reason for replacement
			Injury
			Injury
			Illness^[16]
			Heel Injury
			Hamstring injury^[17]
			National team commitment^[18]
			Fractured Finger^[19]

External links

• IPL 2015 player salary

Notes and References

1. News: IPLT20.com – Mandeep Singh joins RCB ahead of 2015 season . 5 February 2015 . IPLT20.com . 13 April 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150406052543/http://www.iplt20.com/news/2015/announcements/5627/mandeep-singh-joins-rcb-ahead-of-2015-season . 6 April 2015 . dead .
2. News: 123 players retained, 5 traded across teams for Pepsi IPL 2015 season . 15 December 2014 . IPLT20.com . 13 April 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150407034512/http://www.iplt20.com/news/2014/announcements/5599/123-players-retained-5-traded-across-teams-for-pepsi-ipl-2015-season . 7 April 2015 . dead .
3. News: Player transfers before IPL 2015 . ESPN . ESPNcricinfo . 13 April 2015 .
4. News: List of players sold and unsold in IPL 2015 auction . ESPN . ESPNcricinfo . 16 February 2015. 13 April 2015 .
5. News: List of players up for auction. 15 February 2015 . ESPNcricinfo . 23 April 2015 .
6. News: IPLT20.com – Indian Premier League Auction 2015. 16 February 2015 . IPLT20.com . 13 April 2015 .
7. News: KKR bring in Botha, Mahmood as replacements . ESPN . ESPNcricinfo . 30 March 2015 . 13 April 2015 .
8. News: SRH and Kevin Pietersen reach agreement over IPL 2015 . IPLT20.com . 25 March 2015 . 13 April 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150406053205/http://www.iplt20.com/news/2015/announcements/5655/srh-and-kevin-pietersen-reach-agreement-over-ipl-2015 . 6 April 2015 . dead .
9. News: Kane Richardson withdraws from IPL . ESPN . ESPNcricinfo . 3 April 2015 . 13 April 2015 .
10. News: Josh Hazlewood opts out of IPL . ESPN . ESPNcricinfo . 9 April 2015 . 13 April 2015 .
11. News: Finch ruled out of rest of IPL season . ESPN . ESPNcricinfo . 9 April 2015 . 13 April 2015 .
12. News: Shami ruled out of Pepsi IPL 2015 season . IPLT20.com . 23 April 2015 . 24 April 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150425213146/http://www.iplt20.com/news/2015/announcements/6225/shami-ruled-out-of-pepsi-ipl-2015-season . 25 April 2015 . dead .
13. News: Milne blow for Royal Challengers . ESPN . ESPNcricinfo . 22 April 2015 . 23 April 2015 .
14. News: Injury brings Anderson's IPL to an end . ESPN . ESPNcricinfo . 23 April 2015 . 23 April 2015 .
15. News: KXIP release Johnson and Marsh . IPL . IPL . 11 May 2015 . 16 May 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150514052419/http://www.iplt20.com/news/2015/announcements/6694/kxip-release-johnson-and-marsh . 14 May 2015 . dead .
16. News: Bipul Sharma to replace LR Shukla in SRH . IPL . IPL . 19 April 2015 . 19 April 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150421010242/http://www.iplt20.com/news/2015/announcements/6096/bipul-sharma-to-replace-lr-shukla-in-srh . 21 April 2015 . dead .
17. News: Hilfenhaus replaces Finch at MI . IPL . IPL . 24 April 2015 . 25 April 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150425083432/http://www.iplt20.com/news/2015/announcements/6261/hilfenhaus-replaces-finch-at-mi . 25 April 2015 . dead .
18. News: Colin Munro replaces Hazlewood in MI squad . IPL . IPL . 24 April 2015 . 25 April 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150426205524/http://www.iplt20.com/news/2015/announcements/6250/colin-munro-replaces-hazlewood-in-mi-squad . 26 April 2015 . dead .
19. News: Hales replaces Anderson at MI . IPL . IPL . 14 May 2015 . 16 May 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150516095054/http://www.iplt20.com/news/2015/announcements/6765/hales-replaces-anderson-at-mi . 16 May 2015 . dead .