List of 2016 Indian Premier League personnel changes explained

This is a list of all personnel changes for the 2016 Indian Premier League.

Draft

Following the two-year suspension of Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals, two new franchises Rising Pune Supergiants and Gujarat Lions were established. These two franchises were allowed to draft a maximum of five players each from the Chennai and Rajasthan teams. The draft took place on 15 December 2015 and the following players were bought:[1]

S.NoPlayerSalary[2]
Rising Pune Supergiants
1Mahendra Singh Dhoni
2Ajinkya Rahane
3Ravichandran Ashwin
4Steve Smith
5Faf du Plessis
Gujarat Lions
1Suresh Raina
2Ravindra Jadeja
3Brendon McCullum
4James Faulkner
5Dwayne Bravo

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. 66 crores for the 2016 edition. The salaries of the retained players was deducted from this purse.[3] [4]

S.NoPlayerPurse left
in crores
Delhi Daredevils
1Jean-Paul Duminy37.5
2Mohammed Shami
3Nathan Coulter-Nile
4Quinton de Kock
5Shahbaz Nadeem
6Mayank Agarwal
7Imran Tahir
8Jayant Yadav
9Amit Mishra
10Shreyas Iyer
11Zaheer Khan
Kolkata Knight Riders
12Gautam Gambhir17.95
13Andre Russell
14Chris Lynn
15Kuldeep Yadav
16Manish Pandey
17Suryakumar Yadav
18Morne Morkel
19Brad Hogg
20Piyush Chawla
21Robin Uthappa
22Shakib Al Hasan
23Sunil Narine
24Umesh Yadav
25Sheldon Jackson
26Yusuf Pathan
Kings XI Punjab
27Axar Patel23
28Anureet Singh
29David Miller
30Glenn Maxwell
31Gurkeerat Singh
32Manan Vohra
33Murali Vijay
34Mitchell Johnson
35Rishi Dhawan
36Sandeep Sharma
37Shardul Thakur
38Shaun Marsh
39Nikhil Naik
40Wriddhiman Saha
Mumbai Indians
41Rohit Sharma14.04
42Ambati Rayudu
43Corey Anderson
44Harbhajan Singh
45Jasprit Bumrah
46Kieron Pollard
47Lasith Malinga
48Marchant de Lange
49Shreyas Gopal
50Lendl Simmons
51Unmukt Chand
52Vinay Kumar
53Parthiv Patel
54Hardik Pandya
55Akshay Wakhare
56Jagadeesha Suchith
57Nitish Rana
58Siddhesh Lad
59Mitchell McClenaghan
Royal Challengers Bangalore
60Virat Kohli21.625
61AB de Villiers
62Chris Gayle
63Mitchell Starc
64Varun Aaron
65Yuzvendra Chahal
66Abu Nechim Ahmed
67Harshal Patel
68Sarfaraz Khan
69Kedar Jadhav
70Mandeep Singh
71Sreenath Aravind
72Adam Milne
73David Wiese
Sunrisers Hyderabad
74Shikhar Dhawan30.15
75Ashish Reddy
76Bhuvneshwar Kumar
77Bipul Sharma
78David Warner
79Karn Sharma
80Lokesh Rahul
81Moises Henriques
82Naman Ojha
83Parvez Rasool
84Ricky Bhui
85Eoin Morgan
86Kane Williamson
87Trent Boult
88Siddharth Kaul

Transfers

The first trading window was open between 15 and 31 December 2015, and the second was open from 11 to 25 January 2016. After the players auction on 6 February 2016, a third window was open between 8 February and 19 February 2016.[1]

The following transfers were made during the trading windows:

S.NoPlayerFromTo
1 [5]
2 [6]
3
4 [7]
5

Auction

The players auction for the 2016 Indian Premier League was held in Bangalore on 6 February 2016. All the eight franchises had taken part in the auction.[8]

Sold players

Out of the 351 cricketers shortlisted, 94 were sold at the auction. 66 of these players were Indian and the remaining 28 were overseas cricketers. A total of 136 crore was spent by the eight franchises at the auction.[9] [10]

NatPlayerTeamBase price
(in lakhs)
Winning bid
(in lakhs)
200 300
50 230
200 380
200 950
200 550
200 700
150 230
200 420
150 380
200 230
100 100
50 700
30 30
200 200
200 480
200 230
100 130
50 350
100 250
150 650
30 420
30 55
50 140
30 160
30 210
50 120
30 30
30 30
30 50
10 10
10 400
10 400
10 35
10 190
20 100
20 120
10 10
10 420
10 10
30 850
30 60
20 20
10 320
20 20
10 150
10 20
10 10
10 10
10 450
10 80
100 100
30 30
10 10
10 10
10 10
30 30
10 10
10 10
50 70
100 100
50 50
30 50
10 35
20 20
10 35
20 20
10 10
10 10
10 10
10 10
10 10
10 140
10 10
10 200
10 10
10 10
10 10
20 20
10 10
50 50
200 200
50 50
30 30
50 50
20 20
10 10
30 30
10 10
10 10
10 10
10 10
30 30
10 10
10 10

Unsold players

Batsmen
  1. Martin Guptill
  2. Michael Hussey
  3. Cameron White
  4. Mahela Jayawardene
  5. David Hussey
  6. Usman Khawaja
  7. Owais Shah
  8. Adam Voges
  9. Hashim Amla
  10. Rilee Rossouw
  11. Joe Burns
  12. George Bailey
  13. Subramaniam Badrinath
  14. Tamim Iqbal
  15. Marlon Samuels
  16. Richard Levi
  17. Darren Bravo
  18. Nic Maddinson
  19. Cheteshwar Pujara
  20. Michael Klinger
  21. Aiden Blizzard
  22. Abhinav Mukund
  23. Dean Elgar
  24. Lahiru Thirimanne
  25. Reeza Hendricks
  26. Mithun Manhas
  27. Alex Ross
  28. Udit Birla
  29. Srikkanth Anirudha
  30. Evin Lewis
  31. Samarth Singh
  32. Prashant Chopra
  33. Ishank Jaggi
  34. Robin Bist
  35. Swapnil Asnodkar
  36. Himanshu Rana
  37. Tanmay Srivastava
  38. Asad Pathan
  39. Shalabh Srivastava
  40. Shubham Chaubey
  41. Shivam Chaudhary
  42. Chirag Gandhi
  43. Prashant Gupta
  44. Mohit Hooda
  45. Govinda Poddar
  46. Aditya Waghmode
  47. Mohammad Saif
  48. Rajesh Sharma
  49. Mohammed Taha
  50. Manpreet Juneja
  51. Vijay Zol
  52. Debabrata Das
  53. Saurabh Wakaskar
  54. Ankit Bawne
  55. Apoorv Wankhade
  56. Virat Singh
  57. Paul Valthaty
  58. Rinku Singh
Bowlers
  1. James Pattinson
  2. Nathan Lyon
  3. Mthokozisi Shezi
  4. Shaun Tait
  5. Pragyan Ojha
  6. Munaf Patel
  7. Shannon Gabriel
  8. Jackson Bird
  9. Nuwan Kulasekara
  10. Ajantha Mendis
  11. Sachithra Senanayake
  12. Fidel Edwards
  13. Jerome Taylor
  14. Cameron Boyce
  15. Hardus Viljoen
  16. Rahul Sharma
  17. Parvinder Awana
  18. Taskin Ahmed
  19. Dushmantha Chameera
  20. Krishmar Santokie
  21. Pankaj Singh
  22. Sudeep Tyagi
  23. Ben Laughlin
  24. Michael Beer
  25. Tino Best
  26. Veerasammy Permaul
  27. Beuran Hendricks
  28. Devendra Bishoo
  29. Sulieman Benn
  30. HS Sharath
  31. CV Stephen
  32. Rajwinder Singh
  33. Vinay Choudhary
  34. Aniket Choudhary
  35. Hardik Patel
  36. Saurabh Kumar
  37. Krishna Das
  38. Seth Rance
  39. Pulkit Narang
  40. Tabraiz Shamsi
  41. Karanveer Singh
  42. Jasinder Singh
  43. Mitrakant Yadav
  44. Rishi Arothe
  45. Nikit Dhumal
  46. Mohammad Javed
  47. Akshay Chauhan
  48. Tushar Deshpande
  49. Sayan Ghosh
  50. Israr Azim
  51. Prasidh Krishna
  52. Shubham Mavi
  53. M Mohammed
  54. Chandrakant Sakure
  55. Basant Mohanty
  56. Balwinder Sandhu
  57. Aswin Crist
  58. Alok Pratap Singh
  59. Royston Dias
  60. Baltej Singh
  61. Harmeet Singh Bansal
  62. Prasanth Parameswaran
  63. Rahul Shukla
  64. Bhargav Bhatt
  65. Ali Murtaza
  66. Domnic Joseph
  67. Basil Thampi
  68. Krishnakant Upadhyay
  69. Navdeep Saini
  70. Yuvraj Chudasama
  71. KK Jiyas
  72. Ronit More
  73. Veer Pratap Singh
  74. Pankaj Jaiswal
  75. Rahil Shah
  76. Rajesh Bishnoi
  77. Babashafi Pathan
  78. Siddharth Trivedi
  79. Avesh Khan
Wicket Keepers
  1. Brad Haddin
  2. Johnson Charles
  3. Mushfiqur Rahim
  4. Shane Dowrich
  5. Ben Dunk
  6. Morne van Wyk
  7. Tim Ludeman
  8. CM Gautam
  9. Nitin Saini
  10. Nicholas Pooran
  11. Cameron Bancroft
  12. Pinal Shah
  13. Sadiq Kirmani
  14. Pradeep Malik
  15. Jaskaranvir Singh Sohi
  16. Avi Barot
  17. Manvinder Bisla
  18. Ian Dev Singh
  19. Arun Karthik
  20. Srikar Bharat
  21. Shreevats Goswami
  22. Smit Patel
  23. Mahesh Rawat
  24. Dishant Yagnik
  25. Kedar Devdhar
  26. Vishant More
All-Rounders
  1. Tillakaratne Dilshan
  2. Chris Jordan
  3. Ravi Bopara
  4. Manoj Tiwary
  5. Robin Peterson
  6. James Neesham
  7. Wayne Parnell
  8. Henry Davids
  9. Johan Botha
  10. Vernon Philander
  11. Jeevan Mendis
  12. Dilruwan Perera
  13. Ashton Agar
  14. Darren Sammy
  15. Nathan McCullum
  16. Sean Abbott
  17. Shehan Jayasuriya
  18. Narsingh Deonarine
  19. Soumya Sarkar
  20. Dasun Shanaka
  21. Milinda Siriwardana
  22. George Worker
  23. Grant Elliott
  24. Rayad Emrit
  25. Antony Dhas
  26. Juan Theron
  27. Abhishek Nayar
  28. Isuru Udana
  29. Kevon Cooper
  30. Dilshan Munaweera
  31. Doug Bracewell
  32. Anton Devcich
  33. Seekkuge Prasanna
  34. Kevin O'Brien
  35. Christopher Barnwell
  36. Dwaine Pretorius
  37. Jamaluddin Syed Mohammad
  38. Sachin Rana
  39. Dinesh Salunkhe
  40. Gurinder Singh
  41. Priyank Panchal
  42. Baba Indrajith
  43. Jatin Saxena
  44. Sagar Trivedi
  45. Amit Verma
  46. Chirag Jani
  47. Akash Bhandari
  48. Faiz Fazal
  49. Nikhil Dutta
  50. Aniruddha Joshi
  51. Suboth Bhati
  52. Aamir Gani
  53. David Mathias
  54. Hiten Dalal
  55. Rohan Raje
  56. Dharmendrasinh Jadeja
  57. Ravi Jangid
  58. J. Kousik
  59. Pargat Singh
  60. Washington Sundar
  61. Rahul Dagar
  62. Mayank Dagar
  63. Sunil Raju
  64. Mayur Sanap
  65. Bandeep Singh
  66. Milind Tandon
  67. Rahul Tripathi
  68. Saurabh Dubey
  69. Venkatesh Iyer
  70. Rohit Sharma
  71. Mayank Sidhana
  72. Shashank Singh
  73. Chandra Pal Singh
  74. Tanveer-Ul-Haq
  75. Shubham Ranjane
  76. Ashok Menaria
  77. Yogesh Nagar
  78. Milind Kumar
  79. Sumit Narwal
  80. Biplab Samantray
  81. Rush Kalaria
  82. Jalaj Saxena
  83. Raiphi Gomez
  84. Kuldeep Hooda
  85. Vaibhav Rawal
  86. Padmanabhan Prasanth
  87. Jay Bista
  88. Kshitiz Sharma
  89. Shrikant Mundhe
  90. Abhishek Raut
  91. Rohan Prem
  92. Manjeet Kumar Chaudhary
  93. Rahul Tewatia
  94. Amit Yadav

Support staff changes

Withdrawn players

The following players withdrew from the tournament either due to injuries or because of other reasons.[15]

PlayerTeamReasonAnnouncement dateReplacementSigning date
Joel ParisDelhi DaredevilsShin injury7 April 2016
Shaun MarshKings XI PunjabBack injury2 May 2016 Hashim Amla3 May 2016
Glenn MaxwellKings XI PunjabSide strain16 May 2016
Marcus StoinisKings XI PunjabPersonal reasons17 May 2016
John HastingsKolkata Knight RidersAnkle injury18 April 2016 Shaun Tait11 May 2016
Lendl SimmonsMumbai IndiansLower back injury13 April 2016 Martin Guptill13 April 2016
Lasith MalingaMumbai IndiansKnee injury17 April 2016 Jerome Taylor27 April 2016
Kevin PietersenRising Pune SupergiantsCalf injury23 April 2016 Usman Khawaja28 April 2016
Faf du PlessisRising Pune SupergiantsBroken finger28 April 2016 George Bailey2 May 2016
Mitchell MarshRising Pune SupergiantsSide strain1 May 2016
Steve SmithRising Pune SupergiantsWrist injury1 May 2016
Samuel BadreeRoyal Challengers BangaloreShoulder injury21 April 2016 Tabraiz Shamsi21 April 2016
Mitchell StarcRoyal Challengers BangaloreFitness issue25 April 2016 Chris Jordan25 April 2016
Adam MilneRoyal Challengers BangaloreHamstring injury6 May 2016
Ashish NehraSunrisers HyderabadHamstring injury19 May 2016

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Amol . Pune picks Dhoni, Rajkot recruits Raina . The Hindu . 5 January 2016.
  2. Web site: Actual Salary details of retained players . 2016-02-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160131151915/http://www.iplt20.com/news/2016/announcements/7035/ipl-actual-salary-details-of-retained-players . 2016-01-31 . dead .
  3. News: VIVO IPL 2016 Player retention list . 31 December 2015 . IPLT20.com . 31 December 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160103012511/http://www.iplt20.com/news/2015/announcements/7026/vivo-ipl-2016-player-retention-list . 3 January 2016 . dead .
  4. News: Pietersen, Steyn among franchise releases . ESPN . ESPNcricinfo . 31 December 2015 .
  5. Web site: IPL 2016: Royal Challengers Bangalore rope in Kedar Jadhav. India Today. 5 January 2016.
  6. Web site: Albie Morkel, Saurabh Tiwary join Rising Pune Supergiants. ESPNcricinfo. 11 February 2016.
  7. Web site: KL Rahul, Parvez Rasool join Royal Challengers Bangalore. ESPNcricinfo. 16 February 2016.
  8. Web site: IPL 2016 from April 9 to May 29, players' auction on Feb 6. IBNLive. 5 January 2016.
  9. News: A total of 94 players sold at the VIVO IPL Player Auction. 19 April 2016. iplt20.com. https://web.archive.org/web/20160419152505/http://www.iplt20.com/news/2016/more-news/7048/a-total-of-94-players-sold-at-the-vivo-ipl-player-auction. 19 April 2016. dead.
  10. News: List of players sold and unsold at IPL auction 2016. 19 April 2016. ESPNcricinfo.
  11. Web site: IPL: Jacques Kallis appointed KKR head coach. Times of India. 5 January 2016.
  12. Web site: Simon Katich named KKR assistant coach. ESPNcricinfo. 5 January 2016.
  13. Web site: Anil Kumble quits Mumbai Indians over conflict issue. The Indian Express. 5 January 2016.
  14. Web site: Gollapudi. Nagraj. Daredevils remove Kirsten as head coach. ESPNcricinfo. 5 January 2016.
  15. News: 11 Players Retired Hurt, 2016 Indian Premier League Crippled by Injuries. 3 May 2016. NDTV Sports.