List of 2015 Indian Premier League personnel changes

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

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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.

S.No Nat Name Moving from Moving to Ref
1   Iqbal Abdullah Rajasthan Royals Royal Challengers Bangalore [1]
2   Manvinder Bisla Kolkata Knight Riders Royal Challengers Bangalore [1]
3   Parthiv Patel Royal Challengers Bangalore Mumbai Indians [1]
4   Unmukt Chand Rajasthan Royals Mumbai Indians [1]
5   Vinay Kumar Kolkata Knight Riders Mumbai Indians [1]
6   Mandeep Singh Kings XI Punjab Royal Challengers Bangalore [1]

Retained players

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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 Nat Player Purse left
() in crores
Chennai Super Kings[2]
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[2]
18   Jean-Paul Duminy 40[3]
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[2]
29   Gautam Gambhir 13[3]
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[2]
45   Axar Patel 11.8[3]
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[2]
65   Rohit Sharma 10[3]
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[2]
81   Shane Watson 13[3]
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[2]
100   Virat Kohli 21[3]
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[2]
116   Shikhar Dhawan 20.85[3]
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

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Summary

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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
  Australia 22 5 15 3 37 8
  England 6 3 0 0 6 3
  India 23 13 209 30 232 43
  Ireland 1 0 0 0 1 0
  New Zealand 13 5 0 0 13 5
  South Africa 17 5 5 0 22 5
  Sri Lanka 17 1 0 0 17 1
  West Indies 10 1 3 0 13 1
  Zimbabwe 2 0 0 0 2 0
Total 111 33 232 33 343 66

Sold players

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Name Nat IPL
Matches
IPL team(s) IPL 2014 team Capped /
uncapped
Base Price
in (in
lakhs)[5]
IPL 2015 team Auctioned
price in
(in lakhs)
Michael Hussey   55 Chennai Super Kings / Mumbai Indians Mumbai Indians Capped 150 Chennai Super Kings 150
Irfan Pathan   98 Delhi Daredevils / Kings XI Punjab / Sunrisers Hyderabad Sunrisers Hyderabad Capped 150 Chennai Super Kings 150
Rahul Sharma   44 Deccan Chargers / Pune Warriors India / Delhi Daredevils Delhi Daredevils Capped 30 Chennai Super Kings 30
Kyle Abbott   0 Kings XI Punjab Capped 30 Chennai Super Kings 30
Andrew Tye   0 Uncapped 20 Chennai Super Kings 20
Pratyush Singh   0 Uncapped 10 Chennai Super Kings 10
Ankush Bains   0 Rajasthan Royals Rajasthan Royals Uncapped 10 Chennai Super Kings 10
Eklavya Dwivedi   0 Pune Warriors India Uncapped 10 Chennai Super Kings 10
Yuvraj Singh   84 Kings XI Punjab / Pune Warriors India / Royal Challengers Bangalore Royal Challengers Bangalore Capped 200 Delhi Daredevils 1600
Angelo Mathews   35 Pune Warriors India / Kolkata Knight Riders Capped 150 Delhi Daredevils 750
Zaheer Khan   70 Mumbai Indians / Royal Challengers Bangalore Mumbai Indians Capped 100 Delhi Daredevils 400
Amit Mishra   86 Deccan Chargers / Delhi Daredevils / Sunrisers Hyderabad Sunrisers Hyderabad Capped 10 Delhi Daredevils 350
Shreyas Iyer   0 Uncapped 10 Delhi Daredevils 260
Gurinder Sandhu   0 Capped 30 Delhi Daredevils 170
Jaydev Unadkat   33 Kolkata Knight Riders / Royal Challengers Bangalore / Delhi Daredevils Delhi Daredevils Capped 50 Delhi Daredevils 110
Domnic Joseph   0 Uncapped 10 Delhi Daredevils 75
Albie Morkel   85 Chennai Super Kings / Royal Challengers Bangalore Royal Challengers Bangalore Capped 30 Delhi Daredevils 30
Marcus Stoinis   0 Uncapped 20 Delhi Daredevils 25
CM Gautam   12 Delhi Daredevils / Royal Challengers Bangalore / Mumbai Indians Mumbai Indians Uncapped 20 Delhi Daredevils 20
Srikar Bharat   0 Uncapped 10 Delhi Daredevils 10
KK Jiyas   0 Uncapped 10 Delhi Daredevils 10
Murali Vijay   75 Chennai Super Kings / Delhi Daredevils Delhi Daredevils Capped 50 Kings XI Punjab 300
Nikhil Naik   0 Uncapped 10 Kings XI Punjab 30
Yogesh Golwalkar   0 Uncapped 10 Kings XI Punjab 10
KC Cariappa   0 Uncapped 10 Kolkata Knight Riders 240
James Neesham   4 Delhi Daredevils Delhi Daredevils Capped 30 Kolkata Knight Riders 50
Brad Hogg   10 Rajasthan Royals Capped 50 Kolkata Knight Riders 50
Aditya Garhwal   0 Uncapped 10 Kolkata Knight Riders 25
Sheldon Jackson   0 Royal Challengers Bangalore Uncapped 10 Kolkata Knight Riders 15
Sumit Narwal   7 Rajasthan Royals Uncapped 10 Kolkata Knight Riders 10
Vaibhav Rawal   0 Uncapped 10 Kolkata Knight Riders 10
Aaron Finch   36 Rajasthan Royals / Delhi Daredevils / Pune Warriors India / Sunrisers Hyderabad Sunrisers Hyderabad Capped 100 Mumbai Indians 320
Pragyan Ojha   91 Deccan Chargers / Mumbai Indians Mumbai Indians Capped 50 Mumbai Indians 50
Abhimanyu Mithun   16 Royal Challengers Bangalore Capped 30 Mumbai Indians 30
Mitchell McClenaghan   0 Capped 30 Mumbai Indians 30
Aiden Blizzard   7 Mumbai Indians Uncapped 30 Mumbai Indians 30
Hardik Pandya   0 Uncapped 10 Mumbai Indians 10
Akshay Wakhare   0 Uncapped 10 Mumbai Indians 10
Nitish Rana   0 Uncapped 10 Mumbai Indians 10
Siddhesh Lad   0 Uncapped 10 Mumbai Indians 10
Jagadeesha Suchith   0 Uncapped 10 Mumbai Indians 10
Chris Morris   16 Chennai Super Kings Capped 50 Rajasthan Royals 140
Rusty Theron   9 Deccan Chargers / Kings XI Punjab Capped 30 Rajasthan Royals 30
Barinder Sran   0 Uncapped 10 Rajasthan Royals 10
Dinesh Salunkhe   6 Rajasthan Royals Uncapped 10 Rajasthan Royals 10
Sagar Trivedi   0 Uncapped 10 Rajasthan Royals 10
Pardeep Sahu   0 Uncapped 10 Rajasthan Royals 10
Dinesh Karthik   106 Delhi Daredevils / Kings XI Punjab / Mumbai Indians Delhi Daredevils Capped 200 Royal Challengers Bangalore 1050
Darren Sammy   20 Sunrisers Hyderabad Sunrisers Hyderabad Capped 100 Royal Challengers Bangalore 280
David Wiese   0 Capped 30 Royal Challengers Bangalore 280
Sean Abbott   0 Capped 50 Royal Challengers Bangalore 100
Adam Milne   0 Capped 30 Royal Challengers Bangalore 70
Sarfaraz Khan   0 Uncapped 10 Royal Challengers Bangalore 50
Subramaniam Badrinath   95 Chennai Super Kings Capped 30 Royal Challengers Bangalore 30
Jalaj Saxena   0 Mumbai Indians Mumbai Indians Uncapped 10 Royal Challengers Bangalore 10
Shishir Bhavane   0 Uncapped 10 Royal Challengers Bangalore 10
Trent Boult   0 Capped 50 Sunrisers Hyderabad 380
Praveen Kumar   85 Kings XI Punjab / Royal Challengers Bangalore / Mumbai Indians Mumbai Indians Capped 50 Sunrisers Hyderabad 220
Kevin Pietersen   32 Deccan Chargers / Delhi Daredevils / Royal Challengers Bangalore Delhi Daredevils Capped 200 Sunrisers Hyderabad 200
Eoin Morgan   32 Royal Challengers Bangalore / Kolkata Knight Riders Capped 150 Sunrisers Hyderabad 150
Ravi Bopara   15 Kings XI Punjab Capped 100 Sunrisers Hyderabad 100
Kane Williamson   0 Capped 50 Sunrisers Hyderabad 60
Laxmi Ratan Shukla   46 Kolkata Knight Riders / Delhi Daredevils Delhi Daredevils Capped 30 Sunrisers Hyderabad 30
Padmanabhan Prasanth   0 Kochi Tuskers Kerala Uncapped 10 Sunrisers Hyderabad 10
Hanuma Vihari   17 Sunrisers Hyderabad Uncapped 10 Sunrisers Hyderabad 10
Siddarth Kaul   11 Delhi Daredevils / Kolkata Knight Riders Delhi Daredevils Uncapped 10 Sunrisers Hyderabad 10

Source:Pepsi IPL 2015 Player Auction[6]

Withdrawn players

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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[7]
  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[13]
  Adam Milne Royal Challengers Bangalore Heel Injury[14]
  Corey Anderson Mumbai Indians Fractured Finger[15]
  Shaun Marsh Kings XI Punjab National team commitment[16]
  Mitchell Johnson Kings XI Punjab National team commitment[16]

Replacement signings

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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
  Azhar Mahmood   James Neesham Kolkata Knight Riders Injury[7]
  Johan Botha   Chris Lynn Kolkata Knight Riders Injury[7]
  Bipul Sharma   Laxmi Ratan Shukla Sunrisers Hyderabad Illness[13]
  Sreenath Aravind   Adam Milne Royal Challengers Bangalore Heel Injury[14]
  Ben Hilfenhaus   Aaron Finch Mumbai Indians Hamstring injury[17]
  Colin Munro   Josh Hazlewood Mumbai Indians National team commitment[18]
  Alex Hales   Corey Anderson Mumbai Indians Fractured Finger[19]

References

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