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

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

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

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
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

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

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

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]

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External links

• IPL 2015 player salary