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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