List of 2015 Indian Premier League personnel changes

This is a list of all the personnel changes for the 2015 Indian Premier League. 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 & 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
1Iqbal AbdullahRajasthan RoyalsRoyal Challengers Bangalore[1]
2Manvinder BislaKolkata Knight RidersRoyal Challengers Bangalore[1]
3Parthiv PatelRoyal Challengers BangaloreMumbai Indians[1]
4Unmukt ChandRajasthan RoyalsMumbai Indians[1]
5Vinay KumarKolkata Knight RidersMumbai Indians[1]
6Mandeep SinghKings XI PunjabRoyal 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
 Australia225153378
 England630063
 India23132093023243
 Ireland100010
 New Zealand13500135
 South Africa17550225
 Sri Lanka17100171
 West Indies10130131
 Zimbabwe200020
Total111332323334366

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 Hussey55Chennai Super Kings / Mumbai IndiansMumbai IndiansCapped150Chennai Super Kings150
Irfan Pathan98Delhi Daredevils / Kings XI Punjab / Sunrisers HyderabadSunrisers HyderabadCapped150Chennai Super Kings150
Rahul Sharma44Deccan Chargers / Pune Warriors India / Delhi DaredevilsDelhi DaredevilsCapped30Chennai Super Kings30
Kyle Abbott0Capped30Chennai Super Kings30
Andrew Tye0Uncapped20Chennai Super Kings20
Pratyush Singh0Uncapped10Chennai Super Kings10
Ankush Bains0Rajasthan RoyalsRajasthan RoyalsUncapped10Chennai Super Kings10
Eklavya Dwivedi0Pune Warriors IndiaUncapped10Chennai Super Kings10
Yuvraj Singh84Kings XI Punjab / Pune Warriors India / Royal Challengers BangaloreRoyal Challengers BangaloreCapped200Delhi Daredevils1600
Angelo Mathews35Pune Warriors India / Kolkata Knight RidersCapped150Delhi Daredevils750
Zaheer Khan70Mumbai Indians / Royal Challengers BangaloreMumbai IndiansCapped100Delhi Daredevils400
Amit Mishra86Deccan Chargers / Delhi Daredevils / Sunrisers HyderabadSunrisers HyderabadCapped10Delhi Daredevils350
Shreyas Iyer0Uncapped10Delhi Daredevils260
Gurinder Sandhu0Capped30Delhi Daredevils170
Jaydev Unadkat33Kolkata Knight Riders / Royal Challengers Bangalore / Delhi DaredevilsDelhi DaredevilsCapped50Delhi Daredevils110
Domnic Joseph0Uncapped10Delhi Daredevils75
Albie Morkel85Chennai Super Kings / Royal Challengers BangaloreRoyal Challengers BangaloreCapped30Delhi Daredevils30
Marcus Stoinis0Uncapped20Delhi Daredevils25
CM Gautam12Delhi Daredevils / Royal Challengers Bangalore / Mumbai IndiansMumbai IndiansUncapped20Delhi Daredevils20
Srikar Bharat0Uncapped10Delhi Daredevils10
KK Jiyas0Uncapped10Delhi Daredevils10
Murali Vijay75Chennai Super Kings / Delhi DaredevilsDelhi DaredevilsCapped50Kings XI Punjab300
Nikhil Naik0Uncapped10Kings XI Punjab30
Yogesh Golwalkar0Uncapped10Kings XI Punjab10
KC Cariappa0Uncapped10Kolkata Knight Riders240
James Neesham4Delhi DaredevilsDelhi DaredevilsCapped30Kolkata Knight Riders50
Brad Hogg10Rajasthan RoyalsCapped50Kolkata Knight Riders50
Aditya Garhwal0Uncapped10Kolkata Knight Riders25
Sheldon Jackson0Royal Challengers BangaloreUncapped10Kolkata Knight Riders15
Sumit Narwal7Rajasthan RoyalsUncapped10Kolkata Knight Riders10
Vaibhav Rawal0Uncapped10Kolkata Knight Riders10
Aaron Finch36Rajasthan Royals / Delhi Daredevils / Pune Warriors India / Sunrisers HyderabadSunrisers HyderabadCapped100Mumbai Indians320
Pragyan Ojha91Delhi Daredevils / Rajasthan Royals / Sunrisers HyderabadMumbai IndiansCapped50Mumbai Indians50
Abhimanyu Mithun16Royal Challengers BangaloreCapped30Mumbai Indians30
Mitchell McClenaghan0Capped30Mumbai Indians30
Aiden Blizzard7Uncapped30Mumbai Indians30
Hardik Pandya0Uncapped10Mumbai Indians10
Akshay Wakhare0Uncapped10Mumbai Indians10
Nitish Rana0Uncapped10Mumbai Indians10
Siddhesh Lad0Uncapped10Mumbai Indians10
Jagadeesha Suchith0Uncapped10Mumbai Indians10
Chris Morris16Chennai Super KingsCapped50Rajasthan Royals140
Rusty Theron9Deccan Chargers / Kings XI PunjabCapped30Rajasthan Royals30
Barinder Sran0Uncapped10Rajasthan Royals10
Dinesh Salunkhe6Rajasthan RoyalsUncapped10Rajasthan Royals10
Sagar Trivedi0Uncapped10Rajasthan Royals10
Pardeep Sahu0Uncapped10Rajasthan Royals10
Dinesh Karthik106Delhi Daredevils / Mumbai IndiansDelhi DaredevilsCapped200Royal Challengers Bangalore1050
Darren Sammy20Sunrisers HyderabadSunrisers HyderabadCapped100Royal Challengers Bangalore280
David Wiese0Capped30Royal Challengers Bangalore280
Sean Abbott0Capped50Royal Challengers Bangalore100
Adam Milne0Capped30Royal Challengers Bangalore70
Sarfaraz Khan0Uncapped10Royal Challengers Bangalore50
Subramaniam Badrinath95Chennai Super KingsCapped30Royal Challengers Bangalore30
Jalaj Saxena0Mumbai IndiansMumbai IndiansUncapped10Royal Challengers Bangalore10
Shishir Bhavane0Uncapped10Royal Challengers Bangalore10
Trent Boult0Capped50Sunrisers Hyderabad380
Praveen Kumar85Kings XI Punjab / Royal Challengers Bangalore / Mumbai IndiansMumbai IndiansCapped50Sunrisers Hyderabad220
Kevin Pietersen32Deccan Chargers / Delhi Daredevils / Royal Challengers BangaloreDelhi DaredevilsCapped200Sunrisers Hyderabad200
Eoin Morgan32Royal Challengers Bangalore / Kolkata Knight RidersCapped150Sunrisers Hyderabad150
Ravi Bopara15Kings XI PunjabCapped100Sunrisers Hyderabad100
Kane Williamson0Capped50Sunrisers Hyderabad60
Laxmi Ratan Shukla46Kolkata Knight Riders / Delhi DaredevilsDelhi DaredevilsCapped30Sunrisers Hyderabad30
Padmanabhan Prasanth0Kochi Tuskers KeralaUncapped10Sunrisers Hyderabad10
Hanuma Vihari17Uncapped10Sunrisers Hyderabad10
Siddarth Kaul11Delhi Daredevils / Kolkata Knight RidersDelhi DaredevilsUncapped10Sunrisers Hyderabad10

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 NeeshamKolkata Knight RidersInjury[7]
Johan Botha Chris LynnKolkata Knight RidersInjury[7]
Bipul Sharma Laxmi Ratan ShuklaSunrisers HyderabadIllness[13]
Sreenath Aravind Adam MilneRoyal Challengers BangaloreHeel Injury[14]
Ben Hilfenhaus Aaron FinchMumbai IndiansHamstring injury[17]
Colin Munro Josh HazlewoodMumbai IndiansNational team commitment[18]
Alex Hales Corey AndersonMumbai IndiansFractured Finger[19]

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