# 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 | Name | Moving from | Moving to |
| 1 | Iqbal Abdullah | Rajasthan Royals | Royal Challengers Bangalore |
| 2 | Manvinder Bisla | Kolkata Knight Riders | Royal Challengers Bangalore |
| 3 | Parthiv Patel | Royal Challengers Bangalore | Mumbai Indians |
| 4 | Unmukt Chand | Rajasthan Royals | Mumbai Indians |
| 5 | Vinay Kumar | Kolkata Knight Riders | Mumbai Indians |
| 6 | Mandeep Singh | Kings XI Punjab | Royal Challengers Bangalore |

## 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.
| S.No | Player | Purse left (₹) in crores |
| Chennai Super Kings ||||
| 1 | Mahendra Singh Dhoni | 5 |
| 2 | Ashish Nehra | 5 |
| 3 | Baba Aparajith | 5 |
| 4 | Brendon McCullum | 5 |
| 5 | Dwayne Bravo | 5 |
| 6 | Dwayne Smith | 5 |
| 7 | Faf du Plessis | 5 |
| 8 | Ishwar Pandey | 5 |
| 9 | Matt Henry | 5 |
| 10 | Mithun Manhas | 5 |
| 11 | Mohit Sharma | 5 |
| 12 | Pawan Negi | 5 |
| 13 | R Ashwin | 5 |
| 14 | Ravindra Jadeja | 5 |
| 15 | Samuel Badree | 5 |
| 16 | Suresh Raina | 5 |
| 17 | Ronit More | 5 |
| Delhi Daredevils ||||
| 18 | Jean-Paul Duminy | 40 |
| 19 | Kedar Jadhav | 40 |
| 20 | Manoj Tiwary | 40 |
| 21 | Mohammed Shami | 40 |
| 22 | Nathan Coulter-Nile | 40 |
| 23 | Quinton de Kock | 40 |
| 24 | Saurabh Tiwary | 40 |
| 25 | Shahbaz Nadeem | 40 |
| 26 | Mayank Agarwal | 40 |
| 27 | Imran Tahir | 40 |
| 28 | Jayant Yadav | 40 |
| Kolkata Knight Riders ||||
| 29 | Gautam Gambhir | 13 |
| 30 | Andre Russell | 13 |
| 31 | Chris Lynn | 13 |
| 32 | Kuldeep Yadav | 13 |
| 33 | Manish Pandey | 13 |
| 34 | Suryakumar Yadav | 13 |
| 35 | Morne Morkel | 13 |
| 36 | Pat Cummins | 13 |
| 37 | Piyush Chawla | 13 |
| 38 | Robin Uthappa | 13 |
| 39 | Ryan ten Doeschate | 13 |
| 40 | Shakib Al Hasan | 13 |
| 41 | Sunil Narine | 13 |
| 42 | Umesh Yadav | 13 |
| 43 | Veer Pratap Singh | 13 |
| 44 | Yusuf Pathan | 13 |
| Kings XI Punjab ||||
| 45 | Axar Patel | 11.8 |
| 46 | Anureet Singh | 11.8 |
| 47 | Beuran Hendricks | 11.8 |
| 48 | David Miller | 11.8 |
| 49 | George Bailey | 11.8 |
| 50 | Glenn Maxwell | 11.8 |
| 51 | Gurkeerat Singh | 11.8 |
| 52 | Karanveer Singh | 11.8 |
| 53 | Manan Vohra | 11.8 |
| 54 | Mandeep Singh | 11.8 |
| 55 | Mitchell Johnson | 11.8 |
| 56 | Parvinder Awana | 11.8 |
| 57 | Rishi Dhawan | 11.8 |
| 58 | Sandeep Sharma | 11.8 |
| 59 | Shardul Thakur | 11.8 |
| 60 | Shaun Marsh | 11.8 |
| 61 | Shivam Sharma | 11.8 |
| 62 | Thisara Perera | 11.8 |
| 63 | Virender Sehwag | 11.8 |
| 64 | Wriddhiman Saha | 11.8 |
| Mumbai Indians ||||
| 65 | Rohit Sharma | 10 |
| 66 | Aditya Tare | 10 |
| 67 | Ambati Rayudu | 10 |
| 68 | Corey Anderson | 10 |
| 69 | Harbhajan Singh | 10 |
| 70 | Jasprit Bumrah | 10 |
| 71 | Josh Hazlewood | 10 |
| 72 | Kieron Pollard | 10 |
| 73 | Lasith Malinga | 10 |
| 74 | Marchant de Lange | 10 |
| 75 | Pawan Suyal | 10 |
| 76 | Shreyas Gopal | 10 |
| 77 | Lendl Simmons | 10 |
| 78 | Unmukt Chand | 10 |
| 79 | Vinay Kumar | 10 |
| 80 | Parthiv Patel | 10 |
| Rajasthan Royals ||||
| 81 | Shane Watson | 13 |
| 82 | Abhishek Nayar | 13 |
| 83 | Ajinkya Rahane | 13 |
| 84 | Ankit Sharma | 13 |
| 85 | Ben Cutting | 13 |
| 86 | Deepak Hooda | 13 |
| 87 | Dhawal Kulkarni | 13 |
| 88 | Dishant Yagnik | 13 |
| 89 | James Faulkner | 13 |
| 90 | Kane Richardson | 13 |
| 91 | Karun Nair | 13 |
| 92 | Pravin Tambe | 13 |
| 93 | Rahul Tewatia | 13 |
| 94 | Rajat Bhatia | 13 |
| 95 | Sanju Samson | 13 |
| 96 | Steve Smith | 13 |
| 97 | Stuart Binny | 13 |
| 98 | Tim Southee | 13 |
| 99 | Vikramjeet Malik | 13 |
| Royal Challengers Bangalore ||||
| 100 | Virat Kohli | 21 |
| 101 | AB de Villiers | 21 |
| 102 | Chris Gayle | 21 |
| 103 | Mitchell Starc | 21 |
| 104 | Nic Maddinson | 21 |
| 105 | Varun Aaron | 21 |
| 106 | Yuzvendra Chahal | 21 |
| 107 | Rilee Rossouw | 21 |
| 108 | Vijay Zol | 21 |
| 109 | Yogesh Takawale | 21 |
| 110 | Abu Nechim Ahmed | 21 |
| 111 | Harshal Patel | 21 |
| 112 | Ashok Dinda | 21 |
| 113 | Sandeep Warrier | 21 |
| 114 | Manvinder Bisla | 21 |
| 115 | Iqbal Abdulla | 21 |
| Sunrisers Hyderabad ||||
| 116 | Shikhar Dhawan | 20.85 |
| 117 | Ashish Reddy | 20.85 |
| 118 | Bhuvneshwar Kumar | 20.85 |
| 119 | Chama Milind | 20.85 |
| 120 | Dale Steyn | 20.85 |
| 121 | David Warner | 20.85 |
| 122 | Ishant Sharma | 20.85 |
| 123 | Karn Sharma | 20.85 |
| 124 | Lokesh Rahul | 20.85 |
| 125 | Moises Henriques | 20.85 |
| 126 | Naman Ojha | 20.85 |
| 127 | Parvez Rasool | 20.85 |
| 128 | Ricky Bhui | 20.85 |

## 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.
| Country | Capped | Capped | Uncapped | Uncapped | Total | Total |
| Country | 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 | IPL Matches | IPL team(s) | IPL 2014 team | Capped / uncapped | Base Price in ₹ (in lakhs) | 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

## 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 |
| Chris Lynn | Kolkata Knight Riders | Hamstring Injury |
| Kevin Pietersen | Sunrisers Hyderabad | Other reasons |
| Kane Richardson | Rajasthan Royals | Personal reasons |
| Josh Hazlewood | Mumbai Indians | National team commitment |
| Aaron Finch | Mumbai Indians | Hamstring injury |
| Mohammed Shami | Delhi Daredevils | Knee injury |
| Laxmi Ratan Shukla | Sunrisers Hyderabad | Illness |
| Adam Milne | Royal Challengers Bangalore | Heel Injury |
| Corey Anderson | Mumbai Indians | Fractured Finger |
| Shaun Marsh | Kings XI Punjab | National team commitment |
| Mitchell Johnson | Kings XI Punjab | National team commitment |

### 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 |
| Johan Botha | Chris Lynn | Kolkata Knight Riders | Injury |
| Bipul Sharma | Laxmi Ratan Shukla | Sunrisers Hyderabad | Illness |
| Sreenath Aravind | Adam Milne | Royal Challengers Bangalore | Heel Injury |
| Ben Hilfenhaus | Aaron Finch | Mumbai Indians | Hamstring injury |
| Colin Munro | Josh Hazlewood | Mumbai Indians | National team commitment |
| Alex Hales | Corey Anderson | Mumbai Indians | Fractured Finger |