List of 2019 Indian Premier League personnel changes

This is a list of all personnel changes for the 2019 Indian Premier League (IPL).

Pre-auction IPL set the deadline of 15 November for both the trading window and the list of each IPL franchise team's retained and released players.

Transfers After being unhappy with his retention price by Sunrisers Hyderabad, Shikhar Dhawan was rumored to be transferred to Mumbai Indians, or Kings XI Punjab before eventually returning to his home team of Delhi Capitals. PlayerNationalitySalaryFromToDateRefQuinton de Kock Royal Challengers BangaloreMumbai Indians19 October 2018Mandeep SinghRoyal Challengers BangaloreKings XI Punjab28 October 2018 Marcus StoinisKings XI PunjabRoyal Challengers BangaloreShikhar Dhawan Sunrisers HyderabadDelhi Capitals5 November 2018Vijay ShankarDelhi CapitalsSunrisers HyderabadShahbaz NadeemAbhishek Sharma ↓: Player(s) was/were swapped with the player(s) mentioned in the next row(s). ↑: Player(s) was/were swapped with the player(s) mentioned in the previous row(s).

Released players Gautam Gambhir, Yuvraj Singh and Glenn Maxwell were the prominent names among the released players. Jaydev Unadkat, the costliest Indian player in 2018 auction, was also released. PlayerNationalitySalaryDateRefChennai Super KingsMark Wood14 November 2018Kanishk Seth14 November 2018Kshitiz Sharma14 November 2018Delhi CapitalsGlenn Maxwell15 November 2018Mohammad Shami15 November 2018Gautam Gambhir15 November 2018Daniel Christian15 November 2018Jason Roy15 November 2018Naman Ojha15 November 2018Gurkeerat Singh15 November 2018Sayan Ghosh15 November 2018Liam Plunkett15 November 2018Junior Dala15 November 2018Kings XI PunjabAxar Patel15 November 2018Aaron Finch15 November 2018Mohit Sharma15 November 2018Barinder Sran15 November 2018Yuvraj Singh15 November 2018Ben Dwarshuis15 November 2018Akshdeep Nath15 November 2018Manoj Tiwary15 November 2018Manzoor Dar15 November 2018Mayank Dagar15 November 2018Pardeep Sahu15 November 2018Kolkata Knight RidersMitchell Starc14 November 2018Cameron Delport15 November 2018Javon Searles15 November 2018Apoorv Wankhade15 November 2018Ishank Jaggi15 November 2018 PlayerNationalitySalaryDateRefMumbai IndiansMustafizur Rahman19 October 2018 Akila Dananjaya19 October 2018Pat Cummins15 November 2018Pradeep Sangwan15 November 2018JP Duminy15 November 2018Saurabh Tiwary15 November 2018Tajinder Singh15 November 2018MD Nidheesh15 November 2018Mohsin Khan15 November 2018Sharad Lumba15 November 2018Rajasthan RoyalsJaydev Unadkat15 November 2018D'Arcy Short15 November 2018Zahir Khan Pakteen15 November 2018Ben Laughlin15 November 2018Dushmantha Chameera15 November 2018Anureet Singh15 November 2018Ankit Sharma15 November 2018Jatin Saxena15 November 2018Heinrich Klaasen15 November 2018Royal Challengers BangaloreChris Woakes15 November 2018Brendon McCullum15 November 2018Sarfaraz Khan15 November 2018Murugan Ashwin15 November 2018Manan Vohra15 November 2018Aniket Choudhary15 November 2018Aniruddha Joshi15 November 2018Pavan Deshpande15 November 2018Corey Anderson15 November 2018Sunrisers HyderabadWriddhiman Saha15 November 2018Carlos Brathwaite15 November 2018Chris Jordan15 November 2018Bipul Sharma15 November 2018Mehdi Hasan15 November 2018Sachin Baby15 November 2018Tanmay Agarwal15 November 2018Alex Hales15 November 2018 REP: Players who were unsold originally in 2018 auction but were later signed up as a replacement player. RET: Players who were retained by the teams before the 2018 auction.

Retained players The team retentions were announced on 15 November 2018.

PlayerNationalitySalaryChennai Super KingsMahendra Singh DhoniSuresh RainaKedar JadhavRavindra JadejaDwayne BravoKarn SharmaShane WatsonShardul ThakurAmbati RayuduDavid WilleyHarbhajan SinghMurali VijayFaf du PlessisImran TahirSam BillingsDeepak ChaharLungi NgidiMitchell SantnerKM AsifChaitanya BishnoiDhruv ShoreyMonu SinghNarayan JagadeesanDelhi CapitalsRishabh PantChris MorrisShreyas IyerKagiso RabadaAmit MishraRahul TewatiaTrent BoultColin MunroPrithvi ShawAvesh KhanJayant YadavHarshal PatelManjot KalraSandeep LamichhaneKings XI PunjabKL RahulRavichandran AshwinAndrew TyeKarun NairMujeeb Ur RahmanAnkit RajpootDavid MillerChris GayleMayank AgarwalKolkata Knight RidersSunil NarineChris LynnAndre RussellDinesh KarthikRobin UthappaKuldeep YadavPiyush ChawlaNitish RanaKamlesh NagarkotiShivam MaviShubman GillRinku SinghPrasidh Krishna

PlayerNationalitySalaryMumbai IndiansRohit SharmaHardik PandyaKrunal PandyaJasprit BumrahIshan KishanKieron PollardEvin LewisSuryakumar YadavBen CuttingRahul ChaharJason BehrendorffMitchell McClenaghanAdam MilneAditya TareAnukul RoyMayank MarkandeSiddhesh LadRajasthan RoyalsBen StokesSteve SmithSanju SamsonJofra ArcherKrishnappa GowthamJos ButtlerAjinkya RahaneRahul TripathiDhawal KulkarniIsh SodhiStuart BinnyAryaman BirlaMahipal LomrorPrashant ChopraShreyas GopalSudhesan MidhunRoyal Challengers BangaloreVirat KohliAB de VilliersYuzvendra ChahalUmesh YadavWashington SundarNavdeep SainiMohammed SirajColin de GrandhommeNathan Coulter-NileMoeen AliParthiv PatelPawan NegiTim SoutheeKulwant KhejroliyaSunrisers HyderabadDavid WarnerManish PandeyRashid KhanBhuvneshwar KumarSiddarth KaulDeepak HoodaKane WilliamsonKhaleel AhmedSandeep SharmaShakib Al HasanYusuf PathanMohammad NabiShreevats GoswamiBasil ThampiBilly StanlakeThangarasu NatarajanRicky Bhui

: Players who were traded after the 2019 auction.

Summary + Pre-Auction summary Team Retained Transfers In Released Transfers Out Funds Remaining Player Slots Remaining (Max) Players Amount Players Amount Players Amount Players Amount Overall Overseas Chennai230—30— 20 Delhi141 103 103 Punjab9 111 1 154 Kolkata130—80— 125 Mumbai171100— 71 Rajasthan160— 90— 93 Bangalore141 9 2 102 Hyderabad1738 1 52 Maximum overseas players: 9; Squad size- Min:18 and Max:25; Budget:₹82 crore

Auction The player auction was held on 18 December 2018 at Jaipur. The auction was reckoned to be affected by limited availability of foreign players due to the 2019 Cricket World Cup. Initially 1003 players submitted their names for auction and the franchises were asked to submit their final shortlist by 10 December. 346 players were shortlisted. 5 more players were added to list on auction day making the final list to 351 including 228 Indian players. Ten players have listed themselves at the base price of Rs. 2 crore. 60 players were sold and amount of Rs.106.8 crore was spent in the auction. Jaydev Unadkat and uncapped Varun Chakravarthy were the costliest players at Rs.8.4 crore. Sam Curran was the most expensive foreign player at Rs. 7.2 crore. Prominent players like Cheteshwar Pujara, Brendon McCullum and Alex Hales remained unsold.

Summary + Team summary Team Funds Remaining (₹ in Lacs) In Auction Overall (including Retained) Uncapped Players Overseas Players Total Players Uncapped Players Overseas Players Total Players Chennai3201026825 Delhi77053109825 Punjab370841310823 Kolkata60545810821 Mumbai35531610825 Rajasthan71543912825 Bangalore1806296824 Hyderabad5300235823

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