List of 2011 Indian Premier League personnel changes
This is a list of all personnel changes for the 2011 Indian Premier League.
Retirement
Auction
The players auction for the 2011 Indian Premier League was held on 8 and 9 January 2011 at the ITC Royal Gardenia, Bangalore. The auction comprised 350 players put for auction in English auction. Each player in the auction pool had a bidding base price under which franchise owners could not bid. Players were allowed to set their base price between $200,000 to $400,000.There are reports that some teams spent $12 million on players, despite the salary cap being $9 million.
Sold players
Replacement signings
Many franchises signed players after the IPL auction, as replacement of contracted players who were not available to play due to injuries and national commitments. Under IPL rules, the replacements had to be chosen from the pool of players who went unsold in the January auction, and could not be paid more than the players they were replacing, though they could be paid less.| Player | Replaced | Team | Price | Reason for replacement |
| Tim Southee | Ben Hilfenhaus | Chennai Super Kings | $100,000 | Injury |
| Chris Gayle | Dirk Nannes | Royal Challengers Bangalore | $650,000 | Injury – side strain |
| Jacob Oram | Paul Collingwood | Rajasthan Royals | $250,000 | Injury – damaged cartilage in right knee |
| Ryan McLaren | Stuart Broad | Kings XI Punjab | $250,000 | Injury – side strain |
| David Miller | Dimitri Mascarenhas | Kings XI Punjab | $100,000 | Surgery – to fix achilles heel injury |
| Mark Boucher | Brad Haddin | Kolkata Knight Riders | $325,000 | Injury – middle finger |
| Sourav Ganguly | Ashish Nehra | Pune Warriors India | $400,000 | Injury – finger |
| James Faulkner | Angelo Mathews | Pune Warriors India | $100,000 | Injury – leg |
| Ray Price | Moises Henriques | Mumbai Indians | $50,000 | Injury – adductor muscle |
| Dilhara Fernando | Clint McKay | Mumbai Indians | $100,000 | Injury – stress fracture in left foot |