List of 2019 Indian Premier League personnel changes
This is a list of all personnel changes for the 2019 Indian Premier League.
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.| Player | Nationality | Salary | From | To | Date | Ref |
| Quinton de Kock | Royal Challengers Bangalore | Mumbai Indians | 19 October 2018 | |||
| Mandeep Singh | Royal Challengers Bangalore | Kings XI Punjab | 28 October 2018 | |||
| Marcus Stoinis | Kings XI Punjab | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 28 October 2018 | |||
| Shikhar Dhawan | Sunrisers Hyderabad | Delhi Capitals | 5 November 2018 | |||
| Vijay Shankar | Delhi Capitals | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 5 November 2018 | |||
| Shahbaz Nadeem | Delhi Capitals | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 5 November 2018 | |||
| Abhishek Sharma | Delhi Capitals | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 5 November 2018 |
Released players
, 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.Retained players
The team retentions were announced on 15 November 2018.Summary
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
Sold players
Source:Vivo IPL 2019 Player AuctionPost-auction trading
A trading window opened after the auction took place with a deadline of 5:00PM 30 days prior to the start of the 2019 season.| Player | Nationality | Salary | From | To | Date | Ref |
| Jayant Yadav | Delhi Capitals | Mumbai Indians | 20 December 2018 |
Withdrawn players
The following players withdrew from the tournament either due to injuries or because of other reasons.| Player | Team | Auctioned/Retention Price | Reason | Announcement date | Replacement Player | Replacement Player's Price | Replacement Player's Base Price | Signing date | Ref |
| Shivam Mavi | Kolkata Knight Riders | Back Stress fracture | 14 March 2019 | K C Cariappa | 17 March 2019 | ||||
| Kamlesh Nagarkoti | Kolkata Knight Riders | Back injury | 14 March 2019 | Sandeep Warrier | 17 March 2019 | ||||
| Anrich Nortje | Kolkata Knight Riders | Shoulder injury | 20 March 2019 | Matthew Kelly | 11 April 2019 | ||||
| Lungi Ngidi | Chennai Super Kings | Side-strain injury | 20 March 2019 | Scott Kuggeleijn | 30 March 2019 | ||||
| Adam Milne | Mumbai Indians | Swollen heel | 22 March 2019 | Alzarri Joseph | 28 March 2019 | ||||
| David Willey | Chennai Super Kings | Family reasons | 29 March 2019 | ||||||
| Harshal Patel | Delhi Capitals | Right Hand Fracture | 11 April 2019 | Jagadeesha Suchith | 13 April 2019 | ||||
| Nathan Coulter-Nile | Royal Challengers Bangalore | Stiff Back | 11 April 2019 | Dale Steyn | 12 April 2019 | ||||
| Alzarri Joseph | Mumbai Indians | Shoulder dislocation | 15 April 2019 | Beuran Hendricks | 23 April 2019 | ||||
| Dale Steyn | Royal Challengers Bangalore | Shoulder inflammation | 25 April 2019 | ||||||
| Varun Chakravarthy | Kings XI Punjab | Finger injury | 1 May 2019 | ||||||
| Kagiso Rabada | Delhi Capitals | Back niggle | 3 May 2019 | ||||||
| Kedar Jadhav | Chennai Super Kings | Shoulder injury | 5 May 2019 |