List of 2021 Indian Premier League personnel changes

This is a list of all personnel changes for the 2021 Indian Premier League.

Pre-auction

The BCCI set the deadline of 20 January 2021 for the list of retained and released players for IPL franchise teams. The trading window remained open till 11 February 2021 and was closed for one week, before being reopened on 19 February 2021.

Transfers

Released players

The released players were announced on 20 January 2021. Steve Smith, Aaron Finch and Glenn Maxwell were the prominent names among the released players. Piyush Chawla, the costliest Indian player at the 2020 auction, was also released.

Retained players

The retained players were announced on 20 January 2021.

Summary

Auction

The auction was conducted on 18 February 2021 in Chennai. A total of 1097 players initially registered for the auction of which 292 were selected for the auction, including 125 overseas players and three players from associate nations.

Sold players

S.No	Set No	Set	Name	Country	Playing Role	IPL Matches	Capped / Uncapped / Associate	Base Price	IPL 2021 Team	Auctioned Price	IPL 2020 Team	IPL Team
1	1	BA1	Steve Smith		Batsman	95	Capped	200	Delhi Capitals	220	RR	RCB, PWI, RPS & RR
2	2	AL1	Glenn Maxwell		All Rounder	82	Capped	200	Royal Challengers Bangalore	1425	PBKS	MI, PBKS & DC
3	2	AL1	Shakib Al Hasan		All Rounder	63	Capped	200	Kolkata Knight Riders	320		KKR & SRH
4	2	AL1	Moeen Ali		All Rounder	19	Capped	200	Chennai Super Kings	700	RCB	RCB
5	2	AL1	Shivam Dube		All Rounder	15	Capped	50	Rajasthan Royals	440	RCB	RCB
6	2	AL1	Chris Morris		All Rounder	70	Capped	75	Rajasthan Royals	1625	RCB	CSK, RR, DC & RCB
7	2	AL1	Dawid Malan		All Rounder		Capped	150	Punjab Kings	150
8	4	FA1	Adam Milne		Fast Bowler	5	Capped	50	Mumbai Indians	320		RCB, MI
9	4	FA1	Mustafizur Rahman		Fast Bowler	24	Capped	100	Rajasthan Royals	100		MI & SRH
10	4	FA1	Jhye Richardson		Fast Bowler		Capped	150	Punjab Kings	1400
11	4	FA1	Nathan Coulter-Nile		Fast Bowler	33	Capped	150	Mumbai Indians	500	MI	MI, DC, KKR & RCB
12	4	FA1	Umesh Yadav		Fast Bowler	121	Capped	100	Delhi Capitals	100	RCB	DC, KKR & RCB
13	5	SP1	Piyush Chawla		Spinner	164	Capped	50	Mumbai Indians	240	CSK	PBKS, KKR & CSK
14	6	UBA1	Sachin Baby		Batsman	18	Uncapped	20	Royal Challengers Bangalore	20		RR, RCB, SRH
15	6	UBA1	Rajat Patidar		Batsman		Uncapped	20	Royal Challengers Bangalore	20
16	7	UAL1	Ripal Patel		All Rounder		Uncapped	20	Delhi Capitals	20
17	7	UAL1	Shahrukh Khan		All Rounder		Uncapped	20	Punjab Kings	525
18	7	UAL1	Krishnappa Gowtham		All Rounder	24	Uncapped	20	Chennai Super Kings	925	PBKS	MI, RR, PBKS
19	8	UWK1	Vishnu Vinod		Wicket Keeper	3	Uncapped	20	Delhi Capitals	20		RCB
20	8	UWK1	Sheldon Jackson		Wicket Keeper	4	Uncapped	20	Kolkata Knight Riders	20		KKR & RCB
21	8	UWK1	Mohammed Azharuddeen		Wicket Keeper		Uncapped	20	Royal Challengers Bangalore	20
22	9	UFA1	Lukman Hussain Meriwala		Fast Bowler		Uncapped	20	Delhi Capitals	20
23	9	UFA1	Chetan Sakariya		Fast Bowler		Uncapped	20	Rajasthan Royals	120
24	9	UFA1	Riley Meredith		Fast bowler		Uncapped	40	Punjab Kings	800
25	10	USP1	Manimaran Siddharth		Spinner		Uncapped	20	Delhi Capitals	20	KKR	KKR
26	10	USP1	Jagadeesha Suchith		Spinner	15	Uncapped	20	Sunrisers Hyderabad	30	PBKS	MI, PBKS & DC
27	10	USP1	K. C. Cariappa		Spinner	11	Uncapped	20	Rajasthan Royals	20		KKR & PBKS
28	11	BA2	Cheteshwar Pujara		Batsman	30	Capped	50	Chennai Super Kings	50		KKR, RCB & PBKS
29	12	AL2	Kyle Jamieson		All Rounder		Capped	75	Royal Challengers Bangalore	1500
30	12	AL2	Tom Curran		All Rounder	10	Capped	150	Delhi Capitals	525	RR	KKR & RR
31	12	AL2	Moises Henriques		All Rounder	57	Capped	100	Punjab Kings	420		KKR, DC, MI, PBKS, RCB & SRH
32	14	UAL2	Jalaj Saxena		All Rounder		Uncapped	20	Punjab Kings	30		MI, RCB & DC
33	14	UAL2	Utkarsh Singh		All Rounder		Uncapped	20	Punjab Kings	20
34	14	UAL2	Vaibhav Arora		All Rounder		Uncapped	20	Kolkata Knight Riders	20
35	14	UAL2	Fabian Allen		All Rounder		Capped	75	Punjab Kings	75	SRH	SRH
36	14	UAL2	Dan Christian		All Rounder	40	Capped	75	Royal Challengers Bangalore	480		DCH, RCB, RPS & DC
37	14	UAL2	Liam Livingstone		All Rounder	4	Capped	75	Rajasthan Royals	75		RR
38	14	UAL2	Suyash Prabhudessai		All Rounder		Uncapped	20	Royal Challengers Bangalore	20
39	14	UWK2	Kona Srikar Bharat		Wicket Keeper		Uncapped	20	Royal Challengers Bangalore	20		DC
40	14	UAL2	Harishankar Reddy		All Rounder		Uncapped	20	Chennai Super Kings	20
41	14	UAL2	Kuldip Yadav		All Rounder		Uncapped	20	Rajasthan Royals	20
42	14	UAL2	James Neesham		All Rounder		Capped	50	Mumbai Indians	50	PBKS	KKR, DC & PBKS
43	14	UAL2	Yudhvir Charak		All Rounder		Uncapped	20	Mumbai Indians	20
44	14	UAL2	Bhagath Varma		All Rounder		Uncapped	20	Chennai Super Kings	20
45	14	UAL2	Marco Jansen		All Rounder		Uncapped	20	Mumbai Indians	20
46	14	UAL2	Saurabh Kumar		All Rounder		Uncapped	20	Punjab Kings	20		RPS
47	14	UBA2	Karun Nair		Batsman	73	Capped	50	Kolkata Knight Riders	50	PBKS	RCB, RR, DC & PBKS
48	14	AL2	Kedar Jadhav		All Rounder	87	Capped	200	Sunrisers Hyderabad	200	CSK	DC, KTK, RCB & CSK
49	14	WK2	Sam Billings		Wicket Keeper	22	Capped	200	Delhi Capitals	200		DC & CSK
50	14	USP2	Mujeeb Ur Rahman		Spinner	18	Capped	150	Sunrisers Hyderabad	150	PBKS	PBKS
51	14	SP2	Harbhajan Singh		Spinner	160	Capped	200	Kolkata Knight Riders	200	CSK	MI, CSK
52	14	UBA2	Chezhian Harinishanth		Batsman		Uncapped	20	Chennai Super Kings	20
53	14	AL2	Ben Cutting		All Rounder	21	Capped	75	Kolkata Knight Riders	75		PBKS, RR, SRH & MI
54	14	UAL2	Venkatesh Iyer		All Rounder		Uncapped	20	Kolkata Knight Riders	20
55	14	UAL2	Pawan Negi		All Rounder	50	Capped	50	Kolkata Knight Riders	50	RCB	DC, CSK & RCB
56	14	UFA2	Akash Singh		Fast Bowler		Uncapped	20	Rajasthan Royals	20	RR	RR
57	14	UAL2	Arjun Tendulkar		All Rounder		Uncapped	20	Mumbai Indians	20