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.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.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 |
Withdrawn players
The following players withdrew from the tournament either due to injuries or because of other reasons.- Bold – Players returned for UAE leg. Players listed as their replacements were put into the available players pool.