IPL_2015_auction

List of 2015 Indian Premier League personnel changes

List of 2015 Indian Premier League personnel changes

Add article description

This is a list of all the personnel changes for the 2015 Indian Premier League (IPL). Apart from the players retained by their franchises, the rest entered the pool of players put up for auction. Notable names among these were Yuvraj Singh (released by Royal Challengers Bangalore), Pragyan Ojha and Zaheer Khan (released by Mumbai Indians), Kevin Pietersen (released by Delhi Daredevils) among others.

Trading window

There were 2 trading windows prior to the auction which was held on 16 February 2015. A third trading window opened after the auction. During these trading windows, franchises could trade players with other franchises.

More information S.No, Nat ...

Retained players

Prior to the auction, teams could release players and retain those that they wanted for the next season. The salaries of the released players would be added to the salary purse of the teams which was increased to Rs. 63 crores for the 2015 edition. The salaries of the retained players was deducted from this purse.[2]

More information S.No, Nat ...

Auction

Summary

66 players (43 Indians and 23 Overseas) were sold at the auction. Yuvraj Singh and Dinesh Karthik fetched the highest bids of ₹ 16 crore and ₹ 10.5 crore respectively. Angelo Mathews was the most costly foreign player at ₹ 7.5 crore. Many prominent players such as Kumar Sangakkara, Ross Taylor, Alex Hales, Cameron White and Tillakaratne Dilshan remained unsold at the auction.[4]

More information Country, Capped ...

Sold players

More information Name, Nat ...

Source:Pepsi IPL 2015 Player Auction[6]

Withdrawn players

The following players withdrew from the tournament either due to injuries or because of other reasons.

More information Player, Team ...

Replacement signings

Players were signed as replacement of contracted players who were not available to play due to injuries and national commitments. Under IPL rules, the replacements have to be chosen from the pool of players who went unsold in the auction, and cannot be paid more than the players they are replacing, though they can be paid less.

More information Player, Replaced ...

References

  1. [1]
    "IPLT20.com – Mandeep Singh joins RCB ahead of 2015 season". IPLT20.com. 5 February 2015. Archived from the original on 6 April 2015. Retrieved 13 April 2015.
  2. [2]
    "123 players retained, 5 traded across teams for Pepsi IPL 2015 season". IPLT20.com. 15 December 2014. Archived from the original on 7 April 2015. Retrieved 13 April 2015.
  3. [3]
    "Player transfers before IPL 2015". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 13 April 2015.
  4. [4]
    "List of players sold and unsold in IPL 2015 auction". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN. 16 February 2015. Retrieved 13 April 2015.
  5. [5]
    "List of players up for auction". ESPNcricinfo. 15 February 2015. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
  6. [6]
    "IPLT20.com – Indian Premier League Auction 2015". IPLT20.com. 16 February 2015. Retrieved 13 April 2015.
  7. [7]
    "KKR bring in Botha, Mahmood as replacements". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN. 30 March 2015. Retrieved 13 April 2015.
  8. [8]
    "SRH and Kevin Pietersen reach agreement over IPL 2015". IPLT20.com. 25 March 2015. Archived from the original on 6 April 2015. Retrieved 13 April 2015.
  9. [9]
    "Kane Richardson withdraws from IPL". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN. 3 April 2015. Retrieved 13 April 2015.
  10. [10]
    "Josh Hazlewood opts out of IPL". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN. 9 April 2015. Retrieved 13 April 2015.
  11. [11]
    "Finch ruled out of rest of IPL season". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN. 9 April 2015. Retrieved 13 April 2015.
  12. [12]
    "Shami ruled out of Pepsi IPL 2015 season". IPLT20.com. 23 April 2015. Archived from the original on 25 April 2015. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
  13. [13]
    "Bipul Sharma to replace LR Shukla in SRH". IPL. IPL. 19 April 2015. Archived from the original on 21 April 2015. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
  14. [14]
    "Milne blow for Royal Challengers". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN. 22 April 2015. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
  15. [15]
    "Injury brings Anderson's IPL to an end". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN. 23 April 2015. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
  16. [16]
    "KXIP release Johnson and Marsh". IPL. IPL. 11 May 2015. Archived from the original on 14 May 2015. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
  17. [17]
    "Hilfenhaus replaces Finch at MI". IPL. IPL. 24 April 2015. Archived from the original on 25 April 2015. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
  18. [18]
    "Colin Munro replaces Hazlewood in MI squad". IPL. IPL. 24 April 2015. Archived from the original on 26 April 2015. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
  19. [19]
    "Hales replaces Anderson at MI". IPL. IPL. 14 May 2015. Archived from the original on 16 May 2015. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article IPL_2015_auction, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.