This is a list of all personnel changes for the
2019 Indian Premier League
The 2019 season of the Indian Premier League, also known as IPL 12, was the twelfth season of the IPL, a professional Twenty20 cricket league established by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) in 2007. At one point other countries ...
.
Pre-auction
IPL set the deadline of 15 November for both the trading window and the list of retained and released players.
Transfers
After being unhappy with his retention price by
Sunrisers Hyderabad
Sunrisers Hyderabad (stylised as SunRisers Hyderabad, SRH) are a franchise cricket team based in Hyderabad, Telangana, India, that plays in the Indian Premier League (IPL). The franchise is owned by Kalanithi Maran of the SUN Group and was ...
,
Shikhar Dhawan
Shikhar Dhawan (born 5 December 1985) is an Indian cricketer. Being a left-handed opening batsman and occasional captain of the India national cricket team, he captains Punjab Kings in the Indian Premier League and plays for Delhi in first-class ...
was rumored to be transferred to Mumbai Indians, or Kings XI Punjab before eventually returning to his home team of Delhi Capitals.
: ↓: Player(s) was/were swapped with the player(s) mentioned in the next row(s).
: ↑: Player(s) was/were swapped with the player(s) mentioned in the previous row(s).
Released players
Gautam Gambhir
Gautam Gambhir (; born 14 October 1981) is an Indian politician and former cricketer, who has played all formats of the game. He is a current member of the Lok Sabha since 2019. He received the Padma Shri from the Government of India in 2019, t ...
,
Yuvraj Singh
Yuvraj Singh (born 12 December 1981) is a former Indian international cricketer who played in all formats of the game. He is an all-rounder who batted left-handed in the middle order and bowled slow left-arm orthodox . He has won 7 Player of ...
and
Glenn Maxwell
Glenn James Maxwell (born 14 October 1988) is an Australian professional cricketer, who represents Australia national cricket team in One Day International and Twenty20 International formats of the game and has played Test cricket for Australi ...
were the prominent names among the released players.
Jaydev Unadkat
Jaydev Dipakbhai Unadkat (born 18 October 1991) is an Indian professional cricketer who has played for the Indian national team. He plays for Saurashtra in domestic cricket. He represented India in the Under-19 Cricket World Cup in 2010. In Ma ...
, the costliest Indian player in 2018 auction, was also released.
: REP: Players who were unsold originally in 2018 auction but were later signed up as a replacement player.
: RET: Players who were retained by the teams before the 2018 auction.
Retained players
The team retentions were announced on 15 November 2018.
:: Players who were traded after the 2019 auction.
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
Jaipur (; Hindi Language, Hindi: ''Jayapura''), formerly Jeypore, is the List of state and union territory capitals in India, capital and largest city of the Indian States and union territories of India, state of Rajasthan. , the city had a pop ...
. The auction was reckoned to be affected by limited availability of foreign players due to the
2019 Cricket World Cup
The 2019 ICC Cricket World Cup was the 12th Cricket World Cup, a quadrennial One Day International (ODI) cricket tournament contested by men's national teams and organised by the International Cricket Council (ICC). It was hosted between 30 May ...
. 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
Jaydev Dipakbhai Unadkat (born 18 October 1991) is an Indian professional cricketer who has played for the Indian national team. He plays for Saurashtra in domestic cricket. He represented India in the Under-19 Cricket World Cup in 2010. In Ma ...
and uncapped
Varun Chakravarthy
Varun Vinod Chakravarthy (born 29 August 1991) is an Indian cricketer who plays for Tamil Nadu in domestic cricket and Kolkata Knight Riders in the Indian Premier League (IPL) as a leg spin bowler. He made his international debut for the India c ...
were the costliest players at Rs.8.4 crore.
Sam Curran
Samuel Matthew Curran (born 3 June 1998) is an English cricketer who plays for England in all formats. In domestic cricket, he represents Surrey, and has played in multiple Twenty20 leagues, including for Kings XI Punjab and Chennai Super King ...
was the most expensive foreign player at Rs. 7.2 crore. Prominent players like
Cheteshwar Pujara,
Brendon McCullum
Brendon Barrie McCullum (born 27 September 1981) is a cricket coach, commentator and former cricketer representing New Zealand, who played all formats, including as captain. McCullum was renowned for his quick scoring, notably recording the f ...
and
Alex Hales
Alexander Daniel Hales (born 3 January 1989) is an English cricketer. He is a right-handed opening batter who currently plays for Nottinghamshire and the England cricket team in white ball, limited overs formats. He made his One Day Internation ...
remained unsold.
Summary
Maximum overseas players: 8; Squad size- Min:18 and Max:25; Budget:₹82 Crore
Note:
Associate players are not classified as either capped or uncapped.
Sold players
Source:Vivo IPL 2019 Player Auction
: ACC: Players who were part of accelerated bidding.
: REC-1/2/3: Players unsold originally but brought back for Recall Round-1, 2 or 3.
: DI-REC-2/3: Players not called in accelerated process but were brought back for Recall Round-2 or 3.
: * : Players were in the squad for the season but did not play any match.
: 0 : Players mentioned as 0 in IPL matches column were part of the squad but did not play any matches.
Unsold players
The following players remained unsold at the end of the auction.
Source:Vivo IPL 2019 Player Auction
: LAT: Players who were not in the initial shortlist of 346 but were later added on the auction day.
: ACC: Players who were part of accelerated bidding.
: NCA: Players who were not called for the auction.
: REC-1/2/1&2: Players unsold originally in the auction but brought back for Recall Round-1 or 2 or both.
: DI-REC-2: Players not called in accelerated process but were brought back for Recall Round-2.
: REP: Players not sold in the auction but later came as replacement player for sold players.
: * : Players were in the squad for the season but did not play any match.
: 0 : Players mentioned as 0 in IPL matches column were part of the squad but did not play any matches.
Post-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.
Withdrawn players
The following players withdrew from the tournament either due to injuries or because of other reasons.
Support staff changes
References
External links
{{Indian Premier League
Indian Premier League personnel changes
2019 Indian Premier League