List of 2021 Indian Premier League personnel changes

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

2021 Indian Premier League Auction
General information
Sport	Cricket
Date(s)	18 February 2021 (2021-02-18)
Time	3 PM IST
Location	Chennai
Network(s)	Star Sports & Disney+ Hotstar
Overview
League	Indian Premier League
Teams	8
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Pre-auction

The BCCI set the deadline of 20 January 2021 for the list of retained and released players for IPL franchise teams.^[1] The trading window remained open till 11 February 2021 and was closed for one week, before being reopened on 19 February 2021.^[2]

Transfers

Player	Nat	Salary Before	From	To	Salary After	Date	Ref
Daniel Sams REP		₹20 lakh	Delhi Capitals	Royal Challengers Bangalore		20 January 2021	[3]
Harshal Patel		₹20 lakh	Delhi Capitals	Royal Challengers Bangalore
Robin Uthappa		₹3 crore	Rajasthan Royals	Chennai Super Kings		21 January 2021	[4]

^↓ ↓: 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).

^REP REP: Players who were unsold originally in the 2020 auction but were later signed up as a replacement player.

Released players

The released players were announced on 20 January 2021.^[5][6] 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.

Player Nat Salary Ref Chennai Super Kings Kedar Jadhav ₹7.8 crore [5] Piyush Chawla ₹6.75 crore [5] Shane Watson[lower-alpha 1] ₹4 crore [5] Murali Vijay ₹2 crore [5] Harbhajan Singh ₹2 crore [5] Monu Kumar Singh ₹20 lakh [5] Delhi Capitals Alex Carey ₹2.40 crore [5] Jason Roy ₹1.5 crore [5] Mohit Sharma ₹50 lakh [5] Keemo Paul ₹50 lakh [5] Sandeep Lamichhane ₹20 lakh [5] Tushar Deshpande ₹20 lakh [5] Kolkata Knight Riders Tom Banton ₹1 crore [5] Harry Gurney ₹75 lakh [5] Chris Green ₹20 lakh [5] Siddhesh Lad ₹20 lakh [5] Nikhil Naik ₹20 lakh [5] M Siddharth ₹20 lakh [5] Mumbai Indians Nathan Coulter-Nile ₹8 crore [5] Lasith Malinga[lower-alpha 1] ₹2 crore [5] Sherfane Rutherford ₹2 crore [5] Mitchell McClenaghan ₹1 crore [5] Prince Balwant Rai ₹20 lakh [5] Digvijay Deshmukh ₹20 lakh [5] James Pattinson[REP] ₹1 crore [5]

Player Nat Salary Ref Punjab Kings Glenn Maxwell ₹10.75 crore [5] Sheldon Cottrell ₹8.50 crore [5] Krishnappa Gowtham ₹6.20 crore [5] Karun Nair ₹5.60 crore [5] Mujeeb Ur Rahman ₹4 crore [5] James Neesham ₹50 lakh [5] Hardus Viljoen ₹75 lakh [5] J Suchith ₹20 lakh [5] Tajinder Singh ₹20 lakh [5] Rajasthan Royals Steve Smith ₹12.5 crore [5] Ankit Rajpoot ₹3 crore [5] Varun Aaron ₹2.4 crore [5] Tom Curran ₹1 crore [5] Oshane Thomas ₹50 lakh [5] Shashank Singh ₹30 lakh [5] Akash Singh ₹20 lakh [5] Aniruddha Joshi ₹20 lakh [5] Royal Challengers Bangalore Chris Morris ₹10 crore [5] Shivam Dube ₹5 crore [5] Aaron Finch ₹4.4 crore [5] Umesh Yadav ₹4.2 crore [5] Dale Steyn ₹2 crore [5] Parthiv Patel[lower-alpha 1] ₹1.7 crore [5] Moeen Ali ₹1.7 crore [5] Pawan Negi ₹1 crore [5] Gurkeerat Singh Mann ₹50 lakh [5] Isuru Udana ₹50 lakh [5] Sunrisers Hyderabad Billy Stanlake ₹50 lakh [5] Fabian Allen ₹50 lakh [5] Yarra Prithvi Raj REP ₹20 lakh [5] R Sanjay Yadav ₹20 lakh [5] Bavanaka Sandeep ₹20 lakh [5]

^REP REP: Players who were unsold originally in the 2020 auction but were later signed up as a replacement player.

1. Player retired after the 2020 IPL

Retained players

The retained players were announced on 20 January 2021.^[7]

Player Nat Salary Chennai Super Kings MS Dhoni ₹15 crore (US$1.8 million) Suresh Raina ₹11 crore (US$1.3 million) Ravindra Jadeja ₹7 crore (US$840,000) Dwayne Bravo ₹6.4 crore (US$770,000) Sam Curran ₹5.5 crore (US$660,000) Karn Sharma ₹5 crore (US$600,000) Shardul Thakur ₹2.6 crore (US$310,000) Ambati Rayudu ₹2.2 crore (US$260,000) Josh Hazlewood ₹2 crore (US$240,000) Faf du Plessis ₹1.6 crore (US$190,000) Imran Tahir ₹1 crore (US$120,000) Deepak Chahar ₹80 lakh (US$96,000) Lungisani Ngidi ₹50 lakh (US$60,000) Mitchell Santner ₹50 lakh (US$60,000) KM Asif ₹40 lakh (US$48,000) Jagadeesan Narayan ₹20 lakh (US$24,000) Ruturaj Gaikwad ₹20 lakh (US$24,000) R Sai Kishore ₹20 lakh (US$24,000) Delhi Capitals Rishabh Pant ₹8 crore (US$960,000)[lower-alpha 1] Shimron Hetmyer ₹7.75 crore (US$930,000) Ravichandran Ashwin ₹7.6 crore (US$910,000) Shreyas Iyer ₹7 crore (US$840,000) Ajinkya Rahane ₹5.25 crore (US$630,000) Shikhar Dhawan ₹5.2 crore (US$620,000) Axar Patel ₹5 crore (US$600,000) Marcus Stoinis ₹4.8 crore (US$580,000) Kagiso Rabada ₹4.2 crore (US$500,000) Amit Mishra ₹4 crore (US$480,000) Chris Woakes ₹1.5 crore (US$180,000) Prithvi Shaw ₹1.2 crore (US$140,000) Mark Wood ₹1.1 crore (US$130,000) Anrich Nortje REP ₹89.82 lakh (US$110,000) Avesh Khan ₹70 lakh (US$84,000) Lalit Yadav ₹20 lakh (US$24,000) Praveen Dubey ₹20 lakh (US$24,000) Kolkata Knight Riders Pat Cummins ₹15.50 crore (US$1.9 million) Sunil Narine ₹8.5 crore (US$1.0 million)[lower-alpha 2] Andre Russell ₹7 crore (US$840,000)[lower-alpha 3] Dinesh Karthik ₹7.4 crore (US$890,000) Kuldeep Yadav ₹5.8 crore (US$690,000) Eoin Morgan ₹5.25 crore (US$630,000) Varun Chakravarthy ₹4 crore (US$480,000) Nitish Rana ₹3.4 crore (US$410,000) Kamlesh Nagarkoti ₹3.2 crore (US$380,000) Shivam Mavi ₹3 crore (US$360,000) Shubman Gill ₹1.8 crore (US$220,000) Lockie Ferguson ₹1.6 crore (US$190,000) Rinku Singh ₹80 lakh (US$96,000) Rahul Tripathi ₹60 lakh (US$72,000) Tim Seifert REP ₹50 lakh (US$60,000) Prasidh Krishna ₹20 lakh (US$24,000) Sandeep Warrier ₹20 lakh (US$24,000) Mumbai Indians Rohit Sharma ₹15 crore (US$1.8 million) Hardik Pandya ₹11 crore (US$1.3 million) Krunal Pandya ₹8.8 crore (US$1.1 million) Jasprit Bumrah ₹7 crore (US$840,000) Ishan Kishan ₹6.2 crore (US$740,000) Kieron Pollard ₹5.4 crore (US$650,000) Suryakumar Yadav ₹3.2 crore (US$380,000) Trent Boult ₹3.2 crore (US$380,000) Quinton de Kock ₹2.8 crore (US$340,000) Chris Lynn ₹2 crore (US$240,000) Rahul Chahar ₹1.9 crore (US$230,000) Anmolpreet Singh ₹80 lakh (US$96,000) Dhawal Kulkarni ₹75 lakh (US$90,000) Jayant Yadav ₹50 lakh (US$60,000) Saurabh Tiwary ₹50 lakh (US$60,000) Aditya Tare ₹20 lakh (US$24,000) Anukul Roy ₹20 lakh (US$24,000) Mohsin Khan ₹20 lakh (US$24,000)

Player Nat Salary Punjab Kings KL Rahul ₹11 crore (US$1.3 million) Mohammed Shami ₹4.8 crore (US$580,000) Nicholas Pooran ₹4.2 crore (US$500,000) Chris Jordan ₹3 crore (US$360,000) Chris Gayle ₹2 crore (US$240,000) Ravi Bishnoi ₹2 crore (US$240,000) Mandeep Singh ₹1.4 crore (US$170,000) Mayank Agarwal ₹1 crore (US$120,000) Prabhsimran Singh ₹55 lakh (US$66,000) Deepak Hooda ₹50 lakh (US$60,000) Darshan Nalkande ₹30 lakh (US$36,000) Sarfaraz Khan ₹25 lakh (US$30,000) Arshdeep Singh ₹20 lakh (US$24,000) Harpreet Brar ₹20 lakh (US$24,000) Murugan Ashwin ₹20 lakh (US$24,000) Ishan Porel ₹20 lakh (US$24,000) Rajasthan Royals Ben Stokes ₹12.5 crore (US$1.5 million) Sanju Samson ₹8 crore (US$960,000) Jofra Archer ₹7.2 crore (US$860,000) Jos Buttler ₹4.4 crore (US$530,000) Robin Uthappa ₹3 crore (US$360,000) Jaydev Unadkat ₹3 crore (US$360,000) Rahul Tewatia ₹3 crore (US$360,000) Yashasvi Jaiswal ₹2.4 crore (US$290,000) Mayank Markande ₹2 crore (US$240,000) Kartik Tyagi ₹1.3 crore (US$160,000) Andrew Tye ₹1 crore (US$120,000) Anuj Rawat ₹80 lakh (US$96,000) David Miller ₹75 lakh (US$90,000) Mahipal Lomror ₹20 lakh (US$24,000) Manan Vohra ₹20 lakh (US$24,000) Riyan Parag ₹20 lakh (US$24,000) Shreyas Gopal ₹20 lakh (US$24,000) Royal Challengers Bangalore Virat Kohli ₹17 crore (US$2.0 million) AB de Villiers ₹11 crore (US$1.3 million) Yuzvendra Chahal ₹6 crore (US$720,000) Kane Richardson ₹4 crore (US$480,000) Washington Sundar ₹3.2 crore (US$380,000) Navdeep Saini ₹3 crore (US$360,000) Mohammed Siraj ₹2.6 crore (US$310,000) Adam Zampa REP ₹1.5 crore (US$180,000) Josh Philippe ₹20 lakh (US$24,000) Devdutt Padikkal ₹20 lakh (US$24,000) Pavan Deshpande ₹20 lakh (US$24,000) Shahbaz Ahmed ₹20 lakh (US$24,000) Sunrisers Hyderabad David Warner ₹12 crore (US$1.4 million)[lower-alpha 4] Manish Pandey ₹11 crore (US$1.3 million) Rashid Khan ₹9 crore (US$1.1 million) Bhuvneshwar Kumar ₹8.5 crore (US$1.0 million) Siddarth Kaul ₹3.8 crore (US$460,000) Shahbaz Nadeem ₹3.2 crore (US$380,000) Vijay Shankar ₹3.2 crore (US$380,000) Kane Williamson ₹3 crore (US$360,000) Khaleel Ahmed ₹3 crore (US$360,000) Sandeep Sharma ₹3 crore (US$360,000) Jonny Bairstow ₹2.2 crore (US$260,000) Mitchell Marsh ₹2 crore (US$240,000) Priyam Garg ₹1.9 crore (US$230,000) Virat Singh ₹1.9 crore (US$230,000) Wriddhiman Saha ₹1.2 crore (US$140,000) Mohammad Nabi ₹1 crore (US$120,000) Shreevats Goswami ₹1 crore (US$120,000) Basil Thampi ₹95 lakh (US$110,000) Jason Holder REP ₹75 lakh (US$90,000) Abhishek Sharma ₹55 lakh (US$66,000) Thangarasu Natarajan ₹40 lakh (US$48,000) Abdul Samad ₹20 lakh (US$24,000)

1. Pant was retained at a salary of ₹8 crore (US$960,000) but as per the IPL rules, the actual purse deduction for the Delhi team was ₹15 crore (US$1.8 million).
2. Narine was retained at a salary of ₹8.5 crore (US$1.0 million) but as per the IPL rules, the actual purse deduction for the Kolkata team was ₹12.5 crore (US$1.5 million).
3. Russell was retained at a salary of ₹7 crore (US$840,000) but as per the IPL rules, the actual purse deduction for the Kolkata team was ₹8.5 crore (US$1.0 million).
4. Warner was retained at a salary of ₹12 crore (US$1.4 million) but as per IPL rules, the actual purse deduction for the Hyderabad team was ₹12.5 crore (US$1.5 million).

^REP REP: Players who were unsold originally in the 2020 auction but were later signed up as a replacement player.

Summary

Pre-Auction summary^[8]

Team	Retained		Transfers In		Released		Transfers Out		Funds Remaining	Player Slots Remaining (Max)
	Players	Amount	Players	Amount	Players	Amount	Players	Amount		Overall	Overseas
Chennai	21	₹62.10 crore (US$7.4 million)	1	₹3 crore (US$359,456.70)	6	₹22.75 crore (US$2.7 million)	0	—	₹22.90 crore (US$2.7 million)	6	1
Delhi	17	₹72.09 crore (US$8.6 million)	0	—	6	₹5.3 crore (US$635,040.20)	2	₹40 lakh (US$47,927.60)	₹12.90 crore (US$1.5 million)	8	3
Kolkata	17	₹74.25 crore (US$8.9 million)	0	—	6	₹2.55 crore (US$305,538.20)	0	—	₹10.75 crore (US$1.3 million)	8	2
Mumbai	18	₹69.65 crore (US$8.3 million)	0	—	7	₹14.4 crore (US$1.7 million)	0	—	₹15.35 crore (US$1.8 million)	7	4
Punjab	16	₹31.80 crore (US$3.8 million)	0	—	9	₹36.7 crore (US$4.4 million)	0	—	₹53.20 crore (US$6.4 million)	9	5
Rajasthan	16	₹50.15 crore (US$6.0 million)	0	—	8	₹20.1 crore (US$2.4 million)	1	₹3 crore (US$359,456.70)	₹34.85 crore (US$4.2 million)	9	3
Bangalore	14	₹49.10 crore (US$5.9 million)	2	₹40 lakh (US$47,927.60)	10	₹31 crore (US$3.7 million)	0	—	₹35.90 crore (US$4.3 million)	11	3
Hyderabad	22	₹74.25 crore (US$8.9 million)	0	—	5	₹1.6 crore (US$191,710.30)	0	—	₹10.75 crore (US$1.3 million)	3	1
Maximum overseas players: 8; Squad size- Min:18 and Max:25; Budget:₹85 Crore

Auction

The auction was conducted on 18 February 2021 in Chennai.^[9] A total of 1097 players initially registered for the auction^[10] of which 292 were selected for the auction, including 125 overseas players and three players from associate nations.^[11]

Sold players

S.No	Set No	Set	Name	Country	Playing Role	IPL Matches	Capped / Uncapped / Associate	Base Price (in ₹ Lacs)	IPL 2021 Team	Auctioned Price (in ₹ Lacs)	IPL 2020 Team	IPL Team(s)
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.

Player	Team	Auctioned/Retention Price	Reason	Withdrawal Announcement date	Replacement Player	Replacement Player's Price	Replacement Player's Base Price	Signing date	Ref
Josh Philippe	Royal Challengers Bangalore	₹20 lakh (US$23,963.80)	Personal Reasons	10 March 2021	Finn Allen	₹20 lakh (US$23,963.80)	₹20 lakh (US$23,963.80)	10 March 2021	[12]
Shreyas Iyer	Delhi Capitals	₹7 crore (US$838,732.40)	Shoulder injury	30 March 2021	Aniruddha Joshi	₹20 lakh (US$23,963.80)	₹20 lakh (US$23,963.80)	15 April 2021	[13]
Axar Patel	Delhi Capitals	₹5 crore (US$660,000)	Ruled out for a short term due to covid positive	15 April 2021	Shams Mulani	₹20 lakh (US$23,963.80)	₹20 lakh (US$23,963.80)	15 April 2021
Mitchell Marsh	Sunrisers Hyderabad	₹2 crore (US$240,000)	Personal Reasons	31 March 2021	Jason Roy	₹2 crore (US$239,637.80)	₹2 crore (US$239,637.80)	31 March 2021	[14]
Josh Hazlewood	Chennai Super Kings	₹2 crore (US$240,000)	Personal Reasons	1 April 2021	Jason Behrendorff	₹1 crore (US$119,818.90)	₹1 crore (US$119,818.90)	9 April 2021	[15]
Rinku Singh	Kolkata Knight Riders	₹80 lakh (US$95,855.10)	Knee Injury	3 April 2021	Gurkeerat Singh	₹50 lakh (US$59,909.50)	₹50 lakh (US$59,909.50)	3 April 2021	[16]
Ben Stokes	Rajasthan Royals	₹12.5 crore (US$1.5 million)	Finger Injury	13 April 2021	Oshane Thomas		₹50 lakh (US$59,909.50)	31 August 2021	[17]
Liam Livingstone	Rajasthan Royals	₹75 lakh (US$89,864.20)	Personal Reasons	20 April 2021	Gerald Coetzee	₹20 lakh (US$23,963.80)	₹20 lakh (US$23,963.80)	1 May 2021	[18]
T. Natarajan	Sunrisers Hyderabad	₹40 lakh (US$47,927.60)	Knee Injury	22 April 2021	Umran Malik[n 1]		₹20 lakh (US$23,963.80)	24 September 2021	[19][20]
Jofra Archer	Rajasthan Royals	₹7.2 crore (US$862,696.20)	Elbow/Finger Injury	23 April 2021	Glenn Phillips		₹50 lakh (US$60,000)	21 August 2021	[21][22]
Andrew Tye	Rajasthan Royals	₹1 crore (US$119,818.90)	Personal Reasons	25 April 2021	Tabraiz Shamsi			25 August 2021	[23][24]
Kane Richardson	Royal Challengers Bangalore	₹4 crore (US$479,275.60)	Personal Reasons	26 April 2021	Scott Kuggeleijn		₹50 lakh (US$66,000)	27 April 2021
					George Garton		₹20 lakh (US$24,000)	25 August 2021	[25]
Adam Zampa		₹1.5 crore (US$179,728.40)			Wanindu Hasaranga		₹50 lakh (US$60,000)	21 August 2021	[26]
Jhye Richardson	Punjab Kings	₹14 crore (US$1.7 million)	Personal Reasons	20 August 2021	Adil Rashid		₹1.5 crore (US$179,728.40)	26 August 2021	[27]
Riley Meredith		₹8 crore (US$958,551.30)			Nathan Ellis		₹20 lakh (US$24,000)	20 August 2021	[28]
Daniel Sams	Royal Challengers Bangalore	₹20 lakh (US$24,000)	Personal Reasons	21 August 2021	Dushmantha Chameera		₹50 lakh (US$60,000)	21 August 2021	[26]
Finn Allen		₹20 lakh (US$24,000)	International duty		Tim David		₹20 lakh (US$24,000)
Jos Buttler	Rajasthan Royals	₹4.4 crore (US$527,203.20)	Personal Reasons		Evin Lewis		₹1 crore (US$119,818.90)	31 August 2021	[17]
Pat Cummins	Kolkata Knight Riders	₹15.5 crore (US$1.9 million)	Personal Reasons	22 August 2021	Tim Southee		₹75 lakh (US$89,864.20)	26 August 2021	[29][30]
Washington Sundar	Royal Challengers Bangalore	₹3.2 crore (US$383,420.50)	Finger Injury	30 August 2021	Akash Deep		₹20 lakh (US$23,963.80)	30 August 2021	[31]
Dawid Malan	Punjab Kings	₹1.5 crore (US$179,728.40)	Personal Reasons	11 September 2021	Aiden Markram			11 September 2021	[32]
Jonny Bairstow	Sunrisers Hyderabad	₹2.2 crore (US$263,601.60)			Sherfane Rutherford		₹75 lakh (US$89,864.20)		[33]
Chris Woakes	Delhi Capitals	₹1.5 crore (US$179,728.40)			Ben Dwarshuis		₹30 lakh (US$35,945.70)	13 September 2021	[34]
Manimaran Siddharth	Delhi Capitals	₹20 lakh (US$23,963.80)	Quadriceps Strain	15 September 2021	Kulwant Khejroliya		₹20 lakh (US$24,000)	15 September 2021	[35]
Sherfane Rutherford	Sunrisers Hyderabad	₹75 lakh (US$89,864.20)	Personal Reasons	23 September 2021					[36]
Kuldeep Yadav	Kolkata Knight Riders	₹5.8 crore (US$694,949.70)	Knee Injury	27 September 2021					[37]
Arjun Tendulkar	Mumbai Indians	₹20 lakh (US$23,963.80)	Injury	29 September 2021	Simarjeet Singh			29 September 2021	[38]
Chris Gayle	Punjab Kings	₹2 crore (US$239,637.80)	Bio-Bubble Fatigue	30 September 2021					[39]
Sam Curran	Chennai Super Kings	₹5.5 crore (US$659,004.00)	Lower-Back issue	5 October 2021	Dominic Drakes			6 October 2021	[40]

Support staff changes

Staff	Team	Change	Role	Announcement date	Ref
Parthiv Patel	Mumbai Indians	Appointed	Talent scout	10 December 2020	[41]
Tom Moody	Sunrisers Hyderabad	Appointed	Director of cricket	15 December 2020	[42]
Pravin Amre	Delhi Capitals	Appointed	Assistant coach	6 January 2021	[43]
Kumar Sangakkara	Rajasthan Royals	Appointed	Director of cricket	24 January 2021	[44]
Sanjay Bangar	Royal Challengers Bangalore	Appointed	Batting consultant	10 February 2021	[45]
Andrew McDonald	Rajasthan Royals	Resigned	Head coach	21 February 2021	[46]
Trevor Penney	Rajasthan Royals	Appointed	Assistant coach	21 February 2021	[47]
Ish Sodhi	Rajasthan Royals	Appointed	Team Liaison Officer	26 February 2021	[48]
Sundar Raman	Chennai Super Kings	Appointed	Consultant	7 March 2021	[49]
Damien Wright	Punjab Kings	Appointed	Bowling coach	13 March 2021	[50]
Vinay Kumar	Mumbai Indians	Appointed	Talent scout	28 July 2021	[51]
Mike Hesson	Royal Challengers Bangalore	In-charge	Head coach	21 August 2021	[52]

Notes

1. Umran Malik named as short term COVID-19 replacement for T. Natarajan.

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