This is a list of all personnel changes for the 2016 Indian Premier League.
Draft Following the two-year suspension of Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals, two new franchises Rising Pune Supergiants and Gujarat Lions were established. These two franchises were allowed to draft a maximum of five players each from the Chennai and Rajasthan teams. The draft took place on 15 December 2015 and the following players were bought:
No.PlayerSalaryRising Pune Supergiants 1Mahendra Singh Dhoni 2Ajinkya Rahane 3Ravichandran Ashwin 4Steve Smith 5Faf du PlessisGujarat Lions 1Suresh Raina 2Ravindra Jadeja 3Brendon McCullum 4James Faulkner 5Dwayne Bravo
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. 66 crores for the 2016 edition. The salaries of the retained players was deducted from this purse.
Transfers The first trading window was open between 15 and 31 December 2015, and the second was open from 11 to 25 January 2016. After the players auction on 6 February 2016, a third window was open between 8 February and 19 February 2016.
The following transfers were made during the trading windows:
PlayerFromTo Kedar Jadhav Delhi Daredevils Royal Challengers Bangalore Albie Morkel Delhi Daredevils Rising Pune Supergiants Saurabh Tiwary Delhi Daredevils Rising Pune Supergiants KL Rahul Sunrisers Hyderabad Royal Challengers Bangalore Parvez Rasool Sunrisers Hyderabad Royal Challengers Bangalore
Auction The players auction for the 2016 Indian Premier League was held in Bangalore on 6 February 2016. All the eight franchises had taken part in the auction.
Sold players Out of the 351 cricketers shortlisted, 94 were sold at the auction. 66 of these players were Indian and the remaining 28 were overseas cricketers. A total of 136 crore was spent by the eight franchises at the auction.
Player Team Base price(in lakhs) Winning bid(in lakhs) Rising Pune Supergiant 200 300 Gujarat Lions 50 230 Rising Pune Supergiant 200 380 Royal Challengers Bangalore 200 950 Sunrisers Hyderabad 200 550 Sunrisers Hyderabad 200 700 Gujarat Lions 150 230 Delhi Daredevils 200 420 Mumbai Indians 150 380 Gujarat Lions 200 230 Rising Pune Supergiant 100 100 Delhi Daredevils 50 700 Kolkata Knight Riders 30 30 Royal Challengers Bangalore 200 200 Rising Pune Supergiant 200 480 Gujarat Lions 200 230 Kolkata Knight Riders 100 130 Gujarat Lions 50 350 Mumbai Indians 100 250 Kings XI Punjab 150 650 Delhi Daredevils 30 420 Kings XI Punjab 30 55 Sunrisers Hyderabad 50 140 Kolkata Knight Riders 30 160 Kings XI Punjab 30 210 Sunrisers Hyderabad 50 120 Sunrisers Hyderabad 30 30 Rising Pune Supergiant 30 30 Royal Challengers Bangalore 30 50 Royal Challengers Bangalore 10 10 Delhi Daredevils 10 400 Gujarat Lions 10 400 Gujarat Lions 10 35 Delhi Daredevils 10 190 Gujarat Lions 20 100 Sunrisers Hyderabad 20 120 Royal Challengers Bangalore 10 10 Sunrisers Hyderabad 10 420 Rising Pune Supergiant 10 10 Delhi Daredevils 30 850 Rising Pune Supergiant 30 60 Gujarat Lions 20 20 Mumbai Indians 10 320 Rising Pune Supergiant 20 20 Kolkata Knight Riders 10 150 Gujarat Lions 10 20 Gujarat Lions 10 10 Gujarat Lions 10 10 Rising Pune Supergiant 10 450 Kings XI Punjab 10 80 Gujarat Lions 100 100 Delhi Daredevils 30 30 Sunrisers Hyderabad 10 10 Rising Pune Supergiant 10 10 Gujarat Lions 10 10 Rising Pune Supergiant 30 30 Mumbai Indians 10 10 Kings XI Punjab 10 10 Kolkata Knight Riders 50 70 Rising Pune Supergiant 100 100 Sunrisers Hyderabad 50 50 Gujarat Lions 30 50 Royal Challengers Bangalore 10 35 Kolkata Knight Riders 20 20 Sunrisers Hyderabad 10 35 Gujarat Lions 20 20 Royal Challengers Bangalore 10 10 Gujarat Lions 10 10 Kolkata Knight Riders 10 10 Rising Pune Supergiant 10 10 Rising Pune Supergiant 10 10 Mumbai Indians 10 140 Kings XI Punjab 10 10 Mumbai Indians 10 200 Mumbai Indians 10 10 Kings XI Punjab 10 10 Delhi Daredevils 10 10 Gujarat Lions 20 20 Delhi Daredevils 10 10 Rising Pune Supergiant 50 50 Royal Challengers Bangalore 200 200 Royal Challengers Bangalore 50 50 Delhi Daredevils 30 30 Rising Pune Supergiant 50 50 Royal Challengers Bangalore 20 20 Delhi Daredevils 10 10 Rising Pune Supergiant 30 30 Gujarat Lions 10 10 Rising Pune Supergiant 10 10 Delhi Daredevils 10 10 Royal Challengers Bangalore 10 10 Kings XI Punjab 30 30 Delhi Daredevils 10 10 Delhi Daredevils 10 10
Support staff changes In October 2015, Jacques Kallis was appointed head coach of the Kolkata Knight Riders. Kallis, who was the batting consultant during the 2015 season, replaced Trevor Bayliss at the position. In October 2015, Simon Katich was appointed assistant coach of Kolkata Knight Riders, replacing Vijay Dahiya. In December 2015, Anil Kumble stepped down as the mentor of Mumbai Indians. In December 2015, Gary Kirsten was sacked as the Delhi Daredevils head coach. In January 2016, Stephen Fleming was appointed as the head coach of Rising Pune Supergiants. In February 2016, Virender Sehwag was appointed as the mentor of Kings XI Punjab. In February 2016, Brad Hodge was appointed as the coach of Gujarat Lions. In February 2016, Rising Pune Supergiants appointed Hrishikesh Kanitkar as their assistant coach. In February 2016, Gujarat Lions appointed Heath Streak as their bowling coach. In February 2016, Rising Pune Supergiants appointed Eric Simons as their bowling coach. In March 2016, Paddy Upton was appointed head coach of the Delhi Daredevils, while Rahul Dravid was appointed as the team's mentor.
Withdrawn players The following players withdrew from the tournament either due to injuries or because of other reasons.
Player Team Reason Announcement date Replacement Signing date Joel Paris Delhi Daredevils Shin injury 7 April 2016 Shaun Marsh Kings XI Punjab Back injury 2 May 2016 Hashim Amla 3 May 2016 Glenn Maxwell Kings XI Punjab Side strain 16 May 2016 Marcus Stoinis Kings XI Punjab Personal reasons 17 May 2016 John Hastings Kolkata Knight Riders Ankle injury 18 April 2016 Shaun Tait 11 May 2016 Lendl Simmons Mumbai Indians Lower back injury 13 April 2016 Martin Guptill 13 April 2016 Lasith Malinga Mumbai Indians Knee injury 17 April 2016 Jerome Taylor 27 April 2016 Kevin Pietersen Rising Pune Supergiants Calf injury 23 April 2016 Usman Khawaja 28 April 2016 Faf du Plessis Rising Pune Supergiants Broken finger 28 April 2016 George Bailey 2 May 2016 Mitchell Marsh Rising Pune Supergiants Side strain 1 May 2016 Steve Smith Rising Pune Supergiants Wrist injury 1 May 2016 Samuel Badree Royal Challengers Bangalore Shoulder injury 21 April 2016 Tabraiz Shamsi 21 April 2016 Mitchell Starc Royal Challengers Bangalore Fitness issue 25 April 2016 Chris Jordan 25 April 2016 Adam Milne Royal Challengers Bangalore Hamstring injury 6 May 2016 Ashish Nehra Sunrisers Hyderabad Hamstring injury 19 May 2016
References
External links