List of 2016 Indian Premier League personnel changes

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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 1 December 2015 and the following players were bought:{{cite web |last=Amol |title=Pune picks Dhoni, Rajkot recruits Raina |url=http://www.thehindu.com/sport/cricket/ipl/ipl-2016-pune-picks-dhoni-ashwin-rajkot-recuits-raina-jadeja/article7993173.ece |publisher=The Hindu |access-date=5 January 2016}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
style="text-align:center;"|S.No

!style="text-align:center;"|{{Tooltip|Nat|Nationality}}

!style="text-align:center;"|Player

!style="text-align:center;"|Salary{{Cite web |url=http://www.iplt20.com/news/2016/announcements/7035/ipl-actual-salary-details-of-retained-players |title=Actual Salary details of retained players |access-date=2016-02-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160131151915/http://www.iplt20.com/news/2016/announcements/7035/ipl-actual-salary-details-of-retained-players |archive-date=2016-01-31 |url-status=dead }}

colspan="4"|Rising Pune Supergiants
1

|{{flagicon|IND}}

|style="text-align:left;"|Mahendra Singh Dhoni

|style="text-align:right;"|{{INRConvert|125|m}}

2

|{{flagicon|IND}}

|style="text-align:left;"|Ajinkya Rahane

|style="text-align:right;"|{{INRConvert|80|m}}

3

|{{flagicon|IND}}

|style="text-align:left;"|Ravichandran Ashwin

|style="text-align:right;"|{{INRConvert|75|m}}

4

|{{flagicon|AUS}}

|style="text-align:left;"|Steve Smith

|style="text-align:right;"|{{INRConvert|40|m}}

5

|{{flagicon|RSA}}

|style="text-align:left;"|Faf du Plessis

|style="text-align:right;"|{{INRConvert|47.5|m}}

colspan="4"|Gujarat Lions
1

|{{flagicon|IND}}

|style="text-align:left;"|Suresh Raina

|style="text-align:right;"|{{INRConvert|95|m}}

2

|{{flagicon|IND}}

|style="text-align:left;"|Ravindra Jadeja

|style="text-align:right;"|{{INRConvert|55|m}}

3

|{{flagicon|NZ}}

|style="text-align:left;"|Brendon McCullum

|style="text-align:right;"|{{INRConvert|32.5|m}}

4

|{{flagicon|AUS}}

|style="text-align:left;"|James Faulkner

|style="text-align:right;"|{{INRConvert|51|m}}

5

|{{flagicon|TRI}}

|style="text-align:left;"|Dwayne Bravo

|style="text-align:right;"|{{INRConvert|40|m}}

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.{{cite news |url=http://www.iplt20.com/news/2015/announcements/7026/vivo-ipl-2016-player-retention-list |title=VIVO IPL 2016 Player retention list |date=31 December 2015 |publisher=IPLT20.com |access-date=31 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160103012511/http://www.iplt20.com/news/2015/announcements/7026/vivo-ipl-2016-player-retention-list |archive-date=3 January 2016 |url-status=dead }}{{cite news |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/story/956963.html |title=Pietersen, Steyn among franchise releases |publisher=ESPN |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=31 December 2015 }}

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
S.No

!{{Tooltip|Nat|Nationality}}

!Player

!Purse left
({{INR}}) in crores

colspan="4"|Delhi Daredevils
1

|{{flagicon|RSA}}

|Jean-Paul Duminy

|rowspan="11"|37.5

2

|{{flagicon|IND}}

|Mohammed Shami

3

|{{flagicon|AUS}}

|Nathan Coulter-Nile

4

|{{flagicon|RSA}}

|Quinton de Kock

5

|{{flagicon|IND}}

|Shahbaz Nadeem

6

|{{flagicon|IND}}

|Mayank Agarwal

7

|{{flagicon|RSA}}

|Imran Tahir

8

|{{flagicon|IND}}

|Jayant Yadav

9

|{{flagicon|IND}}

|Amit Mishra

10

|{{flagicon|IND}}

|Shreyas Iyer

11

|{{flagicon|IND}}

|Zaheer Khan

colspan="4"|Kolkata Knight Riders
12

|{{flagicon|IND}}

|Gautam Gambhir

|rowspan="15"|17.95

13

|{{flagicon|JAM}}

|Andre Russell

14

|{{flagicon|AUS}}

|Chris Lynn

15

|{{flagicon|IND}}

|Kuldeep Yadav

16

|{{flagicon|IND}}

|Manish Pandey

17

|{{flagicon|IND}}

|Suryakumar Yadav

18

|{{flagicon|RSA}}

|Morne Morkel

19

|{{flagicon|AUS}}

|Brad Hogg

20

|{{flagicon|IND}}

|Piyush Chawla

21

|{{flagicon|IND}}

|Robin Uthappa

22

|{{flagicon|BAN}}

|Shakib Al Hasan

23

|{{flagicon|TRI}}

|Sunil Narine

24

|{{flagicon|IND}}

|Umesh Yadav

25

|{{flagicon|IND}}

|Sheldon Jackson

26

|{{flagicon|IND}}

|Yusuf Pathan

colspan="4"|Kings XI Punjab
27

|{{flagicon|IND}}

|Axar Patel

|rowspan="14"|23

28

|{{flagicon|IND}}

|Anureet Singh

29

|{{flagicon|RSA}}

|David Miller

30

|{{flagicon|AUS}}

|Glenn Maxwell

31

|{{flagicon|IND}}

|Gurkeerat Singh

32

|{{flagicon|IND}}

|Manan Vohra

33

|{{flagicon|IND}}

|Murali Vijay

34

|{{flagicon|AUS}}

|Mitchell Johnson

35

|{{flagicon|IND}}

|Rishi Dhawan

36

|{{flagicon|IND}}

|Sandeep Sharma

37

|{{flagicon|IND}}

|Shardul Thakur

38

|{{flagicon|AUS}}

|Shaun Marsh

39

|{{flagicon|IND}}

|Nikhil Naik

40

|{{flagicon|IND}}

|Wriddhiman Saha

colspan="4"|Mumbai Indians
41

|{{flagicon|IND}}

| Rohit Sharma

|rowspan="19"|14.04

42

|{{flagicon|IND}}

| Ambati Rayudu

43

|{{flagicon|NZL}}

| Corey Anderson

44

|{{flagicon|IND}}

| Harbhajan Singh

45

|{{flagicon|IND}}

| Jasprit Bumrah

46

|{{flagicon|TRI}}

| Kieron Pollard

47

|{{flagicon|SRI}}

| Lasith Malinga

48

|{{flagicon|RSA}}

| Marchant de Lange

49

|{{flagicon|IND}}

| Shreyas Gopal

50

|{{flagicon|TRI}}

| Lendl Simmons

51

|{{flagicon|IND}}

| Unmukt Chand

52

|{{flagicon|IND}}

|Vinay Kumar

53

|{{flagicon|IND}}

|Parthiv Patel

54

|{{flagicon|IND}}

|Hardik Pandya

55

|{{flagicon|IND}}

|Akshay Wakhare

56

|{{flagicon|IND}}

|Jagadeesha Suchith

57

|{{flagicon|IND}}

|Nitish Rana

58

|{{flagicon|IND}}

|Siddhesh Lad

59

|{{flagicon|NZL}}

|Mitchell McClenaghan

colspan="4"|Royal Challengers Bangalore
60

|{{flagicon|IND}}

| Virat Kohli

|rowspan="14"|21.625

61

|{{flagicon|RSA}}

| AB de Villiers

62

|{{flagicon|JAM}}

| Chris Gayle

63

|{{flagicon|AUS}}

| Mitchell Starc

64

|{{flagicon|IND}}

| Varun Aaron

65

|{{flagicon|IND}}

|Yuzvendra Chahal

66

|{{flagicon|IND}}

|Abu Nechim Ahmed

67

|{{flagicon|IND}}

|Harshal Patel

68

|{{flagicon|IND}}

|Sarfaraz Khan

69

|{{flagicon|IND}}

|Kedar Jadhav

70

|{{flagicon|IND}}

|Mandeep Singh

71

|{{flagicon|IND}}

|Sreenath Aravind

72

|{{flagicon|NZL}}

|Adam Milne

73

|{{flagicon|RSA}}

|David Wiese

colspan="4"|Sunrisers Hyderabad
74

|{{flagicon|IND}}

| Shikhar Dhawan

|rowspan="15"|30.15

75

|{{flagicon|IND}}

|Ashish Reddy

76

|{{flagicon|IND}}

|Bhuvneshwar Kumar

77

|{{flagicon|IND}}

|Bipul Sharma

78

|{{flagicon|AUS}}

|David Warner

79

|{{flagicon|IND}}

|Karn Sharma

80

|{{flagicon|IND}}

|Lokesh Rahul

81

|{{flagicon|AUS}}

|Moises Henriques

82

|{{flagicon|IND}}

|Naman Ojha

83

|{{flagicon|IND}}

|Parvez Rasool

84

|{{flagicon|IND}}

|Ricky Bhui

85

|{{flagicon|ENG}}

|Eoin Morgan

86

|{{flagicon|NZL}}

|Kane Williamson

87

|{{flagicon|NZL}}

|Trent Boult

88

|{{flagicon|IND}}

|Siddharth Kaul

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:

class="wikitable" style="font-size:97%; width:600px;"
S.No

!{{Tooltip|Nat|Nationality}}

!Player

!From

!To

!{{Tooltip|Ref|Reference}}

1{{flagicon|IND}}Kedar JadhavDelhi DaredevilsRoyal Challengers Bangalore{{cite web|title=IPL 2016: Royal Challengers Bangalore rope in Kedar Jadhav|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/ipl-2016-royal-challengers-bangalore-rope-in-kedar-jadhav/1/559668.html|publisher=India Today|access-date=5 January 2016}}
2{{flagicon|SA}}Albie MorkelDelhi DaredevilsRising Pune Supergiants{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/indian-premier-league-2016/content/story/971547.html|title=Albie Morkel, Saurabh Tiwary join Rising Pune Supergiants|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=11 February 2016}}
3{{flagicon|IND}}Saurabh TiwaryDelhi DaredevilsRising Pune Supergiants
4{{flagicon|IND}}KL RahulSunrisers HyderabadRoyal Challengers Bangalore{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/indian-premier-league-2016/content/story/973211.html|title=KL Rahul, Parvez Rasool join Royal Challengers Bangalore|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=16 February 2016}}
5{{flagicon|IND}}Parvez RasoolSunrisers HyderabadRoyal 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.{{cite web|title=IPL 2016 from April 9 to May 29, players' auction on Feb 6|url=http://www.ibnlive.com/cricketnext/news/ipl-2016-from-april-9-to-may-29-players-auction-on-feb-6-1174375.html|publisher=IBNLive|access-date=5 January 2016}}

=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 {{INR}}136 crore was spent by the eight franchises at the auction.{{cite news|title=A total of 94 players sold at the VIVO IPL Player Auction|url=http://www.iplt20.com/news/2016/more-news/7048/a-total-of-94-players-sold-at-the-vivo-ipl-player-auction|access-date=19 April 2016|work=iplt20.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160419152505/http://www.iplt20.com/news/2016/more-news/7048/a-total-of-94-players-sold-at-the-vivo-ipl-player-auction|archive-date=19 April 2016|url-status=dead}}{{cite news|title=List of players sold and unsold at IPL auction 2016|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/indian-premier-league-2016/content/story/969473.html|access-date=19 April 2016|work=ESPNcricinfo}}

class="wikitable sortable"
Nat

! Player

! Team

! Base price
(in {{INR}} lakhs)

! Winning bid
(in {{INR}} lakhs)

{{sort|Eng|{{flagicon|ENG}}}}{{sortname|Kevin|Pietersen}}Rising Pune Supergiant200300
{{sort|WI|{{flagicon|BAR}}}}{{sortname|Dwayne|Smith}}Gujarat Lions50230
{{sort|Ind|{{flagicon|India}}}}{{sortname|Ishant|Sharma}}Rising Pune Supergiant200380
{{sort|Australia|{{flagicon|Australia}}}}{{sortname|Shane|Watson}}Royal Challengers Bangalore200950
{{sort|Ind|{{flagicon|India}}}}{{sortname|Ashish|Nehra}}Sunrisers Hyderabad200550
{{sort|Ind|{{flagicon|India}}}}{{sortname|Yuvraj|Singh}}Sunrisers Hyderabad200700
{{sort|South Africa|{{flagicon|South Africa}}}}{{sortname|Dale|Steyn}}Gujarat Lions150230
{{sort|Ind|{{flagicon|India}}}}{{sortname|Sanju|Samson}}Delhi Daredevils200420
{{sort|Eng|{{flagicon|ENG}}}}{{sortname|Jos|Buttler}}Mumbai Indians150380
{{sort|Ind|{{flagicon|India}}}}{{sortname|Dinesh|Karthik}}Gujarat Lions200230
{{sort|Ind|{{flagicon|India}}}}{{sortname|Irfan|Pathan}}Rising Pune Supergiant100100
{{sort|South Africa|{{flagicon|South Africa}}}}{{sortname|Chris|Morris|Chris Morris (cricketer)}}Delhi Daredevils50700
{{sort|NZ|{{flagicon|NZ}}}}{{sortname|Colin|Munro}}Kolkata Knight Riders3030
{{sort|Ind|{{flagicon|India}}}}{{sortname|Stuart|Binny}}Royal Challengers Bangalore200200
{{sort|Australia|{{flagicon|Australia}}}}{{sortname|Mitchell|Marsh}}Rising Pune Supergiant200480
{{sort|Ind|{{flagicon|India}}}}{{sortname|Dhawal|Kulkarni}}Gujarat Lions200230
{{sort|Australia|{{flagicon|Australia}}}}{{sortname|John|Hastings|John Hastings (cricketer)}}Kolkata Knight Riders100130
{{sort|Ind|{{flagicon|India}}}}{{sortname|Praveen|Kumar|dab=cricketer}}Gujarat Lions50350
{{sort|NZ|{{flagicon|NZ}}}}{{sortname|Tim|Southee}}Mumbai Indians100250
{{sort|Ind|{{flagicon|India}}}}{{sortname|Mohit|Sharma}}Kings XI Punjab150650
{{sort|WI|{{flagicon|BAR}}}}{{sortname|Carlos|Brathwaite}}Delhi Daredevils30420
{{sort|Australia|{{flagicon|Australia}}}}{{sortname|Marcus|Stoinis}}Kings XI Punjab3055
{{sort|BAN|{{flagicon|BAN}}}}{{sortname|Mustafizur|Rahman}}Sunrisers Hyderabad50140
{{sort|Ind|{{flagicon|India}}}}{{sortname|Jaydev|Unadkat}}Kolkata Knight Riders30160
{{sort|South Africa|{{flagicon|South Africa}}}}{{sortname|Kyle|Abbott|Kyle Abbott (cricketer)}}Kings XI Punjab30210
{{sort|Ind|{{flagicon|India}}}}{{sortname|Barinder|Sran}}Sunrisers Hyderabad50120
{{sort|Ind|{{flagicon|India}}}}{{sortname|Abhimanyu|Mithun}}Sunrisers Hyderabad3030
{{sort|Ind|{{flagicon|India}}}}{{sortname|R. P.|Singh}}Rising Pune Supergiant3030
{{sort|Australia|{{flagicon|Australia}}}}{{sortname|Travis|Head}}Royal Challengers Bangalore3050
{{sort|Ind|{{flagicon|India}}}}{{sortname|Sachin|Baby}}Royal Challengers Bangalore1010
{{sort|Ind|{{flagicon|India}}}}{{sortname|Karun|Nair}}Delhi Daredevils10400
{{sort|Ind|{{flagicon|India}}}}{{sortname|Paras|Dogra}}Gujarat Lions10400
{{sort|Ind|{{flagicon|India}}}}{{sortname|Ishan|Kishan}}Gujarat Lions1035
{{sort|Ind|{{flagicon|India}}}}{{sortname|Rishabh|Pant}}Delhi Daredevils10190
{{sort|Ind|{{flagicon|India}}}}{{sortname|Eklavya|Dwivedi}}Gujarat Lions20100
{{sort|Ind|{{flagicon|India}}}}{{sortname|Aditya|Tare}}Sunrisers Hyderabad20120
{{sort|Ind|{{flagicon|India}}}}{{sortname|Iqbal|Abdulla}}Royal Challengers Bangalore1010
{{sort|Ind|{{flagicon|India}}}}{{sortname|Deepak|Hooda}}Sunrisers Hyderabad10420
{{sort|Ind|{{flagicon|India}}}}{{sortname|Ankit|Sharma|Ankit Sharma (cricketer)}}Rising Pune Supergiant1010
{{sort|Ind|{{flagicon|India}}}}{{sortname|Pawan|Negi}}Delhi Daredevils30850
{{sort|Ind|{{flagicon|India}}}}{{sortname|Rajat|Bhatia}}Rising Pune Supergiant3060
{{sort|Ind|{{flagicon|India}}}}{{sortname|Pradeep|Sangwan}}Gujarat Lions2020
{{sort|Ind|{{flagicon|India}}}}{{sortname|Nathu|Singh|Nathu Singh (cricketer)}}Mumbai Indians10320
{{sort|Ind|{{flagicon|India}}}}{{sortname|Ishwar|Pandey}}Rising Pune Supergiant2020
{{sort|Ind|{{flagicon|India}}}}{{sortname|Ankit|Rajpoot}}Kolkata Knight Riders10150
{{sort|Ind|{{flagicon|India}}}}{{sortname|Pravin|Tambe}}Gujarat Lions1020
{{sort|Ind|{{flagicon|India}}}}{{sortname|Shivil|Kaushik}}Gujarat Lions1010
{{sort|Ind|{{flagicon|India}}}}{{sortname|Sarabjit|Ladda}}Gujarat Lions1010
{{sort|Ind|{{flagicon|India}}}}{{sortname|Murugan|Ashwin}}Rising Pune Supergiant10450
{{sort|Ind|{{flagicon|India}}}}{{sortname|KC|Cariappa|KC Cariappa (cricketer)}}Kings XI Punjab1080
{{sort|Australia|{{flagicon|Australia}}}}{{sortname|Aaron|Finch}}Gujarat Lions100100
{{sort|Eng|{{flagicon|ENG}}}}{{sortname|Sam|Billings}}Delhi Daredevils3030
{{sort|Ind|{{flagicon|India}}}}{{sortname|Tirumalasetti|Suman}}Sunrisers Hyderabad1010
{{sort|Ind|{{flagicon|India}}}}{{sortname|Ankush|Bains}}Rising Pune Supergiant1010
{{sort|Ind|{{flagicon|India}}}}{{sortname|Umang|Sharma}}Gujarat Lions1010
{{sort|Australia|{{flagicon|Australia}}}}{{sortname|Peter|Handscomb}}Rising Pune Supergiant3030
{{sort|Ind|{{flagicon|India}}}}{{sortname|Jitesh|Sharma}}Mumbai Indians1010
{{sort|Ind|{{flagicon|India}}}}{{sortname|Armaan|Jaffer}}Kings XI Punjab1010
{{sort|WI|{{flagicon|BAR}}}}{{sortname|Jason|Holder}}Kolkata Knight Riders5070
{{sort|Sri Lanka|{{flagicon|SL}}}}{{sortname|Thisara|Perera}}Rising Pune Supergiant100100
{{sort|Australia|{{flagicon|Australia}}}}{{sortname|Ben|Cutting}}Sunrisers Hyderabad5050
{{sort|Australia|{{flagicon|Australia}}}}{{sortname|Andrew|Tye}}Gujarat Lions3050
{{sort|Ind|{{flagicon|India}}}}{{sortname|Praveen|Dubey}}Royal Challengers Bangalore1035
{{sort|Ind|{{flagicon|India}}}}{{sortname|Rajagopal|Sathish}}Kolkata Knight Riders2020
{{sort|Ind|{{flagicon|India}}}}{{sortname|Vijay|Shankar|Vijay Shankar (cricketer)}}Sunrisers Hyderabad1035
{{sort|Ind|{{flagicon|India}}}}{{sortname|Shadab|Jakati}}Gujarat Lions2020
{{sort|Ind|{{flagicon|India}}}}{{sortname|Akshay|Karnewar}}Royal Challengers Bangalore1010
{{sort|Ind|{{flagicon|India}}}}{{sortname|Akshdeep|Nath}}Gujarat Lions1010
{{sort|Ind|{{flagicon|India}}}}{{sortname|Manan|Sharma}}Kolkata Knight Riders1010
{{sort|Ind|{{flagicon|India}}}}{{sortname|Baba|Aparajith}}Rising Pune Supergiant1010
{{sort|Ind|{{flagicon|India}}}}{{sortname|Deepak|Chahar}}Rising Pune Supergiant1010
{{sort|Ind|{{flagicon|India}}}}{{sortname|Kishore|Kamath}}Mumbai Indians10140
{{sort|Ind|{{flagicon|India}}}}{{sortname|Pardeep|Sahu}}Kings XI Punjab1010
{{sort|Ind|{{flagicon|India}}}}{{sortname|Krunal|Pandya}}Mumbai Indians10200
{{sort|Ind|{{flagicon|India}}}}{{sortname|Deepak|Punia|dab=cricketer}}Mumbai Indians1010
{{sort|Ind|{{flagicon|India}}}}{{sortname|Swapnil|Singh}}Kings XI Punjab1010
{{sort|Ind|{{flagicon|India}}}}{{sortname|Khaleel|Ahmed}}Delhi Daredevils1010
{{sort|Ind|{{flagicon|India}}}}{{sortname|Jaydev|Shah}}Gujarat Lions2020
{{sort|Ind|{{flagicon|India}}}}{{sortname|Pratyush|Singh}}Delhi Daredevils1010
{{sort|Ind|{{flagicon|India}}}}{{sortname|Ashok|Dinda}}Rising Pune Supergiant5050
{{sort|Australia|{{flagicon|Australia}}}}{{sortname|Kane|Richardson}}Royal Challengers Bangalore200200
{{sort|WI|{{flagicon|TRI}}}}{{sortname|Samuel|Badree}}Royal Challengers Bangalore5050
{{sort|Australia|{{flagicon|Australia}}}}{{sortname|Joel|Paris}}Delhi Daredevils3030
{{sort|Australia|{{flagicon|Australia}}}}{{sortname|Scott|Boland}}Rising Pune Supergiant5050
{{sort|Ind|{{flagicon|India}}}}{{sortname|Vikramjeet|Malik}}Royal Challengers Bangalore2020
{{sort|Ind|{{flagicon|India}}}}{{sortname|Pawan|Suyal}}Delhi Daredevils1010
{{sort|Australia|{{flagicon|Australia}}}}{{sortname|Adam|Zampa}}Rising Pune Supergiant3030
{{sort|Ind|{{flagicon|India}}}}{{sortname|Amit|Mishra|Amit Mishra (cricketer, born 1991)}}Gujarat Lions1010
{{sort|Ind|{{flagicon|India}}}}{{sortname|Jaskaran|Singh|Jaskaran Singh (cricketer, born 1991)}}Rising Pune Supergiant1010
{{sort|Ind|{{flagicon|India}}}}{{sortname|Chama|Milind}}Delhi Daredevils1010
{{sort|Ind|{{flagicon|India}}}}{{sortname|Vikas|Tokas}}Royal Challengers Bangalore1010
{{sort|South Africa|{{flagicon|South Africa}}}}{{sortname|Farhaan|Behardien}}Kings XI Punjab3030
{{sort|Ind|{{flagicon|India}}}}{{sortname|Akhil|Herwadkar}}Delhi Daredevils1010
{{sort|Ind|{{flagicon|India}}}}{{sortname|Mahipal|Lomror}}Delhi Daredevils1010

=Unsold players=

{{hidden begin |title = Unsold players list |titlestyle = background:lightblue }}

;Batsmen

{{Div col|colwidth=18em}}

  1. Martin Guptill
  2. Michael Hussey
  3. Cameron White
  4. Mahela Jayawardene
  5. David Hussey
  6. Usman Khawaja
  7. Owais Shah
  8. Adam Voges
  9. Hashim Amla
  10. Rilee Rossouw
  11. Joe Burns
  12. George Bailey
  13. Subramaniam Badrinath
  14. Tamim Iqbal
  15. Marlon Samuels
  16. Richard Levi
  17. Darren Bravo
  18. Nic Maddinson
  19. Cheteshwar Pujara
  20. Michael Klinger
  21. Aiden Blizzard
  22. Abhinav Mukund
  23. Dean Elgar
  24. Lahiru Thirimanne
  25. Reeza Hendricks
  26. Mithun Manhas
  27. Alex Ross
  28. Udit Birla
  29. Srikkanth Anirudha
  30. Evin Lewis
  31. Samarth Singh
  32. Prashant Chopra
  33. Ishank Jaggi
  34. Robin Bist
  35. Swapnil Asnodkar
  36. Himanshu Rana
  37. Tanmay Srivastava
  38. Asad Pathan
  39. Shalabh Srivastava
  40. Shubham Chaubey
  41. Shivam Chaudhary
  42. Chirag Gandhi
  43. Prashant Gupta
  44. Mohit Hooda
  45. Govinda Poddar
  46. Aditya Waghmode
  47. Mohammad Saif
  48. Rajesh Sharma
  49. Mohammed Taha
  50. Manpreet Juneja
  51. Vijay Zol
  52. Debabrata Das
  53. Saurabh Wakaskar
  54. Ankit Bawne
  55. Apoorv Wankhade
  56. Virat Singh
  57. Paul Valthaty
  58. Rinku Singh

{{div col end}}

;Bowlers

{{Div col|colwidth=18em}}

  1. James Pattinson
  2. Nathan Lyon
  3. Mthokozisi Shezi
  4. Shaun Tait
  5. Pragyan Ojha
  6. Munaf Patel
  7. Shannon Gabriel
  8. Jackson Bird
  9. Nuwan Kulasekara
  10. Ajantha Mendis
  11. Sachithra Senanayake
  12. Fidel Edwards
  13. Jerome Taylor
  14. Cameron Boyce
  15. Hardus Viljoen
  16. Rahul Sharma
  17. Parvinder Awana
  18. Taskin Ahmed
  19. Dushmantha Chameera
  20. Krishmar Santokie
  21. Pankaj Singh
  22. Sudeep Tyagi
  23. Ben Laughlin
  24. Michael Beer
  25. Tino Best
  26. Veerasammy Permaul
  27. Beuran Hendricks
  28. Devendra Bishoo
  29. Sulieman Benn
  30. HS Sharath
  31. CV Stephen
  32. Rajwinder Singh
  33. Vinay Choudhary
  34. Aniket Choudhary
  35. Hardik Patel
  36. Saurabh Kumar
  37. Krishna Das
  38. Seth Rance
  39. Pulkit Narang
  40. Tabraiz Shamsi
  41. Karanveer Singh
  42. Jasinder Singh
  43. Mitrakant Yadav
  44. Rishi Arothe
  45. Nikit Dhumal
  46. Mohammad Javed
  47. Akshay Chauhan
  48. Tushar Deshpande
  49. Sayan Ghosh
  50. Israr Azim
  51. Prasidh Krishna
  52. Shubham Mavi
  53. M Mohammed
  54. Chandrakant Sakure
  55. Basant Mohanty
  56. Balwinder Sandhu
  57. Aswin Crist
  58. Alok Pratap Singh
  59. Royston Dias
  60. Baltej Singh
  61. Harmeet Singh Bansal
  62. Prasanth Parameswaran
  63. Rahul Shukla
  64. Bhargav Bhatt
  65. Ali Murtaza
  66. Domnic Joseph
  67. Basil Thampi
  68. Krishnakant Upadhyay
  69. Navdeep Saini
  70. Yuvraj Chudasama
  71. KK Jiyas
  72. Ronit More
  73. Veer Pratap Singh
  74. Pankaj Jaiswal
  75. Rahil Shah
  76. Rajesh Bishnoi
  77. Babashafi Pathan
  78. Siddharth Trivedi
  79. Avesh Khan

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;Wicket Keepers

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  1. Brad Haddin
  2. Johnson Charles
  3. Mushfiqur Rahim
  4. Shane Dowrich
  5. Ben Dunk
  6. Morne van Wyk
  7. Tim Ludeman
  8. CM Gautam
  9. Nitin Saini
  10. Nicholas Pooran
  11. Cameron Bancroft
  12. Pinal Shah
  13. Sadiq Kirmani
  14. Pradeep Malik
  15. Jaskaranvir Singh Sohi
  16. Avi Barot
  17. Manvinder Bisla
  18. Ian Dev Singh
  19. Arun Karthik
  20. Srikar Bharat
  21. Shreevats Goswami
  22. Smit Patel
  23. Mahesh Rawat
  24. Dishant Yagnik
  25. Kedar Devdhar
  26. Vishant More

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;All-Rounders

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  1. Tillakaratne Dilshan
  2. Chris Jordan
  3. Ravi Bopara
  4. Manoj Tiwary
  5. Robin Peterson
  6. James Neesham
  7. Wayne Parnell
  8. Henry Davids
  9. Johan Botha
  10. Vernon Philander
  11. Jeevan Mendis
  12. Dilruwan Perera
  13. Ashton Agar
  14. Darren Sammy
  15. Nathan McCullum
  16. Sean Abbott
  17. Shehan Jayasuriya
  18. Narsingh Deonarine
  19. Soumya Sarkar
  20. Dasun Shanaka
  21. Milinda Siriwardana
  22. George Worker
  23. Grant Elliott
  24. Rayad Emrit
  25. Antony Dhas
  26. Juan Theron
  27. Abhishek Nayar
  28. Isuru Udana
  29. Kevon Cooper
  30. Dilshan Munaweera
  31. Doug Bracewell
  32. Anton Devcich
  33. Seekkuge Prasanna
  34. Kevin O'Brien
  35. Christopher Barnwell
  36. Dwaine Pretorius
  37. Jamaluddin Syed Mohammad
  38. Sachin Rana
  39. Dinesh Salunkhe
  40. Gurinder Singh
  41. Priyank Panchal
  42. Baba Indrajith
  43. Jatin Saxena
  44. Sagar Trivedi
  45. Amit Verma
  46. Chirag Jani
  47. Akash Bhandari
  48. Faiz Fazal
  49. Nikhil Dutta
  50. Aniruddha Joshi
  51. Suboth Bhati
  52. Aamir Gani
  53. David Mathias
  54. Hiten Dalal
  55. Rohan Raje
  56. Dharmendrasinh Jadeja
  57. Ravi Jangid
  58. J. Kousik
  59. Pargat Singh
  60. Washington Sundar
  61. Rahul Dagar
  62. Mayank Dagar
  63. Sunil Raju
  64. Mayur Sanap
  65. Bandeep Singh
  66. Milind Tandon
  67. Rahul Tripathi
  68. Saurabh Dubey
  69. Venkatesh Iyer
  70. Rohit Sharma
  71. Mayank Sidhana
  72. Shashank Singh
  73. Chandra Pal Singh
  74. Tanveer-Ul-Haq
  75. Shubham Ranjane
  76. Ashok Menaria
  77. Yogesh Nagar
  78. Milind Kumar
  79. Sumit Narwal
  80. Biplab Samantray
  81. Rush Kalaria
  82. Jalaj Saxena
  83. Raiphi Gomez
  84. Kuldeep Hooda
  85. Vaibhav Rawal
  86. Padmanabhan Prasanth
  87. Jay Bista
  88. Kshitiz Sharma
  89. Shrikant Mundhe
  90. Abhishek Raut
  91. Rohan Prem
  92. Manjeet Kumar Chaudhary
  93. Rahul Tewatia
  94. Amit Yadav

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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.{{cite web|title=IPL: Jacques Kallis appointed KKR head coach|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/IPL-Jacques-Kallis-appointed-KKR-head-coach/articleshow/49484884.cms|publisher=Times of India|access-date=5 January 2018}}
  • In October 2015, Simon Katich was appointed assistant coach of Kolkata Knight Riders, replacing Vijay Dahiya.{{cite web|title=Simon Katich named KKR assistant coach|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ipl-kolkata/content/story/934438.html|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=5 January 2018}}
  • In December 2015, Anil Kumble stepped down as the mentor of Mumbai Indians.{{cite web|title=Anil Kumble quits Mumbai Indians over conflict issue|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/sports/cricket/anil-kumble-steps-down-as-chief-mentor-of-mumbai-indians/|publisher=The Indian Express|access-date=5 January 2016}}
  • In December 2015, Gary Kirsten was sacked as the Delhi Daredevils head coach.{{cite web|last1=Gollapudi|first1=Nagraj|title=Daredevils remove Kirsten as head coach|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/story/949371.html|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=5 January 2018}}
  • In January 2018, Stephen Fleming was appointed as the head coach of Rising Pune Supergiants.
  • In February 2018, Virender Sehwag was appointed as the mentor of Kings XI Punjab.
  • In February 2018, Brad Hodge was appointed as the coach of Gujarat Lions.
  • In February 2018, Rising Pune Supergiants appointed Hrishikesh Kanitkar as their assistant coach.
  • In February 2018, Gujarat Lions appointed Heath Streak as their bowling coach.
  • In February 2018, Rising Pune Supergiants appointed Eric Simons as their bowling coach.
  • In March 2018, 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.{{cite news|title=11 Players Retired Hurt, 2016 Indian Premier League Crippled by Injuries|url=http://sports.ndtv.com/indian-premier-league-2016/news/258067-11-players-retire-hurt-2016-indian-premier-league-crippled-by-injuries|access-date=3 May 2016|work=NDTV Sports}}

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Player

! Team

! Reason

! Announcement date

! Replacement

! Signing date

{{flagicon|AUS}} Joel Paris

| Delhi Daredevils

| Shin injury

| 7 April 2016

|

|

{{flagicon|AUS}} Shaun Marsh

| Kings XI Punjab

| Back injury

| 2 May 2016

| {{flagicon|SA}} Hashim Amla

| 3 May 2016

{{flagicon|AUS}} Glenn Maxwell

| Kings XI Punjab

| Side strain

| 16 May 2016

|

|

{{flagicon|AUS}} Marcus Stoinis

| Kings XI Punjab

| Personal reasons

| 17 May 2016

|

|

{{flagicon|AUS}} John Hastings

| Kolkata Knight Riders

| Ankle injury

| 18 April 2016

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Shaun Tait

| 11 May 2016

{{flagicon|TRI}} Lendl Simmons

| Mumbai Indians

| Lower back injury

| 13 April 2016

| {{flagicon|NZ}} Martin Guptill

| 13 April 2016

{{flagicon|SL}} Lasith Malinga

| Mumbai Indians

| Knee injury

| 17 April 2016

| {{flagicon|JAM}} Jerome Taylor

| 27 April 2016

{{flagicon|ENG}} Kevin Pietersen

| Rising Pune Supergiants

| Calf injury

| 23 April 2016

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Usman Khawaja

| 28 April 2016

{{flagicon|SA}} Faf du Plessis

| Rising Pune Supergiants

| Broken finger

| 28 April 2016

| {{flagicon|AUS}} George Bailey

| 2 May 2016

{{flagicon|AUS}} Mitchell Marsh

| Rising Pune Supergiants

| Side strain

| 1 May 2016

|

|

{{flagicon|AUS}} Steve Smith

| Rising Pune Supergiants

| Wrist injury

| 1 May 2016

|

|

{{flagicon|TRI}} Samuel Badree

| Royal Challengers Bangalore

| Shoulder injury

| 21 April 2016

| {{flagicon|SA}} Tabraiz Shamsi

| 21 April 2016

{{flagicon|AUS}} Mitchell Starc

| Royal Challengers Bangalore

| Fitness issue

| 25 April 2016

| {{flagicon|ENG}} Chris Jordan

| 25 April 2016

{{flagicon|NZ}} Adam Milne

| Royal Challengers Bangalore

| Hamstring injury

| 6 May 2016

|

|

{{flagicon|IND}} Ashish Nehra

| Sunrisers Hyderabad

| Hamstring injury

| 19 May 2016

|

|

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