List of 2016 Indian Premier League personnel changes

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:[1]

S.No	Nat	Player	Salary[2]
Rising Pune Supergiants
1		Mahendra Singh Dhoni	₹125 million (US$1.6 million)
2		Ajinkya Rahane	₹80 million (US$1.0 million)
3		Ravichandran Ashwin	₹75 million (US$940,000)
4		Steve Smith	₹40 million (US$500,000)
5		Faf du Plessis	₹47.5 million (US$590,000)
Gujarat Lions
1		Suresh Raina	₹95 million (US$1.2 million)
2		Ravindra Jadeja	₹55 million (US$690,000)
3		Brendon McCullum	₹32.5 million (US$410,000)
4		James Faulkner	₹51 million (US$640,000)
5		Dwayne Bravo	₹40 million (US$500,000)

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.[3][4]

S.No	Nat	Player	Purse left (₹) in crores
Delhi Daredevils[3]
1		Jean-Paul Duminy	37.5[4]
2		Mohammed Shami
3		Nathan Coulter-Nile
4		Quinton de Kock
5		Shahbaz Nadeem
6		Mayank Agarwal
7		Imran Tahir
8		Jayant Yadav
9		Amit Mishra
10		Shreyas Iyer
11		Zaheer Khan
Kolkata Knight Riders[3]
12		Gautam Gambhir	17.95[4]
13		Andre Russell
14		Chris Lynn
15		Kuldeep Yadav
16		Manish Pandey
17		Suryakumar Yadav
18		Morne Morkel
19		Brad Hogg
20		Piyush Chawla
21		Robin Uthappa
22		Shakib Al Hasan
23		Sunil Narine
24		Umesh Yadav
25		Sheldon Jackson
26		Yusuf Pathan
Kings XI Punjab[3]
27		Axar Patel	23[4]
28		Anureet Singh
29		David Miller
30		Glenn Maxwell
31		Gurkeerat Singh
32		Manan Vohra
33		Murali Vijay
34		Mitchell Johnson
35		Rishi Dhawan
36		Sandeep Sharma
37		Shardul Thakur
38		Shaun Marsh
39		Nikhil Naik
40		Wriddhiman Saha
Mumbai Indians[3]
41		Rohit Sharma	14.04[4]
42		Ambati Rayudu
43		Corey Anderson
44		Harbhajan Singh
45		Jasprit Bumrah
46		Kieron Pollard
47		Lasith Malinga
48		Marchant de Lange
49		Shreyas Gopal
50		Lendl Simmons
51		Unmukt Chand
52		Vinay Kumar
53		Parthiv Patel
54		Hardik Pandya
55		Akshay Wakhare
56		Jagadeesha Suchith
57		Nitish Rana
58		Siddhesh Lad
59		Mitchell McClenaghan
Royal Challengers Bangalore[3]
60		Virat Kohli	21.625[4]
61		AB de Villiers
62		Chris Gayle
63		Mitchell Starc
64		Varun Aaron
65		Yuzvendra Chahal
66		Abu Nechim Ahmed
67		Harshal Patel
68		Sarfaraz Khan
69		Kedar Jadhav
70		Mandeep Singh
71		Sreenath Aravind
72		Adam Milne
73		David Wiese
Sunrisers Hyderabad[3]
74		Shikhar Dhawan	30.15[4]
75		Ashish Reddy
76		Bhuvneshwar Kumar
77		Bipul Sharma
78		David Warner
79		Karn Sharma
80		Lokesh Rahul
81		Moises Henriques
82		Naman Ojha
83		Parvez Rasool
84		Ricky Bhui
85		Eoin Morgan
86		Kane Williamson
87		Trent Boult
88		Siddharth Kaul

The first trading window was open between 15 and 31 December 2015, and the second trading window 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.[1]

The following transfers were made during the trading windows:

S.No	Nat	Player	From	To	Ref
1		Kedar Jadhav	Delhi Daredevils	Royal Challengers Bangalore	[5]
2		Albie Morkel	Delhi Daredevils	Rising Pune Supergiants	[6]
3		Saurabh Tiwary	Delhi Daredevils	Rising Pune Supergiants	[6]
4		KL Rahul	Sunrisers Hyderabad	Royal Challengers Bangalore	[7]
5		Parvez Rasool	Sunrisers Hyderabad	Royal Challengers Bangalore	[7]

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.[8]

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.[9][10]

Nat	Player	Team	Base price (in ₹ lakhs)	Winning bid (in ₹ lakhs)
	Kevin Pietersen	Rising Pune Supergiant	200	300
	Dwayne Smith	Gujarat Lions	50	230
	Ishant Sharma	Rising Pune Supergiant	200	380
	Shane Watson	Royal Challengers Bangalore	200	950
	Ashish Nehra	Sunrisers Hyderabad	200	550
	Yuvraj Singh	Sunrisers Hyderabad	200	700
	Dale Steyn	Gujarat Lions	150	230
	Sanju Samson	Delhi Daredevils	200	420
	Jos Buttler	Mumbai Indians	150	380
	Dinesh Karthik	Gujarat Lions	200	230
	Irfan Pathan	Rising Pune Supergiant	100	100
	Chris Morris	Delhi Daredevils	50	700
	Colin Munro	Kolkata Knight Riders	30	30
	Stuart Binny	Royal Challengers Bangalore	200	200
	Mitchell Marsh	Rising Pune Supergiant	200	480
	Dhawal Kulkarni	Gujarat Lions	200	230
	John Hastings	Kolkata Knight Riders	100	130
	Praveen Kumar	Gujarat Lions	50	350
	Tim Southee	Mumbai Indians	100	250
	Mohit Sharma	Kings XI Punjab	150	650
	Carlos Brathwaite	Delhi Daredevils	30	420
	Marcus Stoinis	Kings XI Punjab	30	55
	Mustafizur Rahman	Sunrisers Hyderabad	50	140
	Jaydev Unadkat	Kolkata Knight Riders	30	160
	Kyle Abbott	Kings XI Punjab	30	210
	Barinder Sran	Sunrisers Hyderabad	50	120
	Abhimanyu Mithun	Sunrisers Hyderabad	30	30
	R. P. Singh	Rising Pune Supergiant	30	30
	Travis Head	Royal Challengers Bangalore	30	50
	Sachin Baby	Royal Challengers Bangalore	10	10
	Karun Nair	Delhi Daredevils	10	400
	Paras Dogra	Gujarat Lions	10	400
	Ishan Kishan	Gujarat Lions	10	35
	Rishabh Pant	Delhi Daredevils	10	190
	Eklavya Dwivedi	Gujarat Lions	20	100
	Aditya Tare	Sunrisers Hyderabad	20	120
	Iqbal Abdulla	Royal Challengers Bangalore	10	10
	Deepak Hooda	Sunrisers Hyderabad	10	420
	Ankit Sharma	Rising Pune Supergiant	10	10
	Pawan Negi	Delhi Daredevils	30	850
	Rajat Bhatia	Rising Pune Supergiant	30	60
	Pradeep Sangwan	Gujarat Lions	20	20
	Nathu Singh	Mumbai Indians	10	320
	Ishwar Pandey	Rising Pune Supergiant	20	20
	Ankit Rajpoot	Kolkata Knight Riders	10	150
	Pravin Tambe	Gujarat Lions	10	20
	Shivil Kaushik	Gujarat Lions	10	10
	Sarabjit Ladda	Gujarat Lions	10	10
	Murugan Ashwin	Rising Pune Supergiant	10	450
	KC Cariappa	Kings XI Punjab	10	80
	Aaron Finch	Gujarat Lions	100	100
	Sam Billings	Delhi Daredevils	30	30
	Tirumalasetti Suman	Sunrisers Hyderabad	10	10
	Ankush Bains	Rising Pune Supergiant	10	10
	Umang Sharma	Gujarat Lions	10	10
	Peter Handscomb	Rising Pune Supergiant	30	30
	Jitesh Sharma	Mumbai Indians	10	10
	Armaan Jaffer	Kings XI Punjab	10	10
	Jason Holder	Kolkata Knight Riders	50	70
	Thisara Perera	Rising Pune Supergiant	100	100
	Ben Cutting	Sunrisers Hyderabad	50	50
	Andrew Tye	Gujarat Lions	30	50
	Praveen Dubey	Royal Challengers Bangalore	10	35
	Rajagopal Sathish	Kolkata Knight Riders	20	20
	Vijay Shankar	Sunrisers Hyderabad	10	35
	Shadab Jakati	Gujarat Lions	20	20
	Akshay Karnewar	Royal Challengers Bangalore	10	10
	Akshdeep Nath	Gujarat Lions	10	10
	Manan Sharma	Kolkata Knight Riders	10	10
	Baba Aparajith	Rising Pune Supergiant	10	10
	Deepak Chahar	Rising Pune Supergiant	10	10
	Kishore Kamath	Mumbai Indians	10	140
	Pardeep Sahu	Kings XI Punjab	10	10
	Krunal Pandya	Mumbai Indians	10	200
	Deepak Punia	Mumbai Indians	10	10
	Swapnil Singh	Kings XI Punjab	10	10
	Khaleel Ahmed	Delhi Daredevils	10	10
	Jaydev Shah	Gujarat Lions	20	20
	Pratyush Singh	Delhi Daredevils	10	10
	Ashok Dinda	Rising Pune Supergiant	50	50
	Kane Richardson	Royal Challengers Bangalore	200	200
	Samuel Badree	Royal Challengers Bangalore	50	50
	Joel Paris	Delhi Daredevils	30	30
	Scott Boland	Rising Pune Supergiant	50	50
	Vikramjeet Malik	Royal Challengers Bangalore	20	20
	Pawan Suyal	Delhi Daredevils	10	10
	Adam Zampa	Rising Pune Supergiant	30	30
	Amit Mishra	Gujarat Lions	10	10
	Jaskaran Singh	Rising Pune Supergiant	10	10
	Chama Milind	Delhi Daredevils	10	10
	Vikas Tokas	Royal Challengers Bangalore	10	10
	Farhaan Behardien	Kings XI Punjab	30	30
	Akhil Herwadkar	Delhi Daredevils	10	10
	Mahipal Lomror	Delhi Daredevils	10	10

• 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.[11]
• In October 2015, Simon Katich was appointed assistant coach of Kolkata Knight Riders, replacing Vijay Dahiya.[12]
• In December 2015, Anil Kumble stepped down as the mentor of Mumbai Indians.[13]
• In December 2015, Gary Kirsten was sacked as the Delhi Daredevils head coach.[14]
• 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.

The following players withdrew from the tournament either due to injuries or because of other reasons.[15]

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