List of 2014 Indian Premier League personnel changes

This is a list of all personnel changes for the 2014 Indian Premier League(IPL). This was the second season after 2011 to have all players, apart from a selection of retained players, return to the auction pool (first in 2011).^[1]

All IPL franchise teams were allowed to retain a maximum of five players (at most four Indian capped players) and the rest of the players entered the auction pool. Teams had until 10 January 2014 to announce their list of retained players.^[1]

The players auction took place on 12 and 13 February at Bangalore. On 12 February, capped players (players that were selected to play for their home country anytime before) were auctioned. Next day uncapped players were auctioned. Franchise-selected unsold capped and uncapped players were auctioned at the end of 2nd day.^[13][14]

A total of 912 players entered the auction. On 29 January 2014, the first list of 233 capped players was announced in the auction but the list did not contain any Pakistani players while big names such as Michael Clarke, Stuart Broad and Kumar Sangakkara were conspicuous by their absence.^[15][16] On 30 January 2014, the list was updated with uncapped players making a long list of 895 players (224 capped and 651 uncapped) which had to be shortlisted by IPL teams for auction by 3 February. Pinal Shah who was mistakenly added in the list of capped players in first list was moved to list of uncapped players. Three international associate players were kept in list of uncapped players but Ryan ten Doeschate, only associate player who has played in IPL, was kept in the list of capped players.^[17][18] The list was shortlisted to 514 players including 219 capped players (50 Indians and 169 overseas players) and 292 uncapped players (255 Indians and 37 overseas players) by IPL teams.^[19] Three associate capped players including Ryan ten Doeschate were kept under the uncapped section.^[20] Seventeen players (6 capped foreigners and 10 uncapped Indians) including names like Kemar Roach and Rikki Clarke who were not in the initial player lists were also added to the final auction list. After withdrawal of three capped players, the list was further shortened to 511 players (216 capped and 295 uncapped).^[21]

154 players (104 Indians and 50 Overseas) were sold at auction. Yuvraj Singh fetched the highest bid of ₹14 crore (US$1.7 million). Kevin Pietersen was the most costly foreign player. Among uncapped players Karn Sharma was most expensive at ₹3.75 crore (US$440,000).^[22] Many prominent Indian players such as Praveen Kumar, Subramaniam Badrinath, Abhimanyu Mithun and R. P. Singh remain unsold. Almost all current Sri Lankan and English cricketers including the names of Mahela Jayawardene, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Ian Bell and Alex Hales remain unsold.^[23][24]

The players were auctioned in sets. Sets 1 and 2 consisted of marquee players such as Virender Sehwag, Yuvraj Singh, Jacques Kallis and Kevin Pietersen. Other players, capped (sets 3–24) and uncapped (sets 25–53) were categorized according to their specialisation:^[25]

Source:Pepsi IPL 2014 Player Auction ^[26]

Key to sets

• BA: Batsman
• FA: Fast bowler
• SP: Spin bowler
• AL: All-rounder
• M: Marquee player
• U: Uncapped player

^LAT LAT: Players who were not in the initial player lists but were added directly in the final auction list.

^RTM RTM: Players bought using Rights to Match Card.

^REC REC: Players unsold originally in their sets but brought back and bought from Recalled List.

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

Players were signed as replacement of contracted players who were not available to play due to injuries and national commitments. Under IPL rules, the replacements have to be chosen from the pool of players who went unsold in the auction, and cannot be paid more than the players they are replacing, though they can be paid less.

• IPL 2014 Auction Day 1 coverage on Wisden India
• IPL 2014 Auction Day 2 coverage on Wisden India
• IPL 2014 player salary