List of 2021 Indian Premier League personnel changes - Wikipedia

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]

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 Chennai Super Kings MS Dhoni ₹15 crore (US$1.7 million) Suresh Raina ₹11 crore (US$1.3 million) Ravindra Jadeja ₹7 crore (US$810,000) Dwayne Bravo ₹6.4 crore (US$740,000) Sam Curran ₹5.5 crore (US$640,000) Karn Sharma ₹5 crore (US$580,000) Shardul Thakur ₹2.6 crore (US$300,000) Ambati Rayudu ₹2.2 crore (US$250,000) Josh Hazlewood ₹2 crore (US$230,000) Faf du Plessis ₹1.6 crore (US$180,000) Imran Tahir ₹1 crore (US$120,000) Deepak Chahar ₹80 lakh (US$92,000) Lungisani Ngidi ₹50 lakh (US$58,000) Mitchell Santner ₹50 lakh (US$58,000) KM Asif ₹40 lakh (US$46,000) Jagadeesan Narayan ₹20 lakh (US$23,000) Ruturaj Gaikwad ₹20 lakh (US$23,000) R Sai Kishore ₹20 lakh (US$23,000) Delhi Capitals Rishabh Pant ₹8 crore (US$920,000)[a] Shimron Hetmyer ₹7.75 crore (US$900,000) Ravichandran Ashwin ₹7.6 crore (US$880,000) Shreyas Iyer ₹7 crore (US$810,000) Ajinkya Rahane ₹5.25 crore (US$610,000) Shikhar Dhawan ₹5.2 crore (US$600,000) Axar Patel ₹5 crore (US$580,000) Marcus Stoinis ₹4.8 crore (US$550,000) Kagiso Rabada ₹4.2 crore (US$490,000) Amit Mishra ₹4 crore (US$460,000) Chris Woakes ₹1.5 crore (US$170,000) Prithvi Shaw ₹1.2 crore (US$140,000) Mark Wood ₹1.1 crore (US$130,000) Anrich Nortje REP ₹89.82 lakh (US$100,000) Avesh Khan ₹70 lakh (US$81,000) Lalit Yadav ₹20 lakh (US$23,000) Praveen Dubey ₹20 lakh (US$23,000) Kolkata Knight Riders Pat Cummins ₹15.50 crore (US$1.8 million) Sunil Narine ₹8.5 crore (US$980,000)[b] Andre Russell ₹7 crore (US$810,000)[c] Dinesh Karthik ₹7.4 crore (US$860,000) Kuldeep Yadav ₹5.8 crore (US$670,000) Eoin Morgan ₹5.25 crore (US$610,000) Varun Chakravarthy ₹4 crore (US$460,000) Nitish Rana ₹3.4 crore (US$390,000) Kamlesh Nagarkoti ₹3.2 crore (US$370,000) Shivam Mavi ₹3 crore (US$350,000) Shubman Gill ₹1.8 crore (US$210,000) Lockie Ferguson ₹1.6 crore (US$180,000) Rinku Singh ₹80 lakh (US$92,000) Rahul Tripathi ₹60 lakh (US$69,000) Tim Seifert REP ₹50 lakh (US$58,000) Prasidh Krishna ₹20 lakh (US$23,000) Sandeep Warrier ₹20 lakh (US$23,000) Mumbai Indians Rohit Sharma ₹15 crore (US$1.7 million) Hardik Pandya ₹11 crore (US$1.3 million) Krunal Pandya ₹8.8 crore (US$1.0 million) Jasprit Bumrah ₹7 crore (US$810,000) Ishan Kishan ₹6.2 crore (US$720,000) Kieron Pollard ₹5.4 crore (US$620,000) Suryakumar Yadav ₹3.2 crore (US$370,000) Trent Boult ₹3.2 crore (US$370,000) Quinton de Kock ₹2.8 crore (US$320,000) Chris Lynn ₹2 crore (US$230,000) Rahul Chahar ₹1.9 crore (US$220,000) Anmolpreet Singh ₹80 lakh (US$92,000) Dhawal Kulkarni ₹75 lakh (US$87,000) Jayant Yadav ₹50 lakh (US$58,000) Saurabh Tiwary ₹50 lakh (US$58,000) Aditya Tare ₹20 lakh (US$23,000) Anukul Roy ₹20 lakh (US$23,000) Mohsin Khan ₹20 lakh (US$23,000)

Player Nat Salary Punjab Kings KL Rahul ₹11 crore (US$1.3 million) Mohammed Shami ₹4.8 crore (US$550,000) Nicholas Pooran ₹4.2 crore (US$490,000) Chris Jordan ₹3 crore (US$350,000) Chris Gayle ₹2 crore (US$230,000) Ravi Bishnoi ₹2 crore (US$230,000) Mandeep Singh ₹1.4 crore (US$160,000) Mayank Agarwal ₹1 crore (US$120,000) Prabhsimran Singh ₹55 lakh (US$64,000) Deepak Hooda ₹50 lakh (US$58,000) Darshan Nalkande ₹30 lakh (US$35,000) Sarfaraz Khan ₹25 lakh (US$29,000) Arshdeep Singh ₹20 lakh (US$23,000) Harpreet Brar ₹20 lakh (US$23,000) Murugan Ashwin ₹20 lakh (US$23,000) Ishan Porel ₹20 lakh (US$23,000) Rajasthan Royals Ben Stokes ₹12.5 crore (US$1.4 million) Sanju Samson ₹8 crore (US$920,000) Jofra Archer ₹7.2 crore (US$830,000) Jos Buttler ₹4.4 crore (US$510,000) Robin Uthappa ₹3 crore (US$350,000) Jaydev Unadkat ₹3 crore (US$350,000) Rahul Tewatia ₹3 crore (US$350,000) Yashasvi Jaiswal ₹2.4 crore (US$280,000) Mayank Markande ₹2 crore (US$230,000) Kartik Tyagi ₹1.3 crore (US$150,000) Andrew Tye ₹1 crore (US$120,000) Anuj Rawat ₹80 lakh (US$92,000) David Miller ₹75 lakh (US$87,000) Mahipal Lomror ₹20 lakh (US$23,000) Manan Vohra ₹20 lakh (US$23,000) Riyan Parag ₹20 lakh (US$23,000) Shreyas Gopal ₹20 lakh (US$23,000) 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$690,000) Kane Richardson ₹4 crore (US$460,000) Washington Sundar ₹3.2 crore (US$370,000) Navdeep Saini ₹3 crore (US$350,000) Mohammed Siraj ₹2.6 crore (US$300,000) Adam Zampa REP ₹1.5 crore (US$170,000) Josh Philippe ₹20 lakh (US$23,000) Devdutt Padikkal ₹20 lakh (US$23,000) Pavan Deshpande ₹20 lakh (US$23,000) Shahbaz Ahmed ₹20 lakh (US$23,000) Sunrisers Hyderabad David Warner ₹12 crore (US$1.4 million)[d] Manish Pandey ₹11 crore (US$1.3 million) Rashid Khan ₹9 crore (US$1.0 million) Bhuvneshwar Kumar ₹8.5 crore (US$980,000) Siddarth Kaul ₹3.8 crore (US$440,000) Shahbaz Nadeem ₹3.2 crore (US$370,000) Vijay Shankar ₹3.2 crore (US$370,000) Kane Williamson ₹3 crore (US$350,000) Khaleel Ahmed ₹3 crore (US$350,000) Sandeep Sharma ₹3 crore (US$350,000) Jonny Bairstow ₹2.2 crore (US$250,000) Mitchell Marsh ₹2 crore (US$230,000) Priyam Garg ₹1.9 crore (US$220,000) Virat Singh ₹1.9 crore (US$220,000) 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$87,000) Abhishek Sharma ₹55 lakh (US$64,000) Thangarasu Natarajan ₹40 lakh (US$46,000) Abdul Samad ₹20 lakh (US$23,000)

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]

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