This is a list of all personnel changes for the 2014 Indian Premier League. This was the second season to have all players, apart from a selection of retained players, return to the auction pool (first in 2011).
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Retained players
All 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.
Auction
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.
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. 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. 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. Three associate capped players including Ryan ten Doeschate were kept under the uncapped section. 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).
Summary
154 players (104 Indians and 50 Overseas) were sold at auction. Yuvraj Singh fetched the highest bid of ₹14 crore (US$2.1 million). Kevin Pietersen was the most costly foreign player. Among uncapped players Karan Sharma was most expensive at ₹3.75 crore (US$560,000). 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.
Sold players
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:
Source:Pepsi IPL 2014 Player Auction
Unsold players
The following players remained unsold at the end of the two-day auction.
Withdrawn players
The following players were in the final auction but list withdrew from the tournament before the auction.
Non-shortlisted players
List of players who were part of auction list on 30 January 2014 but were not shortlisted for the auction. The list consisted of 31 overseas players with 3 having previously played in IPL. 12 domestic Indian players who had previously played IPL also failed to get shortlisted. There were 355 other domestic players including 321 from India.
Withdrawn players
The following players withdrew from the tournament either due to injuries or because of other reasons.
Replacement signings
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.