List of 2012 Indian Premier League personnel changes

This is a list of all personnel changes for the 2012 Indian Premier League(IPL).

Retirement

Shane Warne retired at age 41.

Date	Name	Team(s) played (years)	Age	Notes	Ref.
2011	Sanath Jayasuriya	Mumbai Indians (2008–2010)	41	Did not return after being unsold in 2011 auction.	[1]
2011	Makhaya Ntini	Chennai Super Kings (2008–2010)	33	Did not return after being unsold in 2011 auction.	[2]
20 May 2011	Shane Warne	Rajasthan Royals (2008–2011)	41		[3]
16 February 2012	Andrew Symonds	Deccan Chargers (2008–2010) Mumbai Indians (2011)	36		[4]

Transfers

The first transfer window was between 15 December and 20 January 2012 and included the following transfers.^[5]

Player	From	To	Seasons
Andrew McDonald	Delhi Daredevils	Royal Challengers Bangalore	2012
Kevin Pietersen	Deccan Chargers	Delhi Daredevils	2012–13
Dinesh Karthik	Kings XI Punjab	Mumbai Indians	2012–13
Harmeet Singh	Deccan Chargers	Kings XI Punjab	2012
Rajagopal Sathish	Mumbai Indians	Kings XI Punjab	2012–13
Pragyan Ojha[6]	Deccan Chargers	Mumbai Indians	2012–13
Ashok Dinda	Delhi Daredevils	Pune Warriors India	2012–13
Shreevats Goswami	Kolkata Knight Riders	Rajasthan Royals	2012–13
Ross Taylor	Rajasthan Royals	Delhi Daredevils	2012–13
Abhishek Jhunjhunwala	Pune Warriors India	Deccan Chargers	2012
Ali Murtaza	Mumbai Indians	Pune Warriors India	2012

New additions

The following players were either retained who played for the team last year as a replacement or a local Indian player who is selected to play for them without going into the auction.

Player	To	Season
TP Sudhindra	Deccan Chargers	2012
Tanmay Mishra	Deccan Chargers	2012
Biplab Samantray	Deccan Chargers	2012
Tanmay Srivastava	Deccan Chargers	2012
Akshath Reddy	Deccan Chargers	2012
Syed Quadri	Deccan Chargers	2012
Veer Pratap Singh	Deccan Chargers	2012
Atchuta Rao	Deccan Chargers	2012
Sneha Kishore	Deccan Chargers	2012
Pawan Negi	Delhi Daredevils	2012
Manpreet Juneja	Delhi Daredevils	2012
Kuldeep Raval	Delhi Daredevils	2012
David Miller	Kings XI Punjab	2012–13
Gurkeerat Singh	Kings XI Punjab	2012
Parvinder Awana	Kings XI Punjab	2012
Chirag Jani	Kolkata Knight Riders	2012
Sanju Samson	Kolkata Knight Riders	2012
Iresh Saxena	Kolkata Knight Riders	2012
Debabrata Das	Kolkata Knight Riders	2012
Rahul Shukla	Mumbai Indians	2012
Sushant Marathe	Mumbai Indians	2012
Apoorv Wankhade	Mumbai Indians	2012
Sujit Nayak	Mumbai Indians	2012
Kuldeep Yadav	Mumbai Indians	2012
Sourav Ganguly[7]	Pune Warriors India	2012–13
Raiphi Gomez	Pune Warriors India	2012
Mahesh Rawat	Pune Warriors India	2012
Harshal Patel	Royal Challengers Bangalore	2012
Chris Gayle[8]	Royal Challengers Bangalore	2012–13
Syed Mohammed	Royal Challengers Bangalore	2012
KP Appanna	Royal Challengers Bangalore	2012
Karun Nair	Royal Challengers Bangalore	2012
S Thiagarajan	Royal Challengers Bangalore	2012
Vijay Zol	Royal Challengers Bangalore	2012

Retained players

Players bought out

The following players were left out by their teams who were actually bought in the auction, or bought from Indian domestic circuit or played for a particular team for 1 season as a replacement player.

Player	From	Seasons played
Robert Frylinck	Delhi Daredevils	2011
Sridharan Sriram	Delhi Daredevils	2011
Vivek Yadav	Delhi Daredevils	2011
Rajesh Pawar	Delhi Daredevils	2011
Matthew Wade	Delhi Daredevils	2011
Travis Birt	Delhi Daredevils	2011
Mark Boucher	Kolkata Knight Riders	2011
Moises Henriques	Mumbai Indians	2011
Ray Price	Mumbai Indians	2011
Jerome Taylor	Pune Warriors India	2011
Nathan McCullum	Pune Warriors India	2011
Johan Van der Wath	Royal Challengers Bangalore	2011
Jonathan Vandiar	Royal Challengers Bangalore	2011
Nuwan Pradeep	Royal Challengers Bangalore	2011
Sarul Kanwar	Mumbai Indians	2011

Withdrawn players

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

Player	Team
Darren Bravo	Deccan Chargers
Ishant Sharma	Deccan Chargers
Sreesanth	Rajasthan Royals

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.

Player	Replaced	Team	Reason for replacement
Kyle Abbott	Rajagopal Sathish	Kings XI Punjab	Knee injury[9]
Ben Cutting	Stuart Broad	Kings XI Punjab	Calf injury[9]
Dwayne Smith	Mitchell Johnson	Mumbai Indians	Toe injury[10]
Prasanth Parameswaran	Sreenath Aravind	Royal Challengers Bangalore	Knee injury[11]
Gulam Bodi	Colin Ingram	Delhi Daredevils	Injury[12]
Glenn Maxwell	Travis Birt	Delhi Daredevils	Injury[12]
Tamim Iqbal	James Hopes	Pune Warriors India	Injury[13]
Michael Clarke	Yuvraj Singh	Pune Warriors India	Cancer treatment[14]
Marlon Samuels	Graeme Smith	Pune Warriors India	Ankle injury[15]
Steve Smith	Mitchell Marsh	Pune Warriors India	Injury[16]
Luke Wright	Tim Paine	Pune Warriors India	—[17]
Richard Levi	Andrew Symonds	Mumbai Indians	Retirement[18]
Owais Shah	Shane Warne	Rajasthan Royals	Retirement[19]

Auction

The players auction for the 2012 Indian Premier League (fifth season) was held on 4 February 2012 in Bangalore.^[20] Each player in the auction pool had a base price under which franchise owners cannot bid. Players were allowed to set their base price between $20,000 to $400,000. The auction was telecast live on SET Max, the official broadcaster of IPL.^[21]

IPL authority increased the number of players in each squad to 33 from the previous limit of 30 and also increased the salary cap by $2 million.^[20] Each team can have a maximum of 11 overseas players in their squad and they can spend up to $2 million at auction.

The players of Kochi Tuskers Kerala were included in the players auction.^[22] Kochi was terminated by the BCCI in September 2011.

Sold players

The list of players sold at 2012 IPL player auction.^[23] Pune Warriors India did not take part.

Nat	Player	Team	Base price	Winning bid
	Brendon McCullum	Kolkata Knight Riders	$400,000	$900,000
	Ravindra Jadeja	Chennai Super Kings	$100,000	$2,000,000
	Muttiah Muralitharan	Royal Challengers Bangalore	$200,000	$220,000
	Mahela Jayawardene	Delhi Daredevils	$300,000	$1,400,000
	Herschelle Gibbs	Mumbai Indians	$50,000	$50,000
	Brad Hodge	Rajasthan Royals	$200,000	$475,000
	Parthiv Patel	Deccan Chargers	$200,000	$650,000
	Dinesh Chandimal	Rajasthan Royals	$50,000	$50,000
	Andre Russell	Delhi Daredevils	$50,000	$450,000
	Mitchell Johnson	Mumbai Indians	$300,000	$300,000
	R. P. Singh	Mumbai Indians	$200,000	$600,000
	Vinay Kumar	Royal Challengers Bangalore	$100,000	$1,000,000
	Sreesanth	Rajasthan Royals	$400,000	$400,000
	Ramesh Powar	Kings XI Punjab	$100,000	$160,000
	Brad Hogg	Rajasthan Royals	$100,000	$180,000
	Sunil Narine	Kolkata Knight Riders	$50,000	$700,000
	Robin Peterson	Mumbai Indians	$100,000	$100,000
	Daniel Harris	Deccan Chargers	$50,000	$70,000
	Kevon Cooper	Rajasthan Royals	$50,000	$50,000
	James Faulkner	Kings XI Punjab	$100,000	$190,000
	Azhar Mahmood	Kings XI Punjab	$100,000	$200,000
	Thisara Perera	Mumbai Indians	$50,000	$650,000
	Marchant de Lange	Kolkata Knight Riders	$50,000	$50,000
	Darren Bravo	Deccan Chargers	$100,000	$100,000
	Doug Bracewell	Delhi Daredevils	$50,000	$50,000

Players list

Players list^[24]

• First tier ($400,000):

1. Graeme Swann
2. VVS Laxman
3. Sreesanth
4. Brendon McCullum

• Second tier ($300,000):

1. Alastair Cook
2. Mitchell Johnson
3. James Anderson
4. Mahela Jayawardene

• Third tier ($200,000):

1. Brad Hodge
2. Peter Siddle
3. Steve Smith
4. Ian Bell
5. Owais Shah
6. Matt Prior
7. Chris Tremlett
8. Luke Wright
9. Rikki Clarke
10. RP Singh
11. Parthiv Patel
12. Vernon Philander
13. Nicky Boje
14. Muttiah Muralitharan

• Fourth tier ($100,000):

Capped:

1. Brad Hogg
2. Stuart MacGill
3. Xavier Doherty
4. Adam Voges
5. Stephen O'Keefe
6. Azhar Mahmood
7. Jade Dernbach
8. Ravi Bopara
9. Simon Jones
10. Ravindra Jadeja
11. Vinay Kumar
12. Ramesh Powar
13. VRV Singh
14. Jacob Oram
15. Tim Southee
16. Kyle Mills
17. Mark Boucher
18. Justin Kemp
19. Neil McKenzie
20. Robin Peterson
21. Alviro Petersen
22. Morne van Wyk
23. Ryan McLaen
24. Imran Tahir
25. Dilhara Fernando
26. Ramnaresh Sarwan
27. Marlon Samuels
28. Denesh Ramdin
29. Dwayne Smith
30. Ravi Rampaul
31. Fidel Edwards
32. Daren Ganga
33. Darren Bravo
34. Brendan Taylor
35. Raymond Price

Uncapped:

1. Ben Cutting
2. James Faulkner
3. Tom Maynard

• Fifth tier ($50,000):

Capped:

1. Jason Krejza
2. Ben Laughlin
3. Luke Ronchi
4. Shane Harwood
5. Usman Khawaja
6. Tamim Iqbal
7. Mal Loye
8. Lou Vincent
9. Ian Butler
10. Andy McKay
11. Rob Nicol
12. Doug Bracewell
13. Herschelle Gibbs
14. Lonwabo Tsotsobe
15. Rory Kleinveldt
16. Marchant de Lange
17. Upul Tharanga
18. Farveez Maharoof
19. Chamara Kapugedera
20. Ajantha Mendis
21. Thisara Perera
22. Dinesh Chandimal
23. Rangana Herath
24. Chanaka Welegedara
25. Lendl Simmons
26. Sulieman Benn
27. Andre Russell
28. Devendra Bishoo
29. Adrian Barath
30. Sunil Narine
31. Hamilton Masakadza
32. Charles Coventry
33. Prosper Utseya

Uncapped:

1. Cameron Borgas
2. Lee Carseldine
3. Ben Edmondson
4. Peter Forrest
5. Daniel Harris
6. Michael Klinger
7. Michael Neser
8. Jason Roy
9. Tom Cooper
10. Kevin O’Brien
11. Niall O’Brien
12. Johan van der Wath
13. Ahmed Amla
14. Dillon du Preez
15. Robert Frylinck
16. Richard Levi
17. Kevon Cooper

• Sixth tier ($20,000):

Capped:

1. Josh Hazlewood
2. Trent Copeland
3. Adam Milne
4. Jacques Rudolph
5. Paul Harris
6. Gulam Bodi
7. Vaughn van Jaarsveld
8. Andrew Puttick
9. Thilina Kandamby
10. Thilan Thushara
11. Jeevan Mendis
12. Dilruwan Perera
13. Lahiru Thirimanne
14. Kosala Kulasekara
15. Nuwan Pradeep
16. Andre Fletcher
17. Krishmar Santokie
18. Keegan Meth
19. Tino Mawoyo

Uncapped:

1. Tim Cruickshank
2. Aaron Heal
3. Ashton May
4. Alister McDermott
5. Aaron O’Brien
6. Ben Rohrer
7. Daniel Smith
8. Farhaan Behardien
9. Henry Davids
10. CJ de Villiers
11. Daryn Smit
12. JJ Smuts
13. Craig Thyssen
14. Sachithra Senanayake
15. Samuel Badree
16. Jonathan Carter