This is a list of all personnel changes for the 2011 Indian Premier League (IPL).

Retirement

Date	Name	Team(s) played (years)	Age	Notes	Ref.
16 May 2010	Shane Bond	Kolkata Knight Riders (2010)	34		[1]
16 September 2010	Andrew Flintoff	Chennai Super Kings (2009)	32	Had missed the 2010 season due to injury.[2]	[3]
December 2010	Matthew Hayden	Chennai Super Kings (2008–2010)	39	Declined participation in the auction.	[4]
4 January 2011	Anil Kumble	Royal Challengers Bangalore (2008–2010)	40	Became a mentor for the Royal Challengers Bangalore.	[5]
29 January 2011	Nathan Bracken	Royal Challengers Bangalore (2008–2010)	33	Declined participation in the auction.	[6]

Retained players

No	Player	Nat	Salary
Chennai Super Kings
1	Mahendra Singh Dhoni		$1,800,000
2	Suresh Raina		$1,300,000
3	Murali Vijay		$900,000
4	Albie Morkel		$500,000
Delhi Daredevils
5	Virender Sehwag		$1,800,000
Mumbai Indians
6	Sachin Tendulkar		$1,800,000
7	Harbhajan Singh		$1,300,000
8	Kieron Pollard		$900,000
9	Lasith Malinga		$500,000
Rajasthan Royals
10	Shane Warne		$1,800,000
11	Shane Watson		$1,300,000
Royal Challengers Bangalore
12	Virat Kohli		$1,800,000

Auction

The players auction for the 2011 Indian Premier League (fourth season) was held on 8 and 9 January 2011 at the ITC Royal Gardenia, Bangalore.^[7] The auction comprised 350 players (reduced from an initial list of 416 players) put for auction in English auction. Each player in the auction pool had a bidding base price under which franchise owners could not bid. Players were allowed to set their base price between $200,000 to $400,000.

There are reports that some teams spent $12 million on players, despite the salary cap being $9 million.^[8]

Sold players

Nat	Player	Team	Winning bid	Base price
	Gautam Gambhir	Kolkata Knight Riders	$2,400,000	$200,000
	Yusuf Pathan	Kolkata Knight Riders	$2,100,000	$300,000
	Robin Uthappa	Pune Warriors India	$2,100,000	$200,000
	Rohit Sharma	Mumbai Indians	$2,000,000	$200,000
	Irfan Pathan	Delhi Daredevils	$1,900,000	$200,000
	Yuvraj Singh	Pune Warriors India	$1,800,000	$400,000
	Saurabh Tiwary	Royal Challengers Bangalore	$1,600,000	$100,000
	Mahela Jayawardene	Kochi Tuskers Kerala	$1,500,000	$400,000
	David Hussey	Kings XI Punjab	$1,400,000	$200,000
	Dale Steyn	Deccan Chargers	$1,200,000	$200,000
	Muttiah Muralitharan	Kochi Tuskers Kerala	$1,100,000	$300,000
	Cameron White	Deccan Chargers	$1,100,000	$300,000
	Jacques Kallis	Kolkata Knight Riders	$1,100,000	$300,000
	AB de Villiers	Royal Challengers Bangalore	$1,100,000	$400,000
	Ross Taylor	Rajasthan Royals	$1,000,000	$400,000
	Angelo Mathews	Pune Warriors India	$950,000	$200,000
	Ravindra Jadeja	Kochi Tuskers Kerala	$950,000	$100,000
	Johan Botha	Rajasthan Royals	$950,000	$200,000
	Dinesh Karthik	Kings XI Punjab	$900,000	$200,000
	Piyush Chawla	Kings XI Punjab	$900,000	$100,000
	Sreesanth	Kochi Tuskers Kerala	$900,000	$200,000
	Adam Gilchrist	Kings XI Punjab	$900,000	$400,000
	Zaheer Khan	Royal Challengers Bangalore	$900,000	$300,000
	Dan Christian	Deccan Chargers	$900,000	$50,000
	Ravichandran Ashwin	Chennai Super Kings	$850,000	$100,000
	Ashish Nehra	Pune Warriors India	$850,000	$200,000
	Andrew Symonds	Mumbai Indians	$850,000	$300,000
	Subramaniam Badrinath	Chennai Super Kings	$800,000	$100,000
	Praveen Kumar	Kings XI Punjab	$800,000	$200,000
	Abhishek Nayar	Kings XI Punjab	$800,000	$50,000
	David Warner	Delhi Daredevils	$750,000	$200,000
	Umesh Yadav	Delhi Daredevils	$750,000	$50,000
	Munaf Patel	Mumbai Indians	$700,000	$100,000
	Venugopal Rao	Delhi Daredevils	$700,000	$100,000
	Kumar Sangakkara	Deccan Chargers	$700,000	$300,000
	Cheteshwar Pujara	Royal Challengers Bangalore	$700,000	$100,000
	Doug Bollinger	Chennai Super Kings	$700,000	$200,000
	Dirk Nannes	Royal Challengers Bangalore	$650,000	$200,000
	Tillakaratne Dilshan	Royal Challengers Bangalore	$650,000	$400,000
	Kevin Pietersen	Deccan Chargers	$650,000	$400,000
	Daniel Vettori	Royal Challengers Bangalore	$550,000	$400,000
	Pragyan Ojha	Deccan Chargers	$500,000	$200,000
	Rahul Dravid	Rajasthan Royals	$500,000	$400,000
	Graeme Smith	Pune Warriors India	$500,000	$400,000
	RP Singh	Kochi Tuskers Kerala	$500,000	$200,000
	Lakshmipathy Balaji	Kolkata Knight Riders	$500,000	$100,000
	Manoj Tiwari	Kolkata Knight Riders	$475,000	$100,000
	Morné Morkel	Delhi Daredevils	$475,000	$100,000
	Brendon McCullum	Kochi Tuskers Kerala	$475,000	$400,000
	Vinay Kumar	Kochi Tuskers Kerala	$475,000	$100,000
	Ishant Sharma	Deccan Chargers	$450,000	$200,000
	Brad Hodge	Kochi Tuskers Kerala	$425,000	$200,000
	Shakib Al Hasan	Kolkata Knight Riders	$425,000	$200,000
	Michael Hussey	Chennai Super Kings	$425,000	$200,000
	Brett Lee	Kolkata Knight Riders	$400,000	$400,000
	Shaun Marsh	Kings XI Punjab	$400,000	$400,000
	Stuart Broad	Kings XI Punjab	$400,000	$400,000
	VVS Laxman	Kochi Tuskers Kerala	$400,000	$300,000
	Murali Kartik	Pune Warriors India	$400,000	$200,000
	Ashok Dinda	Delhi Daredevils	$375,000	$100,000
	Eoin Morgan	Kolkata Knight Riders	$350,000	$200,000
	James Hopes	Delhi Daredevils	$350,000	$200,000
	Ryan Harris	Kings XI Punjab	$325,000	$200,000
	Brad Haddin	Kolkata Knight Riders	$325,000	$200,000
	Callum Ferguson	Pune Warriors India	$300,000	$200,000
	Aaron Finch	Delhi Daredevils	$300,000	$100,000
	Amit Mishra	Deccan Chargers	$300,000	$100,000
	Shikhar Dhawan	Deccan Chargers	$300,000	$100,000
	JP Duminy	Deccan Chargers	$300,000	$200,000
	Shaun Tait	Rajasthan Royals	$300,000	$300,000
	Parthiv Patel	Kochi Tuskers Kerala	$290,000	$100,000
	Mitchell Marsh	Pune Warriors India	$290,000	$100,000
	Manpreet Gony	Deccan Chargers	$290,000	$50,000
	Naman Ojha	Delhi Daredevils	$270,000	$100,000
	Tim Paine	Pune Warriors India	$270,000	$100,000
	Abhimanyu Mithun	Royal Challengers Bangalore	$260,000	$100,000
	Jaydev Unadkat	Kolkata Knight Riders	$250,000	$50,000
	Paul Collingwood	Rajasthan Royals	$250,000	$200,000
	Sudeep Tyagi	Chennai Super Kings	$240,000	$50,000
	Ajit Agarkar	Delhi Daredevils	$210,000	$100,000
	Steve Smith	Pune Warriors India	$200,000	$200,000
	Dwayne Bravo	Chennai Super Kings	$200,000	$200,000
	Owais Shah	Kochi Tuskers Kerala	$200,000	$200,000
	Scott Styris	Chennai Super Kings	$200,000	$100,000
	Davy Jacobs	Mumbai Indians	$190,000	$20,000
	Ramesh Powar	Kochi Tuskers Kerala	$180,000	$100,000
	Wayne Parnell	Pune Warriors India	$160,000	$100,000
	Ryan ten Doeschate	Kolkata Knight Riders	$150,000	$50,000
	Jesse Ryder	Pune Warriors India	$150,000	$100,000
	Joginder Sharma	Chennai Super Kings	$150,000	$100,000
	Charl Langeveldt	Royal Challengers Bangalore	$140,000	$100,000
	Mohammad Kaif	Royal Challengers Bangalore	$130,000	$100,000
	Francois du Plessis	Chennai Super Kings	$120,000	$20,000
	Clint McKay	Mumbai Indians	$110,000	$100,000
	Nathan McCullum	Pune Warriors India	$100,000	$100,000
	James Franklin	Mumbai Indians	$100,000	$100,000
	Wriddhiman Saha	Chennai Super Kings	$100,000	$100,000
	Jerome Taylor	Pune Warriors India	$100,000	$100,000
	James Pattinson	Kolkata Knight Riders	$100,000	$100,000
	Alfonso Thomas	Pune Warriors India	$100,000	$50,000
	Nuwan Kulasekara	Chennai Super Kings	$100,000	$100,000
	Matthew Wade	Delhi Daredevils	$100,000	$100,000
	Dimitri Mascarenhas	Kings XI Punjab	$100,000	$100,000
	Colin Ingram	Delhi Daredevils	$100,000	$100,000
	Ben Hilfenhaus	Chennai Super Kings	$100,000	$100,000
	Pankaj Singh	Rajasthan Royals	$95,000	$50,000
	Rusty Theron	Deccan Chargers	$85,000	$50,000
	Suraj Randiv	Chennai Super Kings	$80,000	$50,000
	John Hastings	Kochi Tuskers Kerala	$20,000	$20,000
	Andrew McDonald	Delhi Daredevils	$80,000	$50,000
	Thissara Perera	Kochi Tuskers Kerala	$80,000	$50,000
	Michael Lumb	Deccan Chargers	$80,000	$50,000
	Michael Klinger	Kochi Tuskers Kerala	$75,000	$20,000
	Johan van der Wath	Royal Challengers Bangalore	$50,000	$50,000
	Moises Henriques	Mumbai Indians	$50,000	$50,000
	George Bailey	Chennai Super Kings	$50,000	$50,000
	Roelof van der Merwe	Delhi Daredevils	$50,000	$50,000
	Luke Pomersbach	Royal Challengers Bangalore	$50,000	$20,000
	Rilee Rossouw	Royal Challengers Bangalore	$20,000	$20,000
	Nuwan Pradeep	Royal Challengers Bangalore	$20,000	$20,000
	Chris Lynn	Deccan Chargers	$20,000	$20,000
	Travis Birt	Delhi Daredevils	$20,000	$20,000
	Nathan Rimmington	Kings XI Punjab	$20,000	$20,000
	Jonathan Vandiar	Royal Challengers Bangalore	$20,000	$20,000
	Aiden Blizzard	Mumbai Indians	$20,000	$20,000
	Robert Frylinck	Delhi Daredevils	$20,000	$20,000
	Stephen O'Keefe	Kochi Tuskers Kerala	$20,000	$20,000

Unsold players

The following players remained unsold at the end of the two-day auction.

Replacement signings

Many franchises signed players after the IPL auction, as replacement of contracted players who were not available to play due to injuries and national commitments. Under IPL rules, the replacements had to be chosen from the pool of players who went unsold in the January auction, and could not be paid more than the players they were replacing, though they could be paid less.^[9]

Player	Replaced	Team	Price	Reason for replacement
Tim Southee	Ben Hilfenhaus	Chennai Super Kings	$100,000	Injury[10]
Chris Gayle	Dirk Nannes	Royal Challengers Bangalore	$650,000	Injury – side strain[11]
Jacob Oram	Paul Collingwood	Rajasthan Royals	$250,000	Injury – damaged cartilage in right knee[12]
Ryan McLaren	Stuart Broad	Kings XI Punjab	$250,000	Injury – side strain[13]
David Miller	Dimitri Mascarenhas	Kings XI Punjab	$100,000	Surgery – to fix achilles heel injury[9]
Mark Boucher	Brad Haddin	Kolkata Knight Riders	$325,000	Injury – middle finger[14]
Sourav Ganguly	Ashish Nehra	Pune Warriors India	$400,000	Injury – finger[15]
James Faulkner	Angelo Mathews	Pune Warriors India	$100,000	Injury – leg[16]
Ray Price	Moises Henriques	Mumbai Indians	$50,000	Injury – adductor muscle[17]
Dilhara Fernando	Clint McKay	Mumbai Indians	$100,000	Injury – stress fracture in left foot