List of 2009 Indian Premier League personnel changes

This is a list of all personnel changes for the 2009 Indian Premier League.

Retirement

Date	Name	Team(s) played (years)	Age	Notes	Ref.
15 November 2008	Shaun Pollock	Mumbai Indians (2008)	35	Became the bowling coach for the Mumbai Indians.[1]	[2]
2008	Darren Lehmann	Rajasthan Royals (2008)	38	Became coach for the Deccan Chargers.	[3]
2008	Stephen Fleming	Chennai Super Kings (2008)	35	Became coach for the Chennai Super Kings.

Trades

Teams were reluctant to trade initially due to the troubled economic times and the general desire to concentrate on building a well-rounded team as opposed to making profits out of trades.

17 January 2009	To Delhi Daredevils  Ashish Nehra	To Mumbai Indians  Shikhar Dhawan
22 January 2009	To Mumbai Indians  Zaheer Khan	To Royal Challengers Bangalore  Robin Uthappa
—	Three-team trade
	To Mumbai Indians  Jaydev Shah (from Rajasthan)	To Royal Challengers Bangalore  Gaurav Dhiman (from Mumbai)  Pankaj Singh (from Rajasthan)

Signings

Pre-auction signings

With most international players (barring members of the England squad and Indian Cricket League players) signing up for the first season on multi-season contracts, the emphasis for off-season signings for 2009 were possible up-and-coming young players from international domestic circuits. Some teams, including the Delhi Daredevils sent scouts to domestic and ’emerging player’ matches held in Australia to sign up players.

Nat	Player	Team
	Dirk Nannes	Delhi Daredevils
	David Warner	Delhi Daredevils
	Andrew McDonald	Delhi Daredevils
	Ryan Harris	Deccan Chargers
	Graham Napier	Mumbai Indians
	Sachin Rana	Kolkata Knight Riders
	Monish Parmar	Kolkata Knight Riders
	Raiphi Gomez	Rajasthan Royals
	Ryan McLaren	Mumbai Indians
	Dillon du Preez	Royal Challengers Bangalore
	Angelo Mathews	Kolkata Knight Riders
	Moises Henriques	Kolkata Knight Riders

Post Auction Signings

Any ‘unsold’ players as well as players sought after as replacements for Pakistani players who would be unable to play for their IPL team in 2009 can be signed on after the auction.

Nat	Player	Team
	Naman Ojha	Rajasthan Royals
	Kamran Khan	Rajasthan Royals
	Lee Carseldine	Rajasthan Royals
	Shane Harwood	Rajasthan Royals
	Robert Quiney	Rajasthan Royals
	Burt Cockley	Kings XI Punjab

Re-signings

IPL Replacement Players, filling in for players away on national duty, and some under-19 players, were recruited with a one-year contract and hence their franchises had the choice to resign them or release them as free agents.

Nat	Player	Team
	Ajantha Mendis	Kolkata Knight Riders
	Brad Hodge	Kolkata Knight Riders
	Ravindra Jadeja	Rajasthan Royals
	Dwayne Bravo	Mumbai Indians
	Virat Kohli	Royal Challengers Bangalore

Withdrawals

Other players opted to withdraw from this particular season from the IPL, but have not ruled out returning in the future. In most cases, the reason for withdrawal was that the players wanted a break from the hectic international schedule. There have also been withdrawals due to injury and also Pakistanis who have had their contracts terminated or suspended due to tensions between India and Pakistan since the Mumbai Terrorist Attacks. Most withdrawals were Australian international players, for whom the IPL would be the only break between a series against Pakistan and the upcoming long tour of England which would include The Ashes series. Withdrawals included:

Nat	Player	Team
	Michael Hussey	Chennai Super Kings
	Ricky Ponting	Kolkata Knight Riders
	Andrew McDonald	Delhi Daredevils
	Ryan Harris	Deccan Chargers
	Graham Napier	Mumbai Indians
	Sachin Rana	Kolkata Knight Riders
	Monish Parmar	Kolkata Knight Riders
	Raiphi Gomez	Rajasthan Royals
	Ryan McLaren	Mumbai Indians
	Dillon du Preez	Royal Challengers Bangalore
	Angelo Mathews	Kolkata Knight Riders
	Moises Henriques	Kolkata Knight Riders
	Jerome Taylor	Kings XI Punjab
	Shoaib Akhtar	Kolkata Knight Riders
	Misbah-ul-Haq	Royal Challengers Bangalore
	Shahid Afridi	Deccan Chargers
	Shoaib Malik	Delhi Daredevils
	Mohammad Asif	Delhi Daredevils
	Umar Gul	Kolkata Knight Riders
	Mohammad Hafeez	Kolkata Knight Riders
	Salman Butt	Kolkata Knight Riders
	Kamran Akmal	Rajasthan Royals
	Younis Khan	Rajasthan Royals
	Sohail Tanvir	Rajasthan Royals
	Shaun Tait	Rajasthan Royals
	Shane Watson	Rajasthan Royals

Auction

The 2009 Indian Premier League Players Auction was held on 6 February 2009 in Goa, India. A total of 43 players from 9 countries were shortlisted for the auction. However, only 17 of them were sold. The English duo of Kevin Pietersen and Andrew Flintoff each went for US$1.55 million, which made them the highest-paid cricketers in the IPL.

Sold players

Nat	Player	Team	Winning bid	Base price
	Shaun Tait	Rajasthan Royals	$375,000	$250,000
	JP Duminy	Mumbai Indians	$950,000	$300,000
	Andrew Flintoff	Chennai Super Kings	$1,550,000	$950,000
	Kevin Pietersen	Royal Challengers Bangalore	$1,550,000	$1,350,000
	Fidel Edwards	Deccan Chargers	$150,000	$150,000
	Owais Shah	Delhi Daredevils	$275,000	$150,000
	Paul Collingwood	Delhi Daredevils	$275,000	$250,000
	Tyron Henderson	Rajasthan Royals	$650,000	$100,000
	Ravi Bopara	Kings XI Punjab	$450,000	$150,000
	Thilan Thushara	Chennai Super Kings	$140,000	$100,000
	Jesse Ryder	Royal Challengers Bangalore	$160,000	$100,000
	Kyle Mills	Mumbai Indians	$150,000	$150,000
	Dwayne Smith	Deccan Chargers	$100,000	$100,000
	Jerome Taylor	Kings XI Punjab	$150,000	$150,000
	Mohammad Ashraful	Mumbai Indians	$75,000	$75,000
	Mashrafe Mortaza	Kolkata Knight Riders	$600,000	$50,000
	George Bailey	Chennai Super Kings	$50,000	$50,000

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Unsold players