List of 2012 Indian Premier League personnel changes

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

Transfers
The first transfer window was between 15 December and 20 January 2012 and included the following transfers.

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.

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.

Withdrawn players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.

Auction
The players auction for the 2012 Indian Premier League (fifth season) was held on 4 February 2012 in Bangalore. 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.

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. 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. Kochi was terminated by the BCCI in September 2011.

Sold players
The list of players sold at 2012 IPL player auction. Pune Warriors India did not take part.

Players list

 * 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