[1][2] After being unhappy with his retention price by Sunrisers Hyderabad, Shikhar Dhawan was rumored to be transferred to Mumbai Indians, or Kings XI Punjab before eventually returning to his home team of Delhi Capitals.
[3] Gautam Gambhir, Yuvraj Singh and Glenn Maxwell were the prominent names among the released players.
[11] The auction was reckoned to be affected by limited availability of foreign players due to the 2019 Cricket World Cup.
[18] Jaydev Unadkat and uncapped Varun Chakravarthy were the costliest players at Rs.8.4 crore.
Prominent players like Cheteshwar Pujara, Brendon McCullum and Alex Hales remained unsold.