List of 2008 Indian Premier League auctions and personnel signings
This is a list of all auctions and personnel signings for the 2008 Indian Premier League.
Team Auction
The auctions for team ownership was held on 24 January 2008. The base price of team was set at 50 million. The auction fetched a total amount of 723.59 million against the combined base price of 400 million. Mumbai was the most expensive team, costing over 111.9 million. The auction also led to controversy regarding the conflict of interest with then BCCI chairman N. Srinivasan holding a stake in the Chennai team.| Team | City | Franchise Owner | Cost |
| Royal Challengers Bangalore | Bangalore | Vijay Mallya's United Breweries Group | 111.60 |
| Chennai Super Kings | Chennai | India Cements | 91.00 |
| Delhi Daredevils | Delhi | GMR Group | 84.00 |
| Deccan Chargers | Hyderabad | Deccan Chronicle | 107.00 |
| Rajasthan Royals | Jaipur | Emerging Media-led consortium | 67.00 |
| Kolkata Knight Riders | Kolkata | Shah Rukh Khan's Red Chillies Entertainment | 75.09 |
| Kings XI Punjab | Mohali | Preity Zinta, Ness Wadia, Karan Paul and Dabur's Mohit Burman | 76.00 |
| Mumbai Indians | Mumbai | Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Industries | 111.90 |
Player's Auction
Icon players
Icon player was a status given to five players of the Indian Premier League to ensure that top draw players will represent their respective home city sides, which was important for the league to increase fan support and interest among the locals. The icon players received 15% percent more money than the highest paid player of the team bought in the auction. Initially four icon players were designated but later on the request of Delhi Daredevils, Virender Sehwag's name was added to the list. Deccan Chargers also asked for Icon Player status to be given to VVS Laxman, but he declined the offer in order to allow the franchise to spend more money on other players and still not breach the US$5 million salary cap.| Name | Team | Highest bid by the team | Salary |
| Sachin Tendulkar | Mumbai Indians | 975 | 1121 |
| Sourav Ganguly | Kolkata Knight Riders | 950 | 1093 |
| Rahul Dravid | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 900 | 1035 |
| Yuvraj Singh | Kings XI Punjab | 925 | 1064 |
| Virender Sehwag | Delhi Daredevils | 725 | 834 |
Auction-1
The first auction was held on 20 February 2008. The total salary cap was set at 5 million with a minimum of 3.3 million to be spend. Players were divided into categoreies with Category-A, B, C and D representing prominent players. Remaining Wicket-keepers, All-rounders, Batsmen and Bowlers were kept in category-E, F, G and H respectively. 77 players signed up for auction including 48 foreign players. 75 players were auctioned with Mohammed Yousuf and Ashwell Prince remaining unsold. MS Dhoni was the costliest player at 1.5 million. Andrew Symonds was the most costly foreign player. The unsold players were paid their base price by the BCCI. Jaipur was fined for not reaching the minimum spending of 3 million.| No. | Category | Name | Nationality | Speciality | Base Price | Team | Auctioned Price |
| 1 | A | Shane Warne |  Australia | Bowler | 450 | Rajasthan Royals | 450 |
| 2 | A | Mahendra Singh Dhoni |  India | Wicketkeeper | 400 | Chennai Super Kings | 1500 |
| 3 | A | Adam Gilchrist | Australia | Wicket keeper | 300 | Deccan Chargers | 700 |
| 4 | A | Shoaib Akhtar |  Pakistan | Bowler | 250 | Kolkata Knight Riders | 425 |
| 5 | A | Mahela Jayawardene |  Sri Lanka | Batsman | 250 | Kings XI Punjab | 475 |
| 6 | A | Muttiah Muralitharan | Sri Lanka | Bowler | 250 | Chennai Super Kings | 600 |
| 7 | B | Anil Kumble | India | Bowler | 250 | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 500 |
| 8 | B | Glenn McGrath | Australia | Bowler | 350 | Delhi Daredevils | 350 |
| 9 | B | Mohammed Yousuf | Pakistan | Batsman | 350 | Unsold | |
| 10 | B | Harbhajan Singh | India | Bowler | 250 | Mumbai Indians | 850 |
| 11 | B | Sanath Jayasuriya | Sri Lanka | Allrounder | 250 | Mumbai Indians | 975 |
| 12 | B | Kumar Sangakkara | Sri Lanka | Wicketkeeper-batsman | 250 | Kings XI Punjab | 700 |
| 13 | C | Ricky Ponting | Australia | Batsman | 335 | Kolkata Knight Riders | 400 |
| 14 | C | Brett Lee | Australia | Bowler | 300 | Kings XI Punjab | 900 |
| 15 | C | Andrew Symonds | Australia | Allrounder | 250 | Deccan Chargers | 1350 |
| 16 | C | Michael Hussey | Australia | Batsman | 250 | Chennai Super Kings | 250 |
| 17 | C | Daniel Vettori |  New Zealand | Bowler | 250 | Delhi Daredevils | 625 |
| 18 | C | Matthew Hayden | Australia | Batsman | 225 | Chennai Super Kings | 375 |
| 19 | C | Brendon McCullum | New Zealand | Wicketkeeper | 175 | Kolkata Knight Riders | 700 |
| 20 | C | Jacob Oram | New Zealand | Allrounder | 200 | Chennai Super Kings | 675 |
| 21 | D | Stephen Fleming | New Zealand | Batsman | 350 | Chennai Super Kings | 350 |
| 22 | D | Graeme Smith |  South Africa | Batsman | 250 | Rajasthan Royals | 250 |
| 23 | D | Herschelle Gibbs | South Africa | Batsman | 250 | Deccan Chargers | 575 |
| 24 | D | Chris Gayle |  West Indies | Allrounder | 250 | Kolkata Knight Riders | 800 |
| 25 | D | Shoaib Malik | Pakistan | Allrounder | 300 | Delhi Daredevils | 500 |
| 26 | D | Shahid Afridi | Pakistan | Allrounder | 225 | Deccan Chargers | 675 |
| 27 | D | Younis Khan | Pakistan | Batsman | 225 | Rajasthan Royals | 225 |
| 28 | D | Mohammad Asif | Pakistan | Bowler | 225 | Delhi Daredevils | 650 |
| 29 | D | Jacques Kallis | South Africa | Allrounder | 225 | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 900 |
| 30 | D | Zaheer Khan | India | Bowler | 200 | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 450 |
| 31 | D | Sreesanth | India | Bowler | 200 | Kings XI Punjab | 625 |
| 32 | E | Dinesh Karthik | India | Wicketkeeper | 200 | Delhi Daredevils | 525 |
| 33 | E | AB de Villiers | South Africa | Wicketkeeper | 200 | Delhi Daredevils | 300 |
| 34 | E | Mark Boucher | South Africa | Wicketkeeper | 200 | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 450 |
| 35 | E | Parthiv Patel | India | Wicketkeeper | 150 | Chennai Super Kings | 325 |
| 36 | E | Kamran Akmal | Pakistan | Wicketkeeper | 150 | Rajasthan Royals | 150 |
| 37 | E | Tatenda Taibu |  Zimbabwe | Wicketkeeper | 125 | Kolkata Knight Riders | 125 |
| 38 | F | Albie Morkel | South Africa | Allrounder | 225 | Chennai Super Kings | 675 |
| 39 | F | Ajit Agarkar | India | Allrounder | 200 | Kolkata Knight Riders | 350 |
| 40 | F | Shaun Pollock | South Africa | Allrounder | 200 | Mumbai Indians | 550 |
| 41 | F | Irfan Pathan | India | Allrounder | 200 | Kings XI Punjab | 925 |
| 42 | F | Scott Styris | New Zealand | Allrounder | 175 | Deccan Chargers | 175 |
| 43 | F | Farveez Maharoof | Sri Lanka | Allrounder | 150 | Delhi Daredevils | 225 |
| 44 | F | Tillakaratne Dilshan | Sri Lanka | Allrounder | 152 | Delhi Daredevils | 250 |
| 45 | F | Cameron White | Australia | Allrounder | 100 | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 500 |
| 46 | F | Yusuf Pathan | India | Allrounder | 100 | Rajasthan Royals | 475 |
| 47 | F | Joginder Sharma | India | Allrounder | 100 | Chennai Super Kings | 225 |
| 48 | G | Ramnaresh Sarwan |  West Indies | Batsman | 225 | Kings XI Punjab | 225 |
| 49 | G | Simon Katich | Australia | Batsman | 200 | Kings XI Punjab | 200 |
| 50 | G | Justin Langer | Australia | Batsman | 200 | Rajasthan Royals | 200 |
| 51 | G | Gautam Gambhir | India | Batsman | 220 | Delhi Daredevils | 725 |
| 52 | G | Robin Uthappa | India | Batsman | 200 | Mumbai Indians | 800 |
| 53 | G | Shivnarine Chanderpaul | West Indies | Batsman | 200 | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 200 |
| 54 | G | Ashwell Prince | South Africa | Batsman | 175 | Unsold | |
| 55 | G | VVS Laxman | India | Batsman | 150 | Deccan Chargers | 375 |
| 56 | G | Wasim Jaffer | India | Batsman | 150 | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 150 |
| 57 | G | Rohit Sharma | India | Batsman | 150 | Deccan Chargers | 750 |
| 58 | G | Loots Bosman | South Africa | Batsman | 150 | Mumbai Indians | 175 |
| 59 | G | Mohammad Kaif | India | Batsman | 125 | Rajasthan Royals | 675 |
| 60 | G | Suresh Raina | India | Batsman | 125 | Chennai Super Kings | 650 |
| 61 | G | Manoj Tiwary | India | Batsman | 100 | Delhi Daredevils | 675 |
| 62 | G | Chamara Silva | Sri Lanka | Batsman | 100 | Deccan Chargers | 100 |
| 63 | G | David Hussey | Australia | Batsman | 100 | Kolkata Knight Riders | 625 |
| 64 | H | Nathan Bracken | Australia | Bowler | 225 | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 325 |
| 65 | H | R P Singh | India | Bowler | 200 | Deccan Chargers | 875 |
| 66 | H | Murali Kartik | India | Bowler | 200 | Kolkata Knight Riders | 425 |
| 67 | H | Makhaya Ntini | South Africa | Bowler | 200 | Chennai Super Kings | 200 |
| 68 | H | Lasith Malinga | Sri Lanka | Bowler | 200 | Mumbai Indians | 350 |
| 69 | H | Chaminda Vaas | Sri Lanka | Bowler | 200 | Deccan Chargers | 200 |
| 70 | H | Ramesh Powar | India | Bowler | 150 | Kings XI Punjab | 170 |
| 71 | H | Umar Gul | Pakistan | Bowler | 150 | Kolkata Knight Riders | 150 |
| 72 | H | Dale Steyn | South Africa | Bowler | 150 | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 325 |
| 73 | H | Dilhara Fernando | Sri Lanka | Bowler | 150 | Mumbai Indians | 150 |
| 74 | H | Ishant Sharma | India | Bowler | 150 | Kolkata Knight Riders | 950 |
| 75 | H | Piyush Chawla | India | Bowler | 125 | Kings XI Punjab | 400 |
| 76 | H | Munaf Patel | India | Bowler | 100 | Rajasthan Royals | 275 |
| 77 | H | Nuwan Zoysa | Sri Lanka | Bowler | 100 | Deccan Chargers | 110 |
Auction-2
The second IPL auction for foreign players took place in Mumbai on 11 March 2008. 26 players including unsold players from auction-1 signed up for the auction. The base price was set at 50,000. 14 players were sold in the auction. James Hopes was the costliest player at 300,000. Dimitri Mascarenhas became the first English player to sign up for IPL. Mohammed Yousuf again remained unsold in 2nd auction due to continuing dispute with Indian Cricket League. IPL allowed teams to cross 8 foreign players limit. Players sold lower than their signed up price were paid remaining amount by IPL.| No. | Name | Nationality | Speciality | Team | Auctioned Price |
| 1 | Mohammed Yousuf | Pakistan | Batsman | Unsold | |
| 2 | Morne Morkel | South Africa | Bowler | Rajasthan Royals | 60 |
| 3 | Ashwell Prince | South Africa | Batsman | Mumbai Indians | 175 |
| 4 | Kyle Mills | New Zealand | Bowler | Kings XI Punjab | 150 |
| 5 | Mohammad Hafeez | Pakistan | All-rounder | Kolkata Knight Riders | 100 |
| 6 | Ross Taylor | New Zealand | Batsman | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 100 |
| 7 | Peter Fulton | New Zealand | Batsman | Unsold | |
| 8 | Jamie How | New Zealand | Batsman | Unsold | |
| 9 | Jeetan Patel | New Zealand | Allrounder | Unsold | |
| 10 | Chris Martin | New Zealand | Bowler | Unsold | |
| 11 | James Franklin | New Zealand | Allrounder | Unsold | |
| 12 | Brad Hodge | Australia | Allrounder | Unsold | |
| 13 | Shane Watson | Australia | Allrounder | Rajasthan Royals | 125 |
| 14 | Phil Jaques | Australia | Batsman | Unsold | |
| 15 | James Hopes | Australia | Allrounder | Kings XI Punjab | 300 |
| 16 | Brett Geeves | Australia | Bowler | Delhi Daredevils | 50 |
| 17 | Luke Pomersbach | Australia | Batsman | Kings XI Punjab | 50 |
| 18 | Prasanna Jayawardene | Sri Lanka | Wicketkeeper | Unsold | |
| 19 | Mohammad Ashraful |  Bangladesh | Batsman | Unsold | |
| 20 | Mashrafe Mortaza | Bangladesh | Allrounder | Unsold | |
| 21 | Misbah-ul-Haq | Pakistan | Batsman | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 125 |
| 22 | Salman Butt | Pakistan | Batsman | Kolkata Knight Riders | 100 |
| 23 | Yasir Hameed | Pakistan | Batsman | Unsold | |
| 24 | Dimitri Mascarenhas |  England | Allrounder | Rajasthan Royals | 100 |
| 25 | Sohail Tanvir | Pakistan | Bowler | Rajasthan Royals | 100 |
| 26 | Abdur Razzak | Bangladesh | Bowler | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 50 |
Under-19 Draft
Along with 2nd Auction, the 15 players from winners of 2008 Under-19 Cricket World Cup along with Viraj Kadbe were picked upon draf system based upon US National Football League. The franchises were randomly allotted numbers from 1 to 8. The franchise assigned the number 1 got the choice of picking player first and then the second franchise and so on. After eight players were picked, the order of the bidding reversed. Delhi was the first team and chose Pradeep Sangwan. Deccan Chargers passed on both of their drafts. Delhi Daredevils also picked only one of the draft while Chennai Super Kings picked three players. The players with Ranji experience were paid 50,000 and remaining 30,000.| Name | Team | Salary |
| Pradeep Sangwan | Delhi Daredevils | 50 |
| Virat Kohli | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 50 |
| Saurabh Tiwary | Mumbai Indians | 50 |
| Taruwar Kohli | Rajasthan Royals | 30 |
| Siddarth Kaul | Kolkata Knight Riders | 50 |
| Tanmay Srivastava | Kings XI Punjab | 50 |
| Abhinav Mukund | Chennai Super Kings | 50 |
| Napoleon Einstein | Chennai Super Kings | 30 |
| Ajitesh Argal | Kings XI Punjab | 50 |
| Iqbal Abdulla | Kolkata Knight Riders | 30 |
| R Jadeja | Rajasthan Royals | 50 |
| Manish Pandey | Mumbai Indians | 30 |
| Shreevats Goswami | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 30 |
| Perry Goyal | Unsold | |
| Siva Kumar | Unsold | |
| Viraj Kadbe | Chennai Super Kings | 30 |
Player's Signing
IPL franchise could sign Indian players at any time. The base price for was fixed at $50,000 for the Ranji Trophy players and $20,000 for those having not played the Ranji Trophy. Franchises had to pick minimum four under-22 Indian players from their designated catchment area in their squad.Praveen Kumar was claimed to be signed by both Delhi and Bangalore franchise, with the player later confirming that he had joined the Royal Challengers Bangalore. The following players were signed before the tournament.| Name | Nationality | Team | Signing date | Ref |
| Praveen Kumar | India | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 23 February 2008 | |
| Yo Mahesh | India | Delhi Daredevils | Up to 10 March 2008 | |
| Shikhar Dhawan | India | Delhi Daredevils | Up to 10 March 2008 | |
| Mithun Manhas | India | Delhi Daredevils | Up to 10 March 2008 | |
| Rajat Bhatia | India | Delhi Daredevils | Up to 10 March 2008 | |
| Mayank Tehlan | India | Delhi Daredevils | Up to 10 March 2008 | |
| Sunil Joshi | India | Royal Challengers Bangalore | Up to 10 March 2008 | |
| Balachandra Akhil | India | Royal Challengers Bangalore | Up to 10 March 2008 | |
| Vinay Kumar | India | Royal Challengers Bangalore | Up to 10 March 2008 | |
| Bharat Chipli | India | Royal Challengers Bangalore | Up to 10 March 2008 | |
| J. Arunkumar | India | Royal Challengers Bangalore | Up to 10 March 2008 | |
| KP Appanna | India | Royal Challengers Bangalore | Up to 10 March 2008 | |
| Devraj Patil | India | Royal Challengers Bangalore | Up to 10 March 2008 | |
| Shadab Jakati | India | Chennai Super Kings | Up to 10 March 2008 | |
| Sudeep Tyagi | India | Chennai Super Kings | Up to 10 March 2008 | |
| R Ashwin | India | Chennai Super Kings | Up to 10 March 2008 | |
| Srikkanth Anirudha | India | Chennai Super Kings | Up to 10 March 2008 | |
| S Badrinath | India | Chennai Super Kings | Up to 10 March 2008 | |
| Pinal Shah | India | Mumbai Indians | Up to 10 March 2008 | |
| Abhishek Nayar | India | Mumbai Indians | Up to 10 March 2008 | |
| Ajinkya Rahane | India | Mumbai Indians | Up to 10 March 2008 | |
| Yogesh Takawale | India | Mumbai Indians | Up to 10 March 2008 | |
| Sanjay Bangar | India | Deccan Chargers | Up to 10 March 2008 | |
| Venugopal Rao | India | Deccan Chargers | Up to 10 March 2008 | |
| Arjun Yadav | India | Deccan Chargers | Up to 10 March 2008 | |
| Dwaraka Ravi Teja | India | Deccan Chargers | Up to 10 March 2008 | |
| Pragyan Ojha | India | Deccan Chargers | Up to 10 March 2008 | |
| Doddapaneni Kalyankrishna | India | Deccan Chargers | Up to 10 March 2008 | |
| P Vijay Kumar | India | Deccan Chargers | Up to 10 March 2008 | |
| Sarvesh Kumar | India | Deccan Chargers | Up to 10 March 2008 | |
| Halhadar Das | India | Deccan Chargers | Up to 10 March 2008 | |
| VRV Singh | India | Kings XI Punjab | Up to 10 March 2008 | |
| Karan Goel | India | Kings XI Punjab | Up to 10 March 2008 | |
| Uday Kaul | India | Kings XI Punjab | Up to 10 March 2008 | |
| Pankaj Singh | India | Rajasthan Royals | Up to 10 March 2008 | |
| Anup Revandkar | India | Rajasthan Royals | Up to 10 March 2008 | |
| Dinesh Salunkhe | India | Rajasthan Royals | Up to 10 March 2008 | |
| Wriddhiman Saha | India | Kolkata Knight Riders | 11 March 2008 | |
| Laxmi Ratan Shukla | India | Kolkata Knight Riders | 11 March 2008 | |
| Rohan Banerjee | India | Kolkata Knight Riders | 11 March 2008 | |
| Saurasish Lahiri | India | Kolkata Knight Riders | 11 March 2008 | |
| Aakash Chopra | India | Kolkata Knight Riders | 13 March 2008 | |
| Cheteshwar Pujara | India | Kolkata Knight Riders | 13 March 2008 | |
| Ashish Nehra | India | Mumbai Indians | 14 March 2008 | |
| Amit Mishra | India | Delhi Daredevils | 14 March 2008 | |
| Luke Ronchi | New Zealand | Mumbai Indians | 26 March 2008 | |
| Lakshmipathy Balaji | India | Chennai Super Kings | 29 March 2008 | |
| Shaun Marsh | Australia | Kings XI Punjab | 9 April 2008 | |
| Dominic Thornely | Australia | Mumbai Indians | 9 April 2008 | |
| Darren Lehmann | Australia | Rajasthan Royals | 15 April 2008 | |
| Neravanda Aiyappa | India | Royal Challengers Bangalore | Up to 15 April 2008 | |
| Palani Amarnath | India | Chennai Super Kings | Up to 15 April 2008 | |
| Arun Karthik | India | Chennai Super Kings | Up to 15 April 2008 | |
| Manpreet Gony | India | Chennai Super Kings | Up to 15 April 2008 | |
| Suresh Kumar | India | Chennai Super Kings | Up to 15 April 2008 | |
| Vidyut Sivaramakrishnan | India | Chennai Super Kings | Up to 15 April 2008 | |
| Yogesh Nagar | India | Delhi Daredevils | Up to 15 April 2008 | |
| Tejashwi Yadav | India | Delhi Daredevils | Up to 15 April 2008 | |
| Pankaj Dharmani | India | Kings XI Punjab | Up to 15 April 2008 | |
| Rishi Dhawan | India | Kings XI Punjab | Up to 15 April 2008 | |
| Gagandeep Singh | India | Kings XI Punjab | Up to 15 April 2008 | |
| Sahil Kukreja | India | Kings XI Punjab | Up to 15 April 2008 | |
| Wilkin Mota | India | Kings XI Punjab | Up to 15 April 2008 | |
| Nitin Saini | India | Kings XI Punjab | Up to 15 April 2008 | |
| Sunny Sohal | India | Kings XI Punjab | Up to 15 April 2008 | |
| Ashoke Dinda | India | Kolkata Knight Riders | Up to 15 April 2008 | |
| Debabrata Das | India | Kolkata Knight Riders | Up to 15 April 2008 | |
| Ranadeb Bose | India | Kolkata Knight Riders | Up to 15 April 2008 | |
| Yashpal Singh | India | Kolkata Knight Riders | Up to 15 April 2008 | |
| Ankeet Chavan | India | Mumbai Indians | Up to 15 April 2008 | |
| Gaurav Dhiman | India | Mumbai Indians | Up to 15 April 2008 | |
| Siddharth Chitnis | India | Mumbai Indians | Up to 15 April 2008 | |
| Rajesh Pawar | India | Mumbai Indians | Up to 15 April 2008 | |
| Rohan Raje | India | Mumbai Indians | Up to 15 April 2008 | |
| Vikrant Yeligati | India | Mumbai Indians | Up to 15 April 2008 | |
| Musavir Khote | India | Mumbai Indians | Up to 15 April 2008 | |
| Dhawal Kulkarni | India | Mumbai Indians | Up to 15 April 2008 | |
| Swapnil Singh | India | Mumbai Indians | Up to 15 April 2008 | |
| Niraj Patel | India | Rajasthan Royals | Up to 15 April 2008 | |
| Jaydev Shah | India | Rajasthan Royals | Up to 15 April 2008 | |
| Mahesh Rawat | India | Rajasthan Royals | Up to 15 April 2008 | |
| Aditya Angle | India | Rajasthan Royals | Up to 15 April 2008 | |
| Sumit Khatri | India | Rajasthan Royals | Up to 15 April 2008 | |
| Parag More | India | Rajasthan Royals | Up to 15 April 2008 | |
| Siddharth Trivedi | India | Rajasthan Royals | Up to 15 April 2008 | |
| Swapnil Asnodkar | India | Rajasthan Royals | Up to 15 April 2008 |