Highlights | Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) IPL 2024 Auction Retained, Released and New Players List: KKR Buy Manish Pandey At Base Price
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) IPL 2024 Players Auction: Check Team wise Retained & Released Players Names List: Shreyas Iyer returns to lead the team as captain.
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Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) IPL 2024 Players Auction: Kolkata Knight Riders will the one team to watch out for in the upcoming Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 season as they have got some major boost in their team. Firstly, the magic man for KKR, Gautam Gambhir has returned to the team which he led to two IPL titles and secondly, captain Shreyas Iyer is back after missing the 2023 season due to injury. After releasing the likes of Shardul Thakur and Lockie Ferguson just after an year of trading them both, KKR still have a pretty strong side.
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The likes of Rinku Singh, Nitish Rana, Venkatesh Iyer and more will keen on making an impact for their team. We have had some magical moments from Rinku last season when he smashed Gujarat Titans (GT) bowler Yash Dayal for five sixes in a row to win the game for his team and we can expect many more moments like that from the star who is currently getting chances in Indian colours as well.
This will be the second season for Chandrakant Pandit as the head coach of KKR and he did pretty well in his debut season in which he faced lots of injury trouble within the squad. Nitish Rana did a fair job as skipper of the team last season and now he will be the vice-captain. It will be interesting to see how Shreyas Iyer goes about his business in his first season as KKR captain. Iyer was bought by the franchise for Rs 12.25 crore in 2022. A back injury in April 2023 ruled him out of the season but now he is fully fit and ready for action.
KKR Purse Available: Rs 32.7 crore
KKR Slots Remaining: Twelve (Four Overseas)
Players released by KKR: Litton Das, Shakib Al Hasan, Shardul Thakur, Lockie Ferguson, Narayan Jagadeesan, Mandeep Singh, Aarya Desai, David Wiese, Kulwant Khejroliya, Umesh Yadav, Tim Southee and Johnson Charles.
Players retained by KKR: Rinku Singh (55 Lakhs), Varun Chakaravarthy (8 crore), Venkatesh Iyer (8 crore), Nitish Rana (VC) (8 crore), Shreyas Iyer (C) (12.25 crore), Jason Roy (2.8 crore), Sunil Narine (6 crore), Rahmanullah Gurbaz (50 lakh), Suyash Sharma (20 lakh), Anukul Roy (20 lakh), Andre Russell (12 crore), Harshit Rana (20 lakh) and Vaibhav Arora (60 lakh).
Gambhir To Attend Auction
Make no mistake about this, the new mentor and the former captain Gautam Gambhir will be present in Dubai at the KKR table to help pick the best players.
KKR released 12 players ahead of the IPL 2024 Auction and need to fill in the same number of positions.
Full List Of Players Bought By KKR In IPL 2024 Auction
NO. | PLAYER NAME | Auction Price |
1 | David Wiese | INR 1 crore |
2 | Venkatesh Iyer | INR 8 crores |
3 | Anukul Roy | INR 20 lakhs |
4 | Andre Russell | INR 12 crores |
5 | Vaibhav Arora | INR 60 lakhs |
6 | Shakib Al Hasan | INR 1.5 crore |
7 | Shreyas Iyer (Injured) | INR 12.25 crores |
8 | Nitish Rana (c) | INR 8 crores |
9 | Rinku Singh | INR 55 lakhs |
10 | Mandeep Singh | INR 50 Lakhs |
11 | Kulwant Khejroliya | INR 20 lakhs |
12 | Suyash Sharma | INR 20 lakhs |
13 | Lockie Ferguson | INR 10 crores |
14 | Harshit Rana | INR 20 lakhs |
15 | Tim Southee | INR 1.5 crores |
16 | Shardul Thakur | INR 10.75 crores |
17 | Varun Chakravarthy | INR 8 crores |
18 | Umesh Yadav | INR 2 crores |
19 | Sunil Narine | INR 6 crores |
20 | Narayan Jagadeeshan | INR 90 lakhs |
21 | Johnson Charles | INR 50 Lakhs |
22 | Rahmanullah Gurbaz | INR 50 lakhs |
23 | KS Bharat | INR 50 Lakhs |
24 | CHETAN SAKARIYA | INR 50 Lakhs |
25 | Mitchell Starc | INR 24.75 Cr |
26 |
Angkrish Raghuvanshi |
INR 20 Lakhs |
27 | SHERFANE RUTHERFORD | INR 1.20 Cr |
28 | Manish Pandey | INR 50 Lakhs |
29 | Mujeeb Rahman | INR 2 Cr |
30 | Sakib Hussain | INR 20 Lakhs |
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The list will be updated as soon as the auction starts...
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