An auction is to be held before the 2024 season of the Indian Premier League i.e. IPL. All 10 IPL teams will be seen bidding for players in the auction to be held on November 19 in UAE. Before this, you should know how is the current team of two-time IPL champion Kolkata Knight Riders i.e. KKR, whom they have released and whom they have retained. Apart from this, you will also know here whom the team will try to buy in the IPL auction.
Kolkata Knight Riders have released a total of 12 players ahead of the IPL 2024 auction. Of these, 6 players are foreigners and the same number of players are Indians, which include the names of Shardul Thakur, Umesh Yadav, Kulwant Khejroliya, Aryan Desai, N Jagadeesan and Mandeep Singh. The names of foreign players include David Weese, Johnson Charles, Liton Das, Lockie Ferguson, Shakib Al Hasan and Tim Southee.
KKR has retained a total of 13 players, out of which 4 players are foreigners, while 9 players are Indians. The team named its captain for the 2022 season. iyer has also been retained. Apart from Shreyas, Nitish Rana, Rinku Singh, Harshit Rana, Vaibhav Arora, Anukul Roy, Suyyash Sharma, Varun Chakraborty and Venkatesh Iyer has been kept along. Whereas, foreign players include Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Jason Roy.
When the team goes for shopping in the IPL 2024 auction, the team will have a total of Rs 32.7 crore. Rs 67.3 crore, Kolkata Knight Riders franchise will distribute among its retained players, because many players were retained by the team with huge amounts of money.
Kolkata Knight Riders can fill a total of 12 slots in the IPL 2024 auction. Of these, four slots are vacant for foreign players. At present the team has a total of 13 players, out of which 4 are foreigners.
In the IPL 2023 auction, the team would like to buy as many Indian players as possible, because among the foreign players they have retained, there are such players who have the potential to come directly into the playing eleven. The strength of the team for now is India's batsmen, while the all-rounders are Andre Russell and Sunil Narine. The team will also have Shreyas Iyer, who could not play last season. At the same time, if we talk about the weakness of the team, then the team appears weak in the bowling department. If some big players are picked in the auction then the team can sail through.
KKR team can also bid on players like Rachin Ravindra in the IPL 2023 auction to be held on December 19 in UAE. To strengthen the bowling, the team can spend money on players like Dilshan Madhushanka. Apart from this, some foreign and Indian fast bowlers will also be the target of the team.
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