IPL 2022: Kolkata Knight Riders (Squad Info).

Author: Arijit
23 Mar 2022 23:28:22
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Kolkata Knight Riders:

The Knights had 4 retentions in place. They had a tight budget and went overspent on day 1 of the mega auctions. However they made it up with some smart buying in day 2. The Knights will be under a new skipper this time round.

Squad and Playing XI of Kolkata Knight Riders.

 

Players Retained for IPL 2022:

Andre Russell (Rs 12 crores).

Varun Chakravarthy (Rs 8 crores).

Venkatesh Iyer (Rs 8 crores).

Sunil Narine (Rs 6 crores).

 

 

Players Bought for IPL 2022:

 

Pat Cummins (Rs 7.25 crore).

Shreyas Iyer (Rs 12.25 crore).

Nitish Rana (Rs 8 crore).

Shivam Mavi (Rs 7.25 crore).

Sheldon Jackson (Rs 60 lakh).

Ajinkya Rahane ( Rs 1 crore).

Rinku Singh ( Rs 20 Lakh).

Anukul Roy ( Rs 20 Lakh).

Rasikh Dar (Rs 20 Lakh).

B Indrajith (Rs 20 Lakh).

Abhijeet Tomar (Rs 40 Lakh).

Pratham Singh (Rs 20 Lakh).

Ashok Sharma (Rs 55 Lakh).

Sam Billings (Rs 2 Crore).

Alex Hales (Rs 1.5 Crore) (Replaced)

*Aaron Finch (Rs 1.5 Crore).

Ramesh Kumar (Rs 20 Lakh).

Mohammad Nabi (Rs 1 Crore).

Umesh Yadav (Rs 2 Crore).

Aman Khan (Rs 2 Lakh.

 

 

Probable Playing Xi:

 

Venkatesh Iyer.

Aaron Finch (✈️).

Nitish Rana.

Shreyas Iyer (C).

Sheldon Jackson (Wk).

Andre Russell(✈️).

Sunil Narine (✈️).

Pat Cummins (✈️).

Shivam Mavi.

Varun Chakravarty.

Umesh Yadav.

 

Final Verdict: The arrival of Aaron Finch ensures that KKR has got an opener to partner with Venkatesh Iyer at the top. Also the lack of a good wicket keeping option means that the Knights have to play Sam Billings or Sheldon Jackson invariably.

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