IPL 2022 Mega Auction: 3 Big Players KKR Might Release

IPL 2022 Mega Auction: 3 Big Players KKR Might Release. Despite the hurdles and challenges the COVID-19 pandemic posed before the world, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) ensured the IPL 2021 was completed without much hindrance.

The tournament had to be halted in May owing to the rising number of COVID-19 cases in India and subsequently had to be moved to the United Arab Emirates (UAE)

MS Dhoni’s Chennai Super Kings won the IPL 2021 after a thumping win against Kolkata Knight Riders by 27 runs in the final on October 15.

For many of the players, IPL 2021 could be the last time they might have played for the respective franchises.

As it is said ‘ The Show Must Go On’ and so like the Indian Premier League, one of the richest leagues in the sporting world, is set to once again expand the tournament with two new teams.

BCCI had floated an Invitation to Tender (ITT) inviting bids for owning two new teams to be inducted in IPL. Interested parties could buy the tender for a non-refundable ₹110 lakh plus taxes till October 5.

Hence IPL 2022 will see most of the players go under the auctions table as BCCI has planned a mega auction where each team will be able to retain a maximum of three players.

Kolkata Knight Riders had a great comeback in the second leg of IPL 2021 from winning just two games out of seven in India to making it to the IPL finals was a great jounrey to follow.

3 Big Players KKR Might Release

KKR is one of the teams which is blessed by many youngsters and they will definitely have confusion about who do they keep and whom to let go.

Let us look at three players KKR will release in IPL 2022.

1) Eoin Morgan

Morgan was astute with his leadership skills but lacked form in his batting throughout the season.

The KKR skipper amassed 133 runs from 17 matches at an all-time low average of 11.08 in his IPL career.

Morgan might be released from the squad if the team backs either of the Caribbean players, Sunil Narine or Andre Russell.

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2) Dinesh Karthik

Former KKR skipper Dinesh Karthik might have played his last season in the golden colours in IPL.

Karthik was appointed the franchise skipper in 2018 after Gautam Gambhir moved to Delhi.

Karthik helped them to reach playoffs in his first season as captain but couldn’t make it to the final as they were dished out by SRH in Qualifier 2.

Karthik hasn’t been able to regularly fire with the bat scoring just 223 runs at the strike rate of 131.17.

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3) Pat Cummins

Pat Cummins made headlines after getting picked by KKR for a whopping amount of INR 15.50 crore in the IPL 2020 auction.

Cummins picked 21 wickets in his second stint with KKR but was not available for the UAE leg in this season as he wanted to be with his wife for the birth of their child.

It will be a daunting task for KKR to retain Cummins with his expensive wages in IPL 2022.

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