IPL 2023 Auction: 5 Bengal Players KKR Can Target

IPL 2023 Auction: 5 Bengal Players KKR Can Target. Kolkata Knight Riders head into the IPL 2023 auction with the lowest remaining purse at 7.05 crores. They retained 14 players and need 21 players in the upcoming auction. After making the finals in IPL 2021, KKR finished with six wins and eight losses under Shreyas Iyer.

Every franchise has a total salary cap of Rs. 95 crores in the auction. During the retentions, the 10 teams retained 163 players in their squad. Now, there are 87 slots available overall during IPL 2023 auction. SRH has the highest remaining purse with over 40 crores in their bank and KKR with 7.05 crores has the least purse remaining heading into the auction.

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The IPL 2023 auction will be held in Kochi on December 23. A total of 991 players are set to go under the hammer in the upcoming auction. There are 714 Indian players and 277 overseas players in total. 21 players have registered themselves for a base price of 2 crores all of whom are overseas players.

Franchises will be on the lookout for regional players and their recent performances in the Vijay Hazare Trophy and Syed Mushtaq Ali will be of immense value. There are a few reputed players across various states who will look forward to playing for their respective state franchises in IPL 2023. In this article, we take a look at five Bengal players KKR can target.

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IPL 2023 Auction: 5 Bengal Players KKR Can Target

Manoj Tiwary

The veteran Bengal cricketer is the current Minister of State for Youth Services and Sports of West Bengal. He was a part of the Bengal Vijay Hazare Trophy squad, India’s domestic 50-over tournament. However, he did not play too many games. Tiwary has played for KKR, Delhi Capitals, Rising Pune Super Giants, and Punjab Kings previously in the IPL and can make a comeback into the IPL if KKR picks him at the auction. He last played in the IPL in 2018.

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Writtick Chatterjee

Chatterjee has played for Bengal at the U-19 level and also in the Vijay Hazare and Syed Mushtaq Ali tournaments. He was picked up by Punjab Kings in the previous season for 20 lakhs but the released during the retention window. The Bengal all-rounder has a fairly good record having played 16 FC, 25 List A, and 33 T20s. He has scored 1328 runs across formats and picked up 52 wickets.

Abhimanyu Easwaran

Born in Dehradun, Easwaran is a hefty scorer in domestic cricket. He is the current skipper of Bengal across various tournaments. He recently scored 157 and 141 for India A against Bangladesh A.

The Bengal skipper will join Team India in Chattogram ahead of the first Test with Rohit Sharma injured and ruled out of the series with an injured thumb. Easwaran has scored 5576 runs in first-class cricket at an average of 45.33. KKR can certainly use him in the middle order as an anchor.

Ishan Porel

Ishan Porel is a former India U-19 cricketer and a member of the 2018 U-19 World Cup-winning India squad. Since then he has been regularly nominating himself in the IPL but has not been given regular games.

Porel was released by Punjab Kings ahead of the next year’s auction. With KKR looking for quality Indian seamers, Porel can certainly be a good pick. He has 81 FC, 47 List A, and 30 T20 wickets so far in his career.

Mukesh Kumar

Bengal pacer Mukesh Kumar is another player KKR can pick in the auction. He was named in the Indian squad in the ODI series against South Africa earlier this year. In the series against New Zealand A earlier this year, Mukesh finished as the joint-highest wicket-taker – his 9 scalps coming at an average of 21.78.

He also picked up 4/66 in the first innings of the Ranji Trophy semifinal against the eventual winners Madhya Pradesh.

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