IPL 2023: KKR Squad, Team List, Schedule, Retained Players List, Released Players List, Remaining Purse Value
Published - 30 Jan 2023, 02:53 PM | Updated - 23 Aug 2024, 12:15 AM
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IPL 2023: KKR Squad, Team List, Schedule, Retained Players List, Released Players List, Remaining Purse Value. KKR or Kolkata Knight Riders is a powerful team in IPL. KKR has won the IPL title twice- in the 2012 and 2014 seasons. Hence, they are the third most successful team in the tournament after MI and CSK.
Last season, Kolkata Knight Riders finished in the 7th spot in the points table and did not qualify for playoffs. The team played 14 games- winning 6 and losing 8. Now, KKR will aim for a strong comeback in IPL 2023.
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During IPL 2023 auction, KKR bought 8 players in their squad. Their costliest pick was Shakib Al Hasan for Rs. 1.5 crores. David Wiese was picked by the team for Rs. 1 crore. The team will be led by Shreyas Iyer in IPL 2023.
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Some prominent batsmen for the team are Nitish Rana, Shreyas Iyer, David Wiese, and Litton Das. Some key bowlers for the team are Venkatesh Iyer, Sunil Narine, Lockie Ferguson, Umesh Yadav, and Tim Southee. Among all-rounders, Andre Russell and Shakib Al Hasan will add value to the team.
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KKR Squad
Shreyas Iyer (C), Nitish Rana, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Venkatesh Iyer, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Shardul Thakur, Lockie Ferguson, Umesh Yadav, Tim Southee, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakravarthy, Anukul Roy, Rinku Singh, N Jadadeesan, Vaibhav Arora, Suyash Sharma, David Wiese, Kulwant Khejroliya, Litton Das, Mandeep Singh, Shakib Al Hasan
KKR Retained Players List
Andre Russell, Anukul Roy, Harshit Rana, Lockie Ferguson, Nitish Rana, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Rinku Singh, Shardul Thakur, Shreyas Iyer, Sunil Narine, Tim Southee, Umesh Yadav, Varun Chakaravarthy, Venkatesh Iyer
KKR Released Players List
Aaron Finch, Abhijeet Tomar, Ajinkya Rahane, Alex Hales, Ashok Sharma, Baba Indrajith, Chamika Karunaratne, Mohammad Nabi, Pat Cummins, Pratham Singh, Ramesh Kumar, Rasikh Dar, Sam Billings, Sheldon Jackson, Shivam Mavi
KKR Remaining Purse Value
Kolkata Knight Riders has Rs. 1.65 crores available in their salary purse. They have 22 players in their squad.
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