KKR tried to change a lot this time and appeared successful in it, although this team was also able to add some of its old players with them during the auction. KKR retained four players for IPL 2022.
Kolkata Knight Riders has won the IPL title twice and once again it will be seen fighting on the field again with a new look and new team. KKR tried to change a lot this time and appeared successful in it, although this team was also able to add some of its old players with them during the auction. For IPL 2022, KKR retained four players, which included Andre Russell, Varun Chakravarthy, Venkatesh Iyer and Sunil Narine.
This time in the auction, KKR was able to retain its old players Nitish Rana, Shivam Mavi with them, while this team added Shreyas Iyer for 12.25 crores, who might even make him the captain. On the other hand, Ajinkya Rahane was bought for one crore while Nitish Rana was bought for 8 crores. Apart from this, Pat Cummins and Shivam Mavi were bought for 7.25 crores. KKR bought Rinku Singh for Rs 50 lakh.
KKR team:
Retained Players:
Andre Russell (Rs 12 crore, to be deducted from 16 crore purse),
Varun Chakraborty (8 crores, 12 crores to be deducted from purse),
Venkatesh Iyer (Rs 8 crore)
Sunil Narine (Rs 6 crore)
Players bought in this auction:
Pat Cummins – (2 crores) – 7.25 crores
Shreyas Iyer – (2 crores) – 12.25 crores
Nitish Rana – (1 crore) – 8 crores
Shivam Mavi – (40 lakhs) – 7.25 crores
Sheldon Jackson – (30 lakhs) – 60 lakhs
Ajinkya Rahane- (1 Crore)- 1 Crore
Rinku Singh – (20 lakhs) – 55 lakhs
Favorable opinion – (20 lakhs) – 20 lakhs
Rasikh Dar – 20 lakhs
Baba Inderjit – 20 lakhs
Chamira Karunaratne – (50 lakhs) – 50 lakhs
Abhijit Tovar- (20 lakhs)- 40
Pratham Singh – 20 lakhs
Ashok Sharma – (20 lakhs) – 60 lakhs
Sam Billings- (2 cr)
Alex Hales – 1.50 crores
Tim Southee – 1.50
Ramesh Kumar – 20 lakhs
Mohammad Nabi – 1 crore
Umesh Yadav – 2 crores
abhar khan 20 lakhs