Kolkata Knight Riders IPL Auction 2023: IPL auction 2023 will start on Friday. All 10 teams will participate in this and will bet on many players. In the auction, bids will be made on experienced as well as young players. This time the purse of Kolkata Knight Riders is looking lighter. The team will have to buy better players at a lower price and it can be quite challenging for them.
KKR, captained by Shreyas Iyer, has only Rs 7.05 crore left in its purse and will have to buy good players in this. KKR has a total of 11 slots available. Out of this, the team can buy 3 foreign players. Apart from this, you can also bet on 8 Indian players.
If we look at the list of retained players of the team, then there is only one wicket-keeper batsman in it. The team has Rahmanullah Gurbaz of Afghanistan available as wicketkeeper. While talking about core batsmen, there are Iyer, Nitish and Rinku Singh. Along with these, Venkatesh, Russell and Anukul Roy are available as all-rounders. The team also has veteran bowlers like Lockie Ferguson, Harshit Rana and Sunil Narine.
Significantly, Kolkata had released many good players. Now he will have to look for good players in a low budget. For IPL 2023, the team can turn to new Indian players.
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Kolkata Knight Riders –
Purse Balance: INR 7.05 Crore
Total Available Slots: 11
Overseas Slots Available: 3
Wicketkeeper: Rahmanullah Gurbaz (AFG)
Batsmen: Shreyas Iyer, Nitish Rana, Rinku Singh
All-rounders: Venkatesh Iyer, Anukul Roy, Andre Russell (WI), Shardul Thakur
Bowlers: Lockie Ferguson (NZ), Harshit Rana, Sunil Narine (WI), Tim Southee (NZ), Varun Chakraborty, Umesh Yadav
