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The Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) have undertaken a significant restructuring of their squad ahead of the upcoming Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 auction, signalling their intent to rejuvenate team dynamics. Despite retaining key players, a dozen of members have been released as part of their strategy to enhance the team’s overall strength. After a challenging last season campaign that saw them finish in seventh place, KKR are determined to fortify their lineup for the upcoming season.
Big retentions
Shreyas Iyer, who missed the previous season due to injury, will assume leadership in 2024. The squad retention includes promising batting talents such as Rinku Singh, Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Venkatesh Iyer, reinforcing their formidable prowess. Retention of English opener Jason Roy, who joined as a replacement in the previous season, underscores KKR’s strategic plans for the upcoming IPL.
Notable releases
Peculiar offloads from the team include Shakib Al Hasan, Litton Das, Lockie Ferguson, Shardul Thakur, Umesh Yadav, Tim Southee, David Wiese and Johnson Charles.
Kolkata Knight Riders’ retained players and remaining purse:
- Number of players: 13
- Overseas players: 4
- Available slot: 12
- Overseas slot: 4
- Total money spent: INR 67.3 cr
- Salary cap available: INR 32.7 cr
Also READ: IPL 2024 Auction – Salary of players retained by Chennai Super Kings (CSK)
Salary of players retained by KKR for IPL 2024:
- Nitish Rana – INR 8 crore
- Rinku Singh – INR 55 lakh
- Rahmanullah Gurbaz – INR 50 lakh
- Shreyas Iyer – INR 12.25 crore
- Jason Roy – INR 2.8 crore
- Sunil Narine – INR 6 crore
- Suyash Sharma – INR 20 lakh
- Anukul Roy – INR 20 lakh
- Andre Russell- INR 16 crore
- Venkatesh Iyer – INR 8 crore
- Harshit Rana – INR 20 lakh
- Vaibhav Arora – INR 60 lakh
- Varun Chakravarthy – INR 12 crore
