Complete Squad Of Kolkata Knight Riders For IPL 2024

Complete Squad Of Kolkata Knight Riders For IPL 2024: Records were shattered at the IPL Players Auction 2024 as Australia pacer Mitchell Starc became the most expensive purchase in the history of the tournament, surpassing teammate Pat Cummins. Starc was secured by KKR for Rs 24.75 crore after a fierce bidding war with Gujarat Titans. This remarkable acquisition followed Cummins being bought for Rs 20.5 crore by SunRisers Hyderabad in the same auction.

Despite allocating more than half of their purse amount to Starc, KKR managed to secure nine additional players by the end of the auction. The two-time champions also made a notable move by signing young England pacer Gus Atkinson, marking one of the biggest bargains of the event.

KKR Strengths And Weaknesses Ahead Of IPL 2024 Auctions

List of players bought by KKR in IPL 2024 auction:

Complete Squad Of Kolkata Knight Riders

KS Bharat (Rs. 50 lakh), Chetan Sakariya (Rs. 50 lakh), Mitchell Starc (Rs. 24.75 crore), Angkrish Raghuvanshi (Rs. 20 lakh), Ramandeep Singh (Rs. 20 lakh), Sherfane Rutherford (Rs. 1.5 crore), Manish Pandey (Rs. 50 lakh), Mujeeb Ur Rahman (Rs. 2 crore), Gus Atkinson (Rs. 1 crore), Sakib Hussain (Rs. 20 lakh).

KKR purse remaining: Rs. 1.35 crore

KKR total player slots available: 2

KKR total overseas player slots available: 0

List of players retained by KKR ahead of IPL 2024 Auction:

Nitish Rana, Rinku Singh, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Shreyas Iyer, Jason Roy, Sunil Narine, Suyash Sharma, Anukul Roy, Andre Russell, Venkatesh Iyer, Harshit Rana, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakaravarthy.

Complete Squad Of Kolkata Knight Riders:

Nitish Rana, Rinku Singh, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Shreyas Iyer (c), Jason Roy, Sunil Narine, Suyash Sharma, Anukul Roy, Andre Russell, Venkatesh Iyer, Harshit Rana, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakaravarthy, KS Bharat, Chetan Sakariya, Mitchell Starc, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Ramandeep Singh, Sherfane Rutherford, Manish Pandey, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Gus Atkinson, Sakib Hussain.