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It’s that time of the year when Indian Premier League franchises have started to announce the names of the players they wanted to retain before the IPL 2024 auction. The two-time IPL trophy winners Kolkata Knight Riders are also looking to strengthen their squad by retaining their key players to end the IPL trophy drought.
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The Kolkata-based franchise appointed Nitish Rana as their captain in the absence of Shreyas Iyer in 2023. Despite adopting new tactics, KKR failed to make a mark in the 2023 edition of the tournament and ended up in the seventh spot. The 2012 and 2014 players have a player purse of ₹1.65 crore, and with the auction for IPL 2024 around the corner, KKR might look forward to making a few changes in their squad for the upcoming season.
However, they have decided to retain a few key players who proved to be a great investment in the previous season.
IPL 2023 Squad for Kolkata Knight Riders
Nitish Rana (Captain), Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Venkatesh Iyer, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Shardul Thakur, Lockie Ferguson, Umesh Yadav, Tim Southee, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakravarthy, Anukul Roy, Rinku Singh, Narayan Jagadeesan, Vaibhav Arora, Suyash Sharma, David Weise, Kulwant Khejrolia, Mandeep Singh, Litton Das, Jason Roy, Aarya Desai.
Retained players by KKR ahead of IPL 2024 auction
Nitish Rana. Suyash Sharma, Rinku Singh, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Shreyas Iyer, Jason Roy, Sunil Narine, Anukul Roy, Andre Russell, Venkatesh Iyer, Harshit Rana, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakaravarthy.
