Knight Riders (KKR) – the two-time Indian Premier League (IPL) champions will be hoping to shrug off the disappointment of last year when they failed to qualify for the playoffs after winning only six games.
The franchise showed they were not here to muck around in the auction by splurging a staggering Rs 24.75 crore to acquire the services of Mitchell Starc — making him the most expensive buy in the 17-year history of the tournament.
Kolkata Knight Riders
Home: Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Best Performance: Winners in 2012 & 2014
Captain: Shreyas Iyer
Vice Captain: Nitish Rana
KKR IPL 2024 Auction Buys:
Chetan Sakariya, Mitchell Starc, K.S. Bharat, Ramandeep Singh, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Manish Pandey, Mujeeb Rahman, Sakib Hussain, Sherfane Rutherford, Gus Atkinson
KKR Full Squad 2024
Squad: Nitish Rana, Rinku Singh, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Shreyas Iyer (c), Phil Salt, 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, Dushmantha Chameera, Sakib Hussain.
Team News (Injuries & Replacements)
Jason Roy pulled out of the tournament due to personal reasons. Phil Salt has been called as his replacement.
Gus Atkinson will also not participate in the tournament and has been replaced by Dushmantha Chameera.
KKR Probable Playing XI
KKR probable playing XI: Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Venkatesh Iyer, Shreyas Iyer (c), Nitish Rana, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Mitchell Starc, Chetan Sakariya, Varun Chakravarthy, Vaibhav Arora
KKR Schedule:
Kolkata Knight Riders vs Sunrisers Hyderabad- March 23 – Eden Gardens, Kolkata – 7:30 PM IST
Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru – March 29 – Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru – 7:30 PM IST
Kolkata Knight Riders vs Delhi Capitals, – April 3 – ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam – 7:30 PM IST