The Kolkata Knight Riders team is one of the top teams to have 2 IPL trophies to their name. They have won IPL in 2012 and 2014 editions. After their last IPL title there looking for a few years now to get back on track. Last year IPL 2021, they finished in the 4th position as they reached the playoffs.
Brendon McCullum is their coach. He was the captain of New Zealand and played a lot of T20 himself in Indian Premier League. Last year appointing him as their coach KKR shown their intention already. They just need to get going this season of IPL 2022 matches from last year’s learning.
They have Andre Russell in the squad. He is the one who can win any match on his own, be it his power-hitting batting or bowling. He has shown his performance in all aspects. Sunil Narine has some potential which he has shown in previous IPL seasons. Now he needs to get back his form as KKR needs to move on.
Coming to IPL 2022 auction they went rogue with their bidding on Shreyas Iyer. KKR Spent INR 12.25 Crore to get Shreyas.
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) Players List for Tata IPL 2022
KKR team had retained their four key players before the mega auction of Tata IPL 2022.
- Andre Russell
- Venkatesh Iyer
- Sunil Narine
- Varun Chakravarthy
The following Kolkata Knight Riders players have joined through the Tata IPL 2022 mega auction.
Batters and Wicket-keepers
- Shreyas Iyer
- Ajinkya Rahane
- Alex Hales
- Nitish Rana
- Pratham Singh
- Abhijeet Tomar
- Ramesh Kumar
- Rinku Singh
- Baba Indrajith
- Sam Billings
- Sheldon Jackson
All-rounders
- Aman Khan
- Anukul Roy
- Chamika Karunaratne
- Mohammad Nabi
- Pat Cummins
Bowlers
- Shivam Mavi
- Tim Southee
- Umesh Yadav
- Ashok Sharma
- Rasikh Salam Dar
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