IPL 2024, KKR Squad: Kolkata Knight Riders’ full players list, big buys and remaining purse; check complete details here

Kolkata Knight Riders’ skipper Shreyas Iyer in this frame. (Photo Courtesy: Twitter)
Kolkata Knight Riders’ skipper Shreyas Iyer in this frame. (Photo Courtesy: Twitter)

Highlights:

Kolkata Knight Riders will take on Sunrisers Hyderabad on March 23 in Kolkata during the IPL 2024.

KKR have won the IPL two times in 2012 and 2014.

KKR squad consists of 23 players including 8 overseas players.

The 17th season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 is set to get underway with a marquee clash between Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) on March 22 in Chennai, as per the initial schedule unveiled by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on February 22. 

 

After failing to qualify for the playoffs in the IPL 2023, Shreyas Iyer-led Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) are geared up to lock horns against formidable opponents in the IPL 2024 as KKR team will start their campaign against Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) in Kolkata on March 23.

 

Notably, the Kolkata-based franchise is set to play three matches in the first phase of the IPL 2024 as the full schedule is yet to be announced. They will compete against RCB in their second match in Bengaluru on March 29. After this, KKR team will travel to Visakhapatnam to take on Delhi Capitals (DC) on April 3. The schedule for the second phase will be announced later once the Lok Sabha election schedule is out.

 

Here is the full KKR squad and list of players acquired at the auction by the Kolkata-based franchise. The KKR squad strength is 23 including eight overseas players.

 

KKR Team's IPL 2024 Full Squad

 

WicketkeepersBattersAll-roundersBowlers
KS BharatShreyas Iyer (c)Andre Russell (WI)Varun Chakravarthy
Rahmanullah Gurbaz (AFG)Phil Salt (ENG)Nitish RanaSunil Narine (WI)
 Rinku SinghVenkatesh IyerVaibhav Arora
 Angkrish RaghuvanshiAnukul RoyChetan Sakariya
 Sherfane Rutherford (WI)Ramandeep SinghHarshit Rana
 Manish Pandey Suyash Sharma
   Mitchell Starc (AUS)
   Dushmantha Chameera (SL)
   Sakib Hussain
   Mujeeb Ur Rahman (AFG)

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KKR Team's Top Buys in the IPL 2024 auction

 

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

Sakib Hussain - Rs. 20 lakh

 

KKR named Dushmantha Chameera as the replacement for Gus Atkinson in IPL 2024 at a reserve price of Rs. 50 Lakh. KKR also replaced Jason Roy with Phil Salt after the former decided to pull out from the IPL 2024 season due to personal reasons. His services were acquired for Rs. 1.50 crore.   

 

KKR Team's Purse and Available Slots

 

KKR purse remaining: Rs. 1.35 crore

KKR total player slots available: 2

 

KKR total overseas player slots available: 0

 

KKR won the IPL trophy twice in 2012 and 2014 under the leadership of Gautam Gambhir and the team finished as runners-up in 2021. Gambhir will mentor KKR in IPL 2024. 

 

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