The Indian Premier League (IPL) mega auction for the upcoming edition of 2018 has started at Bangalore and it will be engrossing to see how each of the teams finally shape up. Here is what the 2017 champions Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) are up to in the auctions.
Kolkata started they auction with a bang and they have won the signature of Mitchell Starc for INR 9.4 Cr. KXIP were also involved in bidding but KKR outlived them and won the signature for the star Australian pacer, who last played for Royal Challengers Bangalore. In 2017, Starc parted ways with RCB in order to focus on International cricket.
Kolkata Knight Riders get back their star opener Chris Lynn as they saw off the challenge from DD and RCB. Kolkatta buys Lynn for INR 9.6 crores. For those who there thinking why they didn’t use RTM on him is because KKR had already consumed their foreigner quota in retention.
In what must have been great respite to them, KKR retained Robin Uthappa for INR 6.4 crores after he was bought by Mumbai Indians. The top candidate to solve India’s conundrum at No. 4 in ODIs, Dinesh Karthik, was acquired by KKR for INR 7.4 crores.
KKR also retained Piyush Chawla via the RTM card from Chennai Super Kings for INR 4.2 crores. They used their other RTM card to take possession of Kuldeep Yadav from Royal Challengers Bangalore for INR 5.8 crore.
In the category of uncapped domestic batsmen, they bought current member of the India U-19 team Shubman Gill for 1.8 crore and Ishank Jaggi for hia base price of INR 20 lakh.
