The Indian Premier League (IPL) mini-auction for the upcoming season of 2024 has been taking place in Dubai and it will be interesting to see how each of the teams finally shapes up. Here is what the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) are up to in the auctions.
Kolkata Knight Riders
Before Auction
Current squad: Shreyas Iyer, Nitish Rana, Rinku Singh, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Sunil Narine, Jason Roy. Suyash Sharma, Anukul Roy, Andre Russell, Venkatesh Iyer, Harshit Rana, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakravarthy
Players released: Shakib Al Hasan, Litton Das, David Wiese, Arya Desai, N Jagadeesan, Mandeep Singh, Kulwant Khejroliya, Shardul Thakur, Lockie Ferguson, Umesh Yadav, Tim Southee, Johnson Charles
Purse available: INR 32.7 Crore
Player acquisition via trades: Nil
Overseas slots available: 4
Total available slots: 12
During Auction
1. KS Bharat
KKR wanted to have an Indian wicketkeeper and they acquired KS Bharat for a base price of 50 L as well.
2. Chetan Sakariya
KKR bought Chetan Sakariya for his base price of 50 L.
3. Mitchell Starc
Starc became the most expensive player in Indian Premier League history on Tuesday (December 19) with Kolkata Knight Riders giving a whopping price for the left-arm pacer at the IPL 2024 auction. However, the signing amount surpassed the INR 20.50 crores that Sunrisers Hyderabad bought Pat Cummins earlier in the auction as well. Notably, the Australian fast-bowling pair are the first two players to breach the INR 20 crore-mark in the history of the IPL auctions.
4. Angkrish Raghuvanshiis
Angkrish sold to KKR for his base price of 20 lakhs.
5. Ramandeep Singh
KKR bought Singh for his base price of 20 lakhs.
6. Sherfane Rutherford
Sherfane Rutherford found a home in KKR who bought him for 1.5 crore.
Other players:
Manish Pandey (50 L), Mujeeb Ur Rahman (2 crores)
