Which player will KKR bet on in the budget of 51 crores?
All the teams have made preparations for the IPL 2025 Mega Auction. The teams had recently released the retained list of players. kolkata Knight Riders have retained 6 players. But Shreyas Iyer's name is not included in this list. Iyer has been a strong player and captain. Now KKR's budget is Rs 51 crore. He has spent Rs 69 crore in retention. Now the team can target big players during the mega auction.
KKR won the title last season. But most of its players have been released. So some new players will also join the team after the auction. KKR will be looking for fast bowlers in the mega auction. He has always had the best bowlers. KKR has released Mitchell Starc. He was sold very expensive. But now it can place a big bet on a lethal bowler like him. The name of South Africa's Gerald Coetze is included in this list.
KKR is looking for a strong middle order -
KKR has released Nitish Rana and Shreyas Iyer. Now it also needs a strong middle order. KKR can go for Angkrish Raghuvanshi and Sarfaraz Khan. Bets can be placed on both of them. Along with them, it can also try to buy afghanistan player Rahmanullah Gurbaz. Gurbaz was also released by KKR.
KKR retained these players - Rinku Singh (Rs 13 crore), varun Chakraborty (Rs 12 crore), sunil Narine (Rs 12 crore), Andre Russell (Rs 12 crore), Harshit Rana (Rs 4 crore), Ramandeep Singh (Rs 4 crore)
KKR released these players - Nitish Rana, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Shreyas Iyer, Jason Roy, Suyash Sharma, Anukul Roy, venkatesh Iyer, Vaibhav Arora, KS Bharat, chetan Sakaria, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Sherfane Rutherford, manish pandey, Mujeeb ur Rahman, Gus Atkinson, Shakib Hussain.