IPL 2020 — Kolkata Knight Riders squad: Full list of KKR players with their salaries after auction
By Team Newsable | First Published Dec 20, 2019, 3:17 PM ISTKolkata Knight Riders (KKR) have a 23-man squad for IPL 2020. They made a record bid to acquire the services of Australian fast bowler Pat Cummins during the IPL 2020 players auction
Bengaluru: Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) made a record overseas bid for Australian fast bowler Pat Cummins in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020 players auction on Thursday (December 19).
KKR splurged Rs 15.50 crore to sign up Cummins. This is the record bid for a foreign player. The previous best was Rs 14.50 crore from Rising Pune Supergiants (RPS).
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The Kolkata franchise also picked 2019 World Cup winning England captain Eoin Morgan for Rs 5.25 crore. Both Cummins and Morgan have returned to KKR after having previously played for the team. KKR also bought the oldest player in the auction pool, 48-year-old leg-spinner Pravin Tambe.
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Kolkata have retained Dinesh Karthik as their captain, new coach Brendon McCullum confirmed during the players auction.
Here is the full squad of Kolkata Knight Riders
Squad strength: 23 (8 overseas)
Purse remaining: Rs 8.50 crore
Retained/Traded in (14)
1. Dinesh Karthik (Rs 7.40 crore) (captain) — Wicketkeeper
2. Andre Russell (Rs 8.50 crore) (West Indies) — All-rounder
3. Harry Gurney (Rs 75 lakh) (England) — Paceman
4. Kamlesh Nagarkoti (Rs 3.20 crore) — Paceman
5. Kuldeep Yadav (Rs 5.80 crore) — Spinner
Dil maange 𝙼̶𝚘̶𝚛̶𝚎̶ MORGAN! 💜 pic.twitter.com/ZyOi2EZLW9
— KolkataKnightRiders (@KKRiders)6. Lockie Ferguson (Rs 1.60 crore) (New Zealand) — Paceman
7. Nitish Rana (Rs 3.40 crore) — Batsman
8. Prasidh Krishna (Rs 20 lakh) — Paceman
9. Rinku Singh (Rs 80 lakh) — Batsman
10. Sandeep Warrier (Rs 20 lakh) — Paceman
11. Shivam Mavi (Rs 3 crore) — Paceman
12. Shubman Gill (Rs 1.80 crore) — Batsman
13. Siddhesh Lad (Traded from Mumbai Indians) (Rs 20 lakh) — Batsman
14. Sunil Narine (Rs 12.50 crore) (West Indies) — Spinner
Your passion and love for the sport is quite inspirational, Pravin Tambe 🙌
Kolkata is all pumped-up to have you in the 23-Knight 💪 squad 💜 pic.twitter.com/r5zkuDcteY
Bought at auction (9)
15. Pat Cummins (Rs 15.50 crore) (Australia) — Paceman
16. Eoin Morgan (Rs 5.25 crore) (England) — Batsman
17. Varun Chakravarthy (Rs 4 crore) — Spinner
18. Tom Banton (Rs 1 crore) (England) — Wicketkeeper
After an amazing day at the , here's our 23-man squad for ! 🤩
Hit RT to spread the word! 💜 pic.twitter.com/Jlsn2r79HG
19. Rahul Tripathi (Rs 60 lakh) — Batsman
20. Chris Green (Rs 20 lakh) (Australia) — All-rounder
21. Nikhil Naik (Rs 20 lakh) — Wicketkeeper
22. Pravin Tambe (Rs 20 lakh) — Spinner
23. M Siddharth (Rs 20 lakh) — Spinner
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