The IPL team Kolkata Knight Riders has got its final players after the auction completed. In Season 13, Dinesh Karthik is selected to lead the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) team as a captain. The total number of players that have finalized is 23 and there were 13 players retained.
All confirmed players have also started to prepare for the upcoming match. If you don’t know, KKR is going to play the 2nd match in season 13 against the Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) as per the VIVO IPL 2020 Schedule.
In the previous year, Kolkata Knight Riders performed very well and was one of the top 3 teams of IPL season 12. In this IPL season 13, the team has made changes to players and this time, Dinesh Karthik will lead the team for the first time. Well, here, you will find the final list of Kolkata Knight Riders Players, Retained Players, Newly Added Players, etc. Now, let’s start this article with an overview of the KKR team.
Contents:
- 1 VIVO IPL 2020 Team: Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR)
- 2 VIVO IPL 2020: Kolkata Knight Riders Final Players
- 3 VIVO IPL 2020: Kolkata Knight Riders Retained Players List
- 4 VIVO IPL 2020: List of Players Who Released From the Kolkata Knight Riders Team
- 5 VIVO IPL 2020: New Added Players in Kolkata Knight Riders Team
VIVO IPL 2020 Team: Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR)
Here are some stats of the KKR team in Season 13.
| Captain | Dinesh Karthik |
| Team Cost | 76.5 Crores |
| Total Players | 23 |
| RR Official Site | https://www.kkr.in/ |
VIVO IPL 2020: Kolkata Knight Riders Final Players
Including retained players, there are 23 players that are selected as final players in the KKR team. And the final players are costed 76.5 Crores. You are going to be super happy in a few seconds after seeing the full final list because some awesome players are on the list. Here’s the complete list of final players:
| SR. no | Players |
|---|---|
| 1 | Andre Russell |
| 2 | Dinesh Karthik (Captain) |
| 3 | Harry Gurney |
| 4 | Kamlesh Nagarkoti |
| 5 | Kuldeep Yadav |
| 6 | Lockie Ferguson |
| 7 | Nitish Rana |
| 8 | Prasidh Krishna |
| 9 | Rinku Singh |
| 10 | Sandeep Warrier |
| 11 | Shivam Mavi |
| 12 | Shubman Gill |
| 13 | Siddhesh Lad |
| 14 | Sunil Narine |
| 15 | Pat Cummins |
| 16 | Eoin Morgan |
| 17 | Varun Chakravarthy |
| 18 | Tom Banton |
| 19 | Rahul Tripathi |
| 20 | Chris Green |
| 21 | M Siddharth |
| 22 | Praveen Tambe |
| 23 | Nikhil Naik |
VIVO IPL 2020: Kolkata Knight Riders Retained Players List
This section contains the names of players who have been re-selected or the KKR refused to release them from the team. Here’s the complete list of Kolkata Knight Riders retained players 2020:
| SR. no | Players |
|---|---|
| 1 | Dinesh Karthik |
| 2 | Andre Russell |
| 3 | Sunil Narine |
| 4 | Kuldeep Yadav |
| 5 | Shubman Gill |
| 6 | Lockie Ferguson |
| 7 | Nitish Rana |
| 8 | Rinku Singh |
| 9 | Prasidh Krishna |
| 10 | Sandeep Warrier |
| 11 | Harry Gurney |
| 12 | Kamlesh Nagarkoti |
| 13 | Shivam Mavi |
VIVO IPL 2020: List of Players Who Released From the Kolkata Knight Riders Team
In this IPL season 13, Total of 11 players that the Kolkata Knight Riders have released from their team. The team has also added some new players in the place of released players. Here’s the complete list of players who released from the Kolkata Knight Riders Team in IPL season 13.
| SR. no | Players |
|---|---|
| 1 | Robin Uthappa |
| 2 | Chris Lynn |
| 3 | Piyush Chawla |
| 4 | Joe Denly |
| 5 | Yarra Prithviraj |
| 6 | Nikhil Naik |
| 7 | KC Cariappa |
| 8 | Matthew Kelly |
| 9 | Shrikant Mundhe |
| 10 | Carlos Brathwaite |
| 11 | Anrich Nortje |
VIVO IPL 2020: New Added Players in Kolkata Knight Riders Team
As we said above, Kolkata Knight Riders have also got some new players in the team and most of them are either Batsman or Ballers. Here’s the complete list of newly added players in the KKR team with the purchased cost in 2020.
| SR. no | Players | Cost |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eoin Morgan | 5.25 crore |
| 2 | Pat Cummins | 15.5 crore |
| 3 | Rahul Tripathi | 60 lakh |
| 4 | Varun Chakravarthy | 4 crore |
| 5 | M Siddharth | 20 lakh |
| 6 | Chris Green | 20 lakh |
| 7 | Tom Banton | 1 crore |
| 8 | Pravin Tambe | 20 lakh |
| 9 | Nikhil Naik | 20 lakh |
So, that was the update on players in Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) Team 2020. If any changes will happen to the list, we will update it here.
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