Kolkata Knight Riders team have reached UAE and are practicing hard for the upcoming season of Indian Premier League 2020. Shah Rukh Khan co-owned team have reached IPL finals twice and won at both the occasions. KKR won IPL title in 2012 and 2014.
For the upcoming season of IPL Kolkata Knight Riders team have made alternation in their Squad. They have done few addition and subtraction in their team. Kolkata Knight Riders roaster looks confidant ahead of IPL this season.
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KKR made the most expensive overseas buy in IPL history at IPL auction 2020. They bought Australian Seamer Pat Cummins for whopping Rs.15.50 crore. Along with him they bought another seven players- Eoin Morgan (5.25 cr), Varun Chakravarthy (4 cr), M Siddharth (20 lakh), R Tripathi (60 lakh), Praveen Tambe (20 lakh), Tom Banton (1 cr) and Chris Green (20 lakh).
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Dinesh Karthik (Captain)-Dinesh Karthik was made captain of KKR ahead of 2018 IPL, since then he is leading the command of the team. He has scored more than 3500 runs in his IPL career which includes18 half centuries.
Nitish Rana- Nitish Rana was bought by KKR back in 2018. The left-handed batsman is known for his explosive innings.
Eoin Morgan- The southpaw has vast experience of T20 which will help KKR. He was the captain of England side which won the 2019 ICC Cricket World cup.
Sunil Narine- Sunil Narine has made is name which its deceiving bowling. When required he can go up in the batting order also. He is unique as in he bats left handed but bowls with his right hand.
Andre Russell- The West Indies international is known for sending ball out of the ground. On his day he can devastate any bowler easily.
Pat Cummins-The Australian is the most expensive overseas player in the IPL history. The seamer has taken 17 wickets in 16 IPL matches. All eyes will be on him on matchday.
Kuldeep Yadav- The left arm spinner is a key element of KKR bowling attack. His chinaman bowling style is the X factor and he has proved this by taking crucial wickets at crucial time.
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NAME |
NATIONALITY |
ROLE |
Dinesh Karthik |
India |
Batsman/ Wicket-keeper |
Nitish Rana |
India |
Batsman |
Rinku Singh |
India |
Batsman |
Shubham Gill |
India |
Batsman |
Eoin Morgan |
England |
Batsman |
Rahul Tripathi |
India |
Batsman |
Siddhesh Lad |
India |
Batsman |
Tom Banton |
England |
Wicket-keeper |
Nikhil Naik |
India |
Wicket-keeper |
Sunil Narine |
West Indies |
All Rounder |
Chris Green |
Australia |
All Rounder |
Andre Russell |
West Indies |
All Rounder |
Kuldeep Yadav |
India |
Spin Bowler |
Varun Chakravarthy |
India |
Spin Bowler |
Manimaran Siddharth |
India |
Spin Bowler |
Pat Cummins |
Australia |
Pace Bowler |
Prasidh Krishna |
India |
Pace Bowler |
Kamlesh Nagarkoti |
India |
Pace Bowler |
Lockie Ferguson |
Australia |
Pace Bowler |
Sandeep Warrier |
India |
Pace Bowler |
Shivam Mavi |
India |
Pace Bowler |