KKR Squad
With consistent poor performances in last IPLs, the Kolkata Knight Riders team has made several changes in its squad. In the last IPL, the 2020 session, KKR didn’t meet it’s Fans’ expectations. The two times IPL winner team finished off at 5th spot only. The fans are looking at high expectations towards the team. Let’s see what the team has in store for us. How the players are going to play. All our answers will be answered in the coming IPL season. One thing is for sure, the release of Chris Lynn did prove a struggle for the team. But nonetheless, the team has bought many new and amazing players. Also the captain of the team has been changed. Now we have to wait for the results. But anyway, here in this article we are providing a quick review of the KKR squad team along with the captain and Coaching staff.
KKR coaching staff for IPL 2021
- Head Coach- Brendon McCullum is the head coach of the Kolkata Knight Riders
- Batting Coach- The Kolkata Knight Riders Team does not have a specific assigned batting coach.
- Bowling Coach- The Kolkata Knight Riders have appointed Kyle Mills as their bowling coach.
- Fielding Coach- James Foster is the fielding coach of the Kolkata Knight Riders.
- Captain- Eoin Morgan will lead the KKR team in IPL 2021
KKR bought players at IPL 2021 auctions
These are the new players of KKR. Let’s see what twists they are going to bring.
- Shakib AL Hasan had a base price of ₹2 Cr, while he was bought at the price of ₹3.2 Cr
- Harbhajan Singh had a base price of ₹2 Cr, while he was bought at the price of ₹2 Cr
- Ben Cutting was bought at his base price of ₹75 Lakh only
- Karun Nair was also bought at his base price of ₹50 Lakh
- Vaibhav Arora was also bought at his base price of ₹20 Lakh
- Sheldon Jackson was too bought at his base price of ₹20 Lakh
- Venkatesh Iyer was again bought at his base price of ₹20 Lakh
List of retained players of KKR for IPL 2021
These players are retained this year as well and will be playing for KKR again.
Kuldeep Yadav, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Nitish Rana, Shubman Gill, Eoin Morgan, Lockie Ferguson, Pat Cummins, Varun Chakaravarthy, Sunil Narine, Dinesh Karthik, Sandeep Warrier, Andre Russell, Shivam Mavi, Rinku Singh, Prasidh Krishna, Harry Gurney, Rahul Tripathi
List of released players of KKR for IPL 2021
Chris Green, Tom Banton, Nikhil Naik, M Siddarth, Siddesh Lad
So this was the squad review of Kolkata Knight Riders. The team has performed quite well in the starting seasons, but became an average team in the last few IPL seasons. But, the King’s team has made a few changes and the on paper squad of KKR is simply amazing. Let’s see, whether or not they live up to the fans’ expectations. But whatever comes, the team will definitely leave its marks on our minds.
