IPL 2018: 3 teams that lack squad depth

#1 Kolkata Knight Riders

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KKR overdependent on foreign resources?

First Choice Playing XI: Chris Lynn, Robin Uthappa, Shubman Gill, Nitish Rana, Dinesh Karthik, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Mitchell Starc, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, R Vinay Kumar, Kuldeep Yadav

Batting: Keeping aside their injury woes, the other concern for KKR is their weak bench-strength. They have unremarkable names like Ishank Jaggi, Apoorv Wankhade and Rinku Singh who are not ones to place money on.

Bowling: The only trusted pace backup is Mitchell Johnson, an overseas commodity. There is a dearth of experienced Indian alternatives. However, the spin department looks pretty handy with veteran Piyush Chawla on the sidelines.

All-rounder: KKR have included a couple of new faces in Cameron Delport & Javon Searles. Both of them lack experience in Indian conditions and that might backfire on the two-time champs.