IPL 2018 Auction: Team Preview

Kolkata Knight Riders:

Kolkata Knight Riders have one of the best turnaround stories in the IPL. After failing to make it to the knockout stages for the first three seasons in a row, the Shah Rukh Khan-owned side have made it to playoffs 5 times in the last seven seasons and have been crowned champions twice, in the 2012 and 2014 editions of the IPL.

Who have Kolkata Knight Riders retained?

Unlike most teams on retention day, Kolkata Knight Riders retained overseas players in the form of mystery spinner Sunil Narine and all-rounder Andre Russell. They were the only team to use the maximum quota of 2 overseas players.

With 2 retained players, Kolkata Knight Riders will have Rs 59 crore or $9.2 million in their purse on auction day. They have 3 RTM cards at their disposal which they can use on 3 capped Indian players or 2 uncapped Indian players.

Who Kolkata Knight Riders will look to use their RTM card on:

Gautam Gambhir, Kuldeep Yadav, Robin Uthappa, Manish Pandey, Suryakumar Yadav are some of the former employees that Kolkata Knight Riders will have their eye on for RTM.

Gambhir and Uthappa formed one of the most potent opening pairs in the IPL, Manish Pandey and Suryakumar Yadav are some of the better middle order batsmen in the IPL while Kuldeep Yadav is a young chinaman bowler with a bright future.