#8 Kolkata Knight Riders

The three top-performing foreigners of the Kolkata Knight Riders have been retained by the side, namely Chris Lynn, Andre Russell, and Sunil Narine.
They have let go of all the other foreigners in their side.
They finished third on the table last season and lost out to Sunrisers Hyderabad in the second playoff, prior to the final.
Retained players: Dinesh Karthik, Robin Uthappa, Chris Lynn, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Shubman Gill, Prasidh Krishna, Shivam Mavi, Nitish Rana, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Rinku Singh, Kuldeep Yadav, Piyush Chawla.
Released players: Mitchell Starc, Mitchell Johnson, Tom Curran, Cameron Delport, Jonathan Searles, Ishank Jaggi, Apoorv Wankhede, Vinay Kumar
Available slots: 12; Indian 7, Overseas 5
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