IPL 2019: Cost of each IPL franchise

#6 Kolkata Knight Riders: INR 70.75 Crore

KKR spent judiciously at the 2019 IPL auction

Before going into the 2019 IPL Auction, Kolkata Knight Riders retained as many as 13 players while releasing eight players. Kolkata went into the auction with a strategy to fill the grey areas that hurt them in IPL 2018. Hence, the Knights acquired a total of eight players while bolstering their squad with strength.

Players bought by KKR at 2019 IPL Auction: Nikhil Naik (INR 20 Lac), Joe Denly (INR 1 Crore), Shrikant Mundhe (INR 20 Lac), Anrich Nortje (INR 20 Lac), Harry Gurney (INR 75 Lac), Lockie Ferguson (INR 1.6 Crore), Yarra Prithviraj (INR 20 Lac), and Carlos Brathwaite (INR 5 Crore).

The total cost of players bought by KKR at 2019 IPL Auction: INR 9.15 Crore

Players retained by KKR for IPL 2019: Dinesh Karthik (INR 7.4 Crore), Robin Uthappa (INR 6.4 Crore), Chris Lynn (INR 9.6 Crore), Shubman Gill (INR 1.8 Crore), Nitish Rana (INR 3.4 Crore), Rinku Singh (INR 80 Lac), Andre Russell (Retained for INR 7 Crore), Sunil Narine (Retained for INR 8.5 Crore), Shivam Mavi (INR 3 Crore), Kuldeep Yadav (INR 5.8 Crore Crore), Piyush Chawla (INR 4.2 Crore), Kamlesh Nagarkoti (INR 3.2 Crore), and Prasidh Krishna (INR 20 Lac).

The total cost of players retained by KKR for IPL 2019: INR 61.6 Crore

Hence, the total cost of KKR for IPL 2019 will amount to INR 70.75 Crore.

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