IPL 2020: 4 teams with solid bench-strength

KKR bought Pat Cummins for a record-breaking INR 15.5 crores

First Choice Playing XI: Shubman Gill, Sunil Narine, Nitish Rana, Eoin Morgan, Dinesh Karthik (c & wk), Andre Russell, Rahul Tripathi, Pat Cummins, Kuldeep Yadav, Shivam Mavi, Prasidh Krishna

Batting: Kolkata Knight Riders have plenty of options to play with in Indian as well as overseas categories. If the unfortunate circumstances occur, they have English wicket-keeper batsman Tom Banton, Siddhesh Lad, Rinku Singh, and Nikhil Naik as back-ups.

Bowling: Kolkata Knight Riders were able to settle their misfiring bowling line-up by the addition of the most expensive overseas sell ever - Pat Cummins. The fast bowling reserves in Lockie Ferguson, Harry Gurney, Sandeep Warrier, and Kamlesh Nagarkoti can serve the team when needed.

All-rounder: Their power-packed set of all-rounders in Andre Russell & Sunil Narine has the support of the Australian spin-bowling all-rounder Chris Green and Varun Chakravarthy. There is always an injury concern for KKR in this department and they have tried to fix that by the new additions.