IPL Auction 2019: 3 teams who could buy Joe Root

#3 Kolkata Knight Riders

Kolkata Knight Riders

The Kolkata Knight Riders didn't have the best of starts as an IPL franchise. They had failed to reach the playoffs in the first three seasons. Something needed to change and in came Gautam Gambhir as the new captain of KKR and completely turned its fortunes. Under Gambhir's leadership, KKR reached the playoffs 5 times out of 7. In IPL 2018 Dinesh Karthik continued the same legacy as KKR pushed well above their weights to finish 3rd.

Earlier this month KKR released 8 players from their squad. KKR retained their core group of players, a total of 13 players. KKR's management would have a lot of work to do as they would have to buy 6-7 good players in an available salary cap of 15.2 Cr. Moreover, KKR only has 3 overseas players in the squad and would like to buy at least a couple more.

At the auction, KKR would surely look for an overseas batsman who can play as a floater in the team. Joe Root would provide KKR what they need and his part-time off-spin and ample of experience would just be surplus to KKR's requirements.