IPL Auction 2020: 3 teams that will be looking to sign specialist openers  

#1 Kolkata Knight Riders

Chris Lynn and Sunil Narine

Squad: Andre Russell, Dinesh Karthik, Harry Gurney, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Kuldeep Yadav, Lockie Ferguson, Nitish Rana, Prasidh Krishna, Rinku Singh, Sandeep Warrier, Shivam Mavi, Shubman Gill, Siddhesh Lad, Sunil Narine

Kolkata Knight Riders sprang a huge surprise by releasing star opener Chris Lynn ahead of the auction.

KKR have been extremely flexible when it comes to batting positions in the past. Despite having the likes of Robin Uthappa in the side, they have opened with Sunil Narine quite regularly and to their credit, the move has worked more often than not.

Last season they began the season with Nitish Rana as opener but as the season progressed they experimented with the position quite a bit.

However, now that they have released Lynn, they will need to find a strong candidate for that position. While they always have the option of buying the Aussie back at the auction, it won't be a surprise if they put their money on Mumbai's young teen sensation Yashasvi Jaiswal.