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IPL 2020: Players Kolkata Knight Riders may buy, auction strategy, purse available

IPL 2020: Players Kolkata Knight Riders may buy, auction strategy, purse available

IPL 2020: Players KKR may buy

Bengaluru, November 20: Kolkata Knight Riders are two-time champions of the Indian Premier League but the last couple of years they have gone down the rungs with Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings ruling the domain. The Kolkata franchise will be eager to return to winning ways in the IPL 2020 and trying to acquire a set of players, who can give an edge to their campaign, from auction will be their primary target.

MyKhel takes a look at the strategy and players the Kolkata Knight Riders may gun for in the auction on December 19.

1. Purse available

1. Purse available

The Kolkata Knight Riders have Rs 35.65 crore in their account, the second biggest purse after Kings XI Punjab's Rs 42.70 crore. And that makes them a major player in the auction room and can bid for players under their radar stonger than their rivals.

2. Slots to be filled

2. Slots to be filled

The Knight Riders have 11 places, including 4 overseas players, to paper over. With a rather hefty purse to open, the Kolkata team could meet their target without breaking much sweat.

3. Players may be bought

3. Players may be bought

They have released the big-hitting Chris Lynn and could try to buy back the opener from the auction at a lesser price. Evin Lewis too could find himself amidst discussion inside the Kolkata camp. David Miller and Sam Curran too might find some interest from the KKR. They may also have some interest in Yuvraj Singh, more as a back-up option since they released Robin Uthappa, Rahul Tripathi, Jalaj Saxena, the young Manjot Kalra, who had made hundred in the ICC U-19 WC final, Deepak Hooda, Pankaj Jaswal etc.

4. The team set-up

4. The team set-up

Dinesh Karthik went through a modest IPL 2019 as a batsman and captain. He has been retained and may be a front-runner for captiancy this season too. But the KKR management might think of handing over captaincy to someone like Shubman Gill, much like Delhi Capitals made Shreyas Iyer the captain. Otherwise, you will see the likes of Andre Russel, Sunil Narine, Kuldeep Yadav etc in the purple jersey.

Story first published: Wednesday, November 20, 2019, 11:25 [IST]
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