2024 Kolkata Knight Riders Team And Auction Players List

The Kolkata Knight Riders enter IPL 2024 with a solid lineup, bolstered by the return of Mitchell Starc, the most expensive player in IPL history, marking his comeback to IPL cricket after a significant hiatus. Kolkata Knight Riders have a stable squad for the IPL 2024 with the most expensive player in IPL History, Mitchell Starc, playing after a long gap from IPL cricket.

This blog will discuss the probable playing eleven of Kolkata Knight Riders, the official 2024 Kolkata Knight Riders Team for this season, retained players, new Players that were bought in the IPL Kolkata Knight Riders auction 2024, key domestic players, and Overseas Players that will play a huge part in their team in the upcoming season of Indian Premier League.

Current 2024 Kolkata Knight Riders Team for IPL:

Player Name	Nationality	Role	Batting Style	Bowling Style
Shreyas Iyer (c)	Indian	Batter	Right Hand	-
Srikar Bharat (†)	Indian	WK Batter	Right Hand	-
Manish Pandey	Indian	Batter	Right Hand	Right-arm Medium
Rahmanullah Gurbaz	Afghanistan	WK Batter	Right Hand	-
Ramandeep Singh	Indian	Batter	Right Hand	Right-arm Medium
Nitish Rana	Indian	Batter	Left Hand	Left-arm off break
Jason Roy	English	Batter	Right Hand	-
Sherfane Rutherford	West Indian	Batter	Left Hand	-
Rinku Singh	Indian	Batter	Left Hand	Right-arm off-break
Venkatesh Iyer	Indian	Allrounder	Left Hand	Right-arm Medium
Sunil Narine	West Indian	Allrounder	Left Hand	Right-arm off-break
Anukul Roy	Indian	Allrounder	Left Hand	Slow Left-arm Orthodox
Andre Russell	West Indian	Allrounder	Right Hand	Right-arm Fast
Vaibhav Arora	Indian	Bowler	Right Hand	Right-arm Fast
Gus Atkinson	English	Bowler	Right Hand	Right-arm Medium
Harshit Rana	Indian	Bowler	Right Hand	Right-arm Fast
Mujeeb Ur Rahman	Afghanistan	Bowler	Right Hand	Right-arm off-break
Chetan Sakariya	Indian	Bowler	Left Hand	Left-arm Medium
Mitchell Starc	Australian	Bowler	Left Hand	Left-arm Fast
Suyash Sharma	Indian	Bowler	Right Hand	Legbreak Googly
Varun Chakravarthy	Indian	Bowler	Right Hand	Legbreak Googly
Angkrish Raghuvanshi	Indian	Bowler	Right Hand	Slow Left-arm Orthodox
Sakib Hussain	Indian	Bowler	Right Hand	Right-arm Medium

Most Probable Playing XI of Kolkata Knight Riders:

The Knight Riders have a relatively weaker squad as compared to other IPL teams. Still, they have plenty of options in bowling and batting to try and sort things out for the upcoming season. Here is what their predicted playing XI looks like;

Probable Playing XI

1. Venkatesh Iyer
2. Rahmanullah Gurbaz (WK)
3. Nitish Rana
4. Shreyas Iyer (C)
5. Rinku Singh
6. Sunil Narine
7. Andre Russell
8. Suyash Sharma
9. Mitchell Starc
10. Chetan Sakariya
11. Varun Chakravarty

Impact Player: Ramandeep Singh

Substitute Players: Vaibhav Arora, Harshit Rana, Mujeeb Ur Rehman, Manish Pandey

Kolkata Knight Riders Retained Players List for IPL 2024:

Players Name	Trade Price
Shreyas Iyer	INR 12.25 crore
Nitish Rana	INR 8 crore
Rinku Singh	INR 55 lakh
Venkatesh Iyer	INR 8 crore
Sunil Narine	INR 6 crore
Varun Chakravarthy	INR 8 crore
Suyash Sharma	INR 20 lakh
Andre Russell	INR 12 crore
Jason Roy	INR 2.8 crore
Anukul Roy	INR 20 lakh
Vaibhav Arora	INR 60 lakh
Rahmanullah Gurbaz	INR 50 lakh
Harshit Rana	INR 20 lakh

Kolkata Knight Riders Released Players List 2024

The following players were released by the management of KKR officially before the Kolkata Knight Riders auction 2024.

• Litton Das
• Johnson Charles
• Tim Southee
• Arya Desai
• N Jagadeesan
• Umesh Yadav
• David Wiese
• Kulwant khejroliya
• Shardul Thakur
• Shakib AI Hasan
• Lockie Ferguson
• Mandeep Singh

Players bought in IPL Kolkata Knight Riders auction 2024:

Here is the list of the players that were bought by KKR management in the IPL Kolkata Knight Riders auction 2024 held on November 19, 2023.

• Chetan sakariya (INR 50 lakh)
• KS Bharat (INR 50 lakh)
• Gus Atkinson (INR 1 crore)
• Mujeeb Rahman (INR 2 crore)
• Ramandeep Singh (INR 20 lakh)
• Sakib Hussain (INR 20 lakh)Manish Pandey (INR 50 lakh)
• Sherfane Rutherford (INR 1.5 crore)
• Mitchell Starc (INR 24.75 crore)
• Angkrish raghuvanshi (INR 20 lakh)

Players to watch out for KKR in the IPL Season:

The following players will be in action for 2024 Kolkata Knight Riders Team in the upcoming IPL and every cricket fan will have a close eye on them.

Mitchell Starc:

The premium Australian Left-arm fast bowler made himself available in the IPL Kolkata Knight Riders auction 2024 after a gap of 9 years and there was no shortage of interest by the teams ultimately KKR bought him for a whopping 24 Crores Indian Rupees making him the highest-paid player in the IPL history.

Mitchell Starc is playing IPL after 9 years and all eyes will be on him on how he will perform in this year's season and whether will he be that lethal with his bowling or not. Every cricket fan is desperate to see him playing in the league and contributing to his team’s success

Rinku Singh:

The left-arm batsman left the world stunned last year when he smacked 5 back-to-back sixes to Yash Dayal to win the match for KKR in the most thrilling match of IPL. Since then, he hasn't looked back and kept performing for the team in crunch situations.

His finishing abilities also earned a place in the national white ball team of India where he has played crucial knocks to win the matches for his team. So it will be interesting to see how he plays in this IPL citing he is the most dependable batsman in the team right now.

Suyash Sharma:

The right-arm leg spinner has been a tremendous find for the 2024 Kolkata Knight Riders Team as he impressed everyone with his top-notch bowling. He dismantled great batsmen with his bowling and everyone looked clueless against his spin mysteries. He has earned a place in the squad due to his exceptional bowling and this year's team would be looking towards him as a key bowler that can win the matches on his own.

Venkatesh Iyer:

Venkatesh Iyer has been sidelined from the national squad for quite some time now and the reason for that is his recent performances. Therefore this season, he has the right opportunity to perform with bat and ball and showcase his true potential and skills to make a comeback in the national team.

Rahmanullah Gurbaz:

The Afghanistan star wicketkeeper-batsman performed quite decently in last year's IPL season. Therefore, KKR management showed faith in him and retained him for this year's tournament. However, he has to punch above his weight and perform at the top level consistently to retain a permanent place in the squad