Kolkata Knight Riders made the most of IPL Auction 2017 after buying some good players in order to push for their third IPL title.They needed death bowlers and some quality all-rounders to make for the loss of Andfre Russell and they did just that as they picked the players that they wanted, went for them with surgical precision and ended up with everyone that they wanted to have a settled and balanced squad ahead of the tenth edition of the tournament.
They bought nine players at the Auction in Bengaluru and have a squad of 23 players to choose from going into IPL 2017, with the maximum of nine overseas players and also Rs. 5.4 crore in the bank.
| Team | Kolkata Knight Riders |
| Short Form (Abbreviation) | KKR |
| City | Kolkata, West Bengal |
| Captain | Gautam Gambhir |
| Coach | Jacques Kallis |
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| Home Ground | Eden Gardens, Kolkata |
| Capacity | 68,000 |
| Champions | 2 Times (2k12, 2k14) |
The list of Kolkata Knight Riders retained players by the team is placed below. The team has got a pretty well balanced squad, which didn’t succumb to injuries that often. The lads were being led by Gautam Gambhir on the field, while their former batsman Jacques Kallis coached the boys. Gambhir’s role as a skipper and batsman is certainly commendable, given that he played a crucial part in team’s journey to the playoffs. The team name Laxmipathy Balaji as their bowling coach.
KKR 2017 Retained Players List With Base Price:
Gautam Gambhir-125,000,000 Sunil Narine-95,000,000 Andre Russell-6,000,000 Kuldeep Singh Yadav -4,000,000 Manish Pandey-17,000,000 Suryakumar Yadav-7,000,000 Piyush Chawla-42,500,000 Robin Uthappa-50,000,000 Shakib Al Hasan-28,000,000 Chris Lynn-13,000,000 Umesh Yadav-26,000,000 Yusuf Pathan-32,500,000 Sheldon Jackson- 1,500,000 Ankit Singh Rajpoot- 15,000,000 Salary Cap Spent- 462,500,000 Balance of Salary Cap- 197,500,000
| NO. | PLAYERS RETAINED | |
| 1 | Gautam Gambhir | |
| 2 | Sunil Narine | |
| 3 | Kuldeep Yadav | |
| 4 | Manish Pandey | |
| 5 | Suryakumar Yadav | |
| 6 | Piyush Chawla | |
| 7 | Robin Uthappa | |
| 8 | Shakib Al Hasan | |
| 9 | Chris Lynn | |
| 10 | Umesh Yadav | |
| 11 | Yusuf Pathan | |
| 12 | Sheldon Jackson | |
| 13 | Ankit Singh Rajput | |
| 14 | Andre Russell | |
Shakib Al Hasan didn’t really prove his worth as an all rounder, and it wouldn’t be surprising to see him play for some other franchise next season. Nonetheless, given the form of the players, the Riders haven’t got that much to worry about on their path to win the third title. Jacques Kallis will definitely take into account the errors of his side, and work on them to get a well polished team. IPL 2017 KKR team squad is placed below.
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