Kolkata Knight Riders’ choice of players proved that the franchise was most calculative at the IPL 2018 auction.
KKR, which is co-owned by actress Juhi Chawla, made sure that they have the right composure and balance as t💖hey picked some of the most talented players, which include both, experienced players as well as you🌄ngsters with less or no IPL experience.
KKR retained the West Indies stars Andre💟 Russell and Sunil Narine during the retention event in Mumbai.
In the mega-auction, the Kolkata based franchise bought Australian batsman Chris Lynn bꦆack to their side along with 16 other players.
List of players bought by the KKR at the IPL 2018 auction:
- Chris Lynn – ₹9.6 crore
- Mitchell Starc – ₹9.4 crore
- Dinesh Karthik – ₹7.4 crore
- Robin Uthappa – ₹6.4 crore
- Kuldeep Yadav – ₹5.8 crore
- Piyush Chawla – ₹4.2 crore
- Nitish Rana – ₹3.4 crore
- Kamlesh Nagarkoti – ₹3.2 crore
- Shivam Mavi – ₹3 crore
- Mitchell Johnson – ₹2 crore
- Shubman Gill – ₹1.8 crore
- Vinay Kumar – ₹1 crore
- Rinku Singh – ₹80 lakh
- Cameron Delport – ₹30 lakh
- Javon Searless – ₹30 lakh
- Apoorv Wankhade – ₹20 lakh
- Ishank Jaggi – ₹20 lakh
The KKR’s squad of 19, includes seven overseas players to choose from going into IPL 2018.
