Kolkata Knight Riders full squad after IPL 2022 auction

IPL Mega Auction 2022: Kolkata Knight Riders complete players list, squad

The ones who were retained by KKR ahead of the IPL 2022 auction: Andre Russell, Venkatesh Iyer, Varun Chakravarthy, and Sunil Narine.

IPL Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) Team 2022

After opting to retain four players, Kolkata Knight Riders would be happy with the way their IPL 2022 auction turned out. Out of their purse of ₹77 crores, KKR, in the end, we're left with 45 lakh, which means they did a remarkable job getting some amazing and at the same time valuable buys too.

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KKRs expensive buy took place on Day 1, as they were able to bring on board Shreyas Iyer for ₹12.25 crore. Their second day began by purchasing Ajinkya Rahane at his base price of ₹1 crore, and although they did not spend astronomically on any other cricketer, a couple of players worth ₹7.5 crores and a lot of domestic players between 20 lakh and 1 crore were allowed them to knuckle down on what seems to be a very settled squad. Here is a look at what KKR’s squad composition looks like.

Retained players

• Andre Russell (12 crores)
• Varun Chakravarthy (8 crores)
• Venkatesh Iyer (8 crores)
• Sunil Narine (Rs. 6 crores.)

Purchased players

• Pat Cummins ( ₹7.25 Crore)
• Shreyas Iyer ( ₹12.25 crore)
• Nitish Rana ( ₹8 crore)
• Shivam Mavi ( ₹7.25 Crore)
• Sheldon Jackson ( ₹60 Lakh)
• Ajinkya Rahane ( ₹1 crore)
• Rinku Singh ( ₹55 Lakh)
• Anukul Roy ( ₹20 lakh)
• Rasikh Salam Dar ( ₹20 Lakh)
• Baba Indrajith ( ₹20 lakh)
• Chamika Karunaratne ( ₹50 lakh)
• Abhijeet Tomar ( ₹40 lakh)
• Pratham Singh ( ₹20 lakh)
• Ashok Sharma ( ₹55 lakh)
• Sam Billings ( ₹2 crore)
• Alex Hales ( ₹1.50 crore)
• Tim Southee ( ₹1.50 crore)
• Ramesh Kumar ( ₹20 lakh)
• Mohammad Nabi ( ₹1 crore)
• Umesh Yadav ( ₹2 crore)
• Aman Khan ( ₹20 lakh)

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