Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) are all set and ready with their confirmed full squad list to start the 2024 IPL starting from March 22. KKR will be playing their first match on March 23 against Sunrisers Hyderabad.
The two times IPL winner, Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) has revealed their final squad for the IPL 2024 with some new faces and trades after the auction.
Final squad lists of KKR for IPL 2024 after the auction:
- Indian Top-order batsman and team captain – Shreyas Iyer
- English opening batsman – Jason Roy
- Indian batsman – Angkrish Raghuvanshi
- Indian batsman – Rinku Singh
- Indian top-order batsman – Manish Pandey
- Guyanese middle-order-batsman – Sherfane Rutherford
- Afghanistani opening batsman-wicket-keeper – Rahmanullah Gurbaz
- Indian wicket-keeper-batsman – KS Bharat
- Indian all-rounder-batsman – Nitish Rana
- Indian all-rounder-batsman – Venkatesh Iyer
- Jamaican all-rounder – Andre Russell
- Indian middle-order-batsman – Ramandeep Singh
- Indian all-rounder – Anukul Roy
- Trinidadian bowling all-rounder – Sunil Narine
- Indian bowler – Varun Chakaravarthy
- Indian left-arm medium-fast bowler – Chetan Sakariya
- Indian bowler – Vaibhav Arora
- Australian bowler – Mitchell Starc
- English bowler – Gus Atkinson
- Afghanistani bowler – Mujeeb Ur Rahman
- Indian bowler – Harshit Rana
- Indian bowler – Suyash Sharma
Player released by KKR for IPL 2024:
Here are the lists of players who have been released by Kolkata Knight Riders before the IPL 2024 auction.
- All-rounder – Shakib Al Hasan
- Wicketkeeper-batsman – Litton Das
- Bowler – Aarya Desai
- All-rounder – David Wiese
- Bowler – Shardul Thakur
- Wicketkeeper-batsman – Narayan Jagadeesan
- Batsman – Mandeep Singh
- Bowler – Kulwant Khejroliya
- Bowler – Lockie Ferguson
- Bowler – Umesh Yadav
- Bowler – Tim Southee
- Batsman – Johnson Charles
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) Best Playing 11 Team
According to the indiacsr, the best playing 11 teams for Kolkata Knight Riders in the 2024 IPL are,
- Rahmanullah Gurbaz – Wicketkeeper-batsman
- Jason Roy – Opening batsman
- Shreyas Iyer – Team captain and consistent batsman
- Nitish Rana – Team vice-captain and prominent batsman and bowler
- Venkatesh Iyer – Agressive batsman
- Andre Russell – Batsman and bowler as well
- Sunil Naire – Spinner with batting skill
- Varun Chakaravarthy – Spinner
- Mitchell Starc – Left-arm pacer
- Chetan Sakariya – Pace bowler
- David Wiese – All rounder
Also read, Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) Final Squad Lists for IPL 2024>>
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
Who is the captain of Kolkata Knight Riders for the IPL 2024?
Shreyas Iyer is the team captain of Kolkata Knight Riders for the IPL 2024.
Who is the first opponent of Kolkata Knight Riders?
Sunrisers Hyderabad is the first opponent of Kolkata Knight Riders on March 23.
Has KKR won the IPL?
Yes, KKR has won twice in 2012 and 2014.
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