On Friday, December 23, in Kochi, the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 auction is scheduled to take place. The 10 franchises will finalise their squads for the 16th IPL season. A maximum of 87 slots will be available in the mini-auction, including slots for 30 foreign players to compete in the league.
Before the IPL 2023 Auction, the Kolkata Knight Riders’ officials have a lot of work to do. The two-time IPL champions’ budget only allows them to spend Rs 7.05 Crore, despite the fact that there are a total of 11 positions that need to be filled.
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) For IPL 2023 Auction
Purse remaining: INR 7.05 crore
Total slots available: 11
Overseas slots available: 3
Wicketkeepers: Rahmanullah Gurbaz.
Batters: Shreyas Iyer, Nitish Rana, Rinku Singh.
All-rounders: Venkatesh Iyer, Anukul Roy, Andre Russel, Shardul Thakur.
Bowlers: Lockie Ferguson, Harshit Rana, Sunil Narine, Tim Southee, Varun Chakravarthy, Umesh Yadav.
KKR top target players: Kusal Perera, Mayank Agarwal, David Wiese
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