IPL 2026: Complete Kolkata Knight Riders team; full players list

NEW DELHI: Kolkata Knight Riders caput into the IPL auction with 1 of the biggest warfare chests, retaining a monolithic Rs 64.30 crore and arsenic galore arsenic 13 slots to fill, including six overseas positions.

KKR person taken the bold way by releasing respective marquee names, astir notably Andre Russell, Quinton de Kock, Moeen Ali and Anrich Nortje, signalling a large squad overhaul up of the caller season. The departures of Venkatesh Iyer and Rahmanullah Gurbaz further underline the franchise’s intent to rebuild with a caller core.Despite the clear-out, KKR person held connected to a beardown Indian spine. Rinku Singh remains cardinal to their batting plans, portion Sunil Narine and Varun Chakravarthy proceed to anchor the rotation department.

The gait onslaught is led by Harshit Rana, Umran Malik and Vaibhav Arora, offering a premix of younker and earthy speed. Ajinkya Rahane and Manish Pandey adhd experience, portion youngsters Angkrish Raghuvanshi and Anukul Roy supply extent and versatility.With important funds astatine their disposal and aggregate vacancies, KKR are expected to beryllium among the astir assertive teams astatine the auction. The availability of six overseas slots gives them the state to people high-impact overseas stars, arsenic the franchise looks to assemble a balanced squad susceptible of mounting a superior rubric challenge.

Kolkata Knight Riders Full Team List IPL 2026

Players Released: Andre Russell, Anrich Nortje, Chetan Sakariya, Luvnith Sisodia, Moeen Ali, Quinton de Kock, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Spencer Johnson, Venkatesh IyerPlayers retained: Ajinkya Rahane, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Anukul Roy, Harshit Rana, Manish Pandey, Ramandeep Singh, Rinku Singh, Rovman Powell, Sunil Narine, Umran Malik, Vaibhav Arora, Varun ChakravarthyPlayers bought astatine auction: Cameron Green (Rs 25.20 crore)