Another reunion took place at the auction table when Manish Pandey, a previous batter for the KKR, rejoined the team for INR 50 lakh. Sherfane Rutherford, Ramandeep Singh, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, and Chetan Sakariya were among the other notable newcomers.
The most interesting selection, though, was Mitchell Starc, who went for an all-time high of INR 24.75 crore at the auction and will greatly improve a fast-bowling team that is still relatively young.
Even though they don’t have as much combined experience as some other teams, Shreyas Iyer, Venkatesh Iyer, Nitish Rana, and Rinku Singh form a solid Indian hitting core. Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Salt, two hard-hitting wicketkeeper-batters, combined at the top are a dynamic combination, and they are both playing quite well.
With the arrival of Mujeeb, the spin trio of Sunil Narine, Varun Chakravarthy, and Suyash Sharma becomes even more dangerous as they look to build on their successful IPL 2023 collectively. The pitches may turn more than normal because to Gambhir’s fondness for spin at home, which is advantageous for their Indian hitters, particularly Shreyas and Nitish.
Though they are inexperienced in comparison to other teams, KKR’s Indian fast-bowling trio of Vaibhav Arora, Harshit Rana, and Sakariya is exciting. That might have been a significant factor in KKR’s heavy investment in Starc.
New Players in Kolkata Knight Riders : Mitchell Starc, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Chetan Sakariya, Phil Salt, Sherfane Rutherford, Manish Pandey, Ramandeep Singh
Full Squad : Shreyas Iyer, Nitish Rana, Manish Pandey, Ramandeep Singh, Rinku Singh, Sakib Hussain, Anukul Roy, Venkatesh Iyer, Sherfane Rutherford, Angkrish, Raghuvanshi, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, KS Bharat, Phil Salt, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Vaibhav Arora, Chetan Sakariya, Dushmantha Chameera, Varun Chakaravarthy, Mitchell Starc, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Harshit Rana, Suyash Sharma
Possible XI : Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Venkatesh Iyer, Shreyas Iyer, Nitish Rana, Andre Russell, Rinku Singh, Ramandeep Singh, Sunil Narine, Mitchell Starc, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakaravarthy
