Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) are a franchise cricket team representing the city of Kolkata in the Indian Premier League. They have retained some of the best players before the IPL mega Auction like Andre Russell, Varun Chakravarthy, Venkatesh Iyer, and Sunil Narine. Along with this, they have also made some good decisions in buying the top players in IPL 2022 Auction.
BCCI and IPL governing committee have announced about upcoming IPL 2022. For that IPL Mega auction was also held in Bengaluru on 12th and 13th February 2022. Almost all the teams have used this opportunity to build the team stronger once again.
This will be the last auction for the Indian Premier League so every team has used this opportunity to build a better team. Kolkata Knight Riders already retain some of the best players also they have made a good move by purchasing some of the best players in this auction.
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Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) have already announced the retained players list for the 2022 edition of the Indian Premier League and also they have made the final squads after the IPL 2022 Mega Auction. Below are the final squads for the Kolkata Knight Riders for the IPL 2022.
Kolkata Knight Riders 2022 Final Squad
Kolkata Knight Riders Squads
| Sr. No. | Player Name | Country | Specialism | Price Paid |
| 01. | Andre Russell (R) | Overseas | All-Rounder | ₹12,00,00,000 |
| 02. | Varun Chakaravarthy (R) | India | All-Rounder | ₹8,00,00,000 |
| 03. | Venkatesh Iyer (R) | India | Batsman | ₹8,00,00,000 |
| 04. | Sunil Narine (R) | Overseas | Bowler | ₹6,00,00,000 |
| 05. | Shreyas Iyer | India | Batsman | ₹12,25,00,000 |
| 06. | Nitish Rana | India | All-Rounder | ₹8,00,00,000 |
| 07. | Pat Cummins | Overseas | All-Rounder | ₹7,25,00,000 |
| 08. | Shivam Mavi | India | All-Rounder | ₹7,25,00,000 |
| 09. | Sam Billings | Overseas | Wicket Keeper | ₹2,00,00,000 |
| 10. | Umesh Yadav | India | Bowler | ₹2,00,00,000 |
| 11. | Alex Hales | Overseas | Batsman | ₹1,50,00,000 |
| 12. | Tim Southee | Overseas | Bowler | ₹1,50,00,000 |
| 13. | Ajinkya Rahane | India | Batsman | ₹1,00,00,000 |
| 14. | Mohammad Nabi | Overseas | All-Rounder | ₹1,00,00,000 |
| 15. | Sheldon Jackson | India | Wicket Keeper | ₹60,00,000 |
| 16. | Rinku Singh | India | Batsman | ₹55,00,000 |
| 17. | Ashok Sharma | India | Bowler | ₹55,00,000 |
| 18. | Chamika Karunaratne | Overseas | All-Rounder | ₹50,00,000 |
| 19. | Abhijeet Tomar | India | Batsman | ₹40,00,000 |
| 20. | Aman Khan | India | All-Rounder | ₹20,00,000 |
| 21. | Ramesh Kumar | India | Batsman | ₹20,00,000 |
| 22. | Pratham Singh | India | Batsman | ₹20,00,000 |
| 23. | Baba Indrajith | India | Wicket Keeper | ₹20,00,000 |
| 24. | Rasikh Dar | India | Bowler | ₹20,00,000 |
| 25. | Anukul Roy | India | All-Rounder | ₹20,00,000 |
This is the Final Team of Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) after the IPL 2022 auction.
Shreyas Iyer is the highest-paid player from Kolkata Knight Riders in the IPL auction, They have paid a whooping ₹12,25,00,000 to this player. This time they have purchased a total of 25 players and left the purse ₹45,00,000.
Kolkata Knight Riders 2022 Squad: Andre Russell (R), Varun Chakaravarthy (R), Venkatesh Iyer (R), Sunil Narine (R), Nitish Rana, Pat Cummins, Shreyas Iyer, Shivam Mavi, Sheldon Jackson, Mohammad Nabi, Sam Billings, Umesh Yadav, Ajinkya Rahane, Rinku Singh, Anukul Roy, Alex Hales, Rasikh Dar, Tim Southee, Baba Indrajith, Chamika Karunaratne, Abhijeet Tomar, Aman Khan, Ramesh Kumar, Pratham Singh, Ashok Sharma,
IPL 2022 Retention Rules
- A team is set to be allowed to keep up to three Indian (capped/uncapped) and two foreign players with the total number of retentions not exceeding four.
- It has clearly said that a team cannot keep more than two uncapped players.
- As per the conditions, the team management can either retain three Indian players and one overseas player or two Indian players and two overseas players.
- Two New IPL teams can pick any 2 Indian and 1 foreign player from the Mega auction pool before the start of the mega auction 2022.
- Also, new teams can pick only one uncapped player before the auction.
- There will also be no Right to Match (RTM) cards for the IPL 2022 Mega Auction.
IPL 2022 Salary Cap
BCCI also explained the salary cap for the retained players based on the team’s decision of the number of players retention.
- If a team retains 4 players, Rs 42 crore will be cut from the player purse.
- If a team retains 3 players, Rs 33 crore will be cut from the player purse.
- If a team retains 2 players, Rs 24 crore will be cut from the player purse.
- If a team retains only one player, it will lose Rs 14 crore from its purse value.
- Each uncapped player retained will cost Rs 4 crore each.
If a team retains 4 of its player then the salary cap of the four players will be as follows:
*below mentioned will be the player’s annual salary
| Deductions for 4 Players | INR 42 Cr(Total) |
| Player 1 | INR 16 Cr |
| Player 2 | INR 12 Cr |
| Player 3 | INR 8 Cr |
| Player 4 | INR 6 Cr |
If a team retains 3 of its player then the salary cap of the three players will be as follows:
| 3 players deduction | INR 33 Cr(Total) |
| Player 1 | INR 15 Cr |
| Player 2 | INR 11 Cr |
| Player 3 | INR 7 Cr |
If a team retains 2 of its player then the salary cap of the two players will be as follows:
| 2 Players deduction | INR 24 Cr(Total) |
| Player 1 | INR 14 Cr |
| Player 2 | INR 10 Cr |
If a team keeps only one player, then the team has to pay a total of INR 14 crores
| 1 Player deduction | INR 14 Cr |
List of retained KKR players
- Andre Russell – 12 Crore
- Varun Chakaravarthy – 08 Crore
- Venkatesh Iyer – 08 Crore
- Sunil Narine – 06 Crore
List of released KKR players
- Pat Cummins — Australia — All-Rounder — ₹15 Crore
- Dinesh Karthik — India — Wicket Keeper — ₹7.4 Crore
- Kuldeep Yadav — India — Bowler — ₹5.8 Crore
- Eoin Morgan (C) — England — Batsman — ₹5.25 Crore
- Nitish Rana — India — Batsman — ₹3.4 Crore
- Kamlesh Nagarkoti — India — All-Rounder — ₹3.2 Crore
- Shivam Mavi — India — Bowler — ₹3 Crore
- Shubman Gill — India — Batsman — ₹1.8 Crore
- Lockie Ferguson — New Zealand — Bowler — ₹1.6 Crore
- Rinku Singh — India — Batsman — ₹80 Lakh
- Rahul Tripathi — India — Batsman — ₹60 Lakh
- Prasidh Krishna — India — Bowler — ₹20 Lakh
- Sandeep Warrier — India — Bowler — ₹20 Lakh
- Tim Seifert — Australia — Wicket Keeper — ₹20 Lakh
- Shakib Al Hasan — Bangladesh — All-Rounder — ₹3,20,00,000
- Harbhajan Singh — India — Bowler — ₹2,00,00,000
- Ben Cutting — Australia — All-Rounder — ₹75,00,000
- Karun Nair — India — Batsman — ₹50,00,000
- Pawan Negi — India — All-Rounder — ₹50,00,000
- Sheldon Jackson — India — Wicket Keeper — ₹20,00,000
- Vaibhav Arora — India — Bowler — ₹20,00,000
Purse Available: ₹45,00,000
Before the mega auction, Kolkata Knight Riders has a purse available worth 48 crores. KKR has made some great decisions in the IPL 2022 Mega Auction.
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