IPL 2024 auction: Kolkata Knight Riders full squad, auction buys, remaining purse

KKR received a double joy ahead of IPL 2024 auction as Shreyas Iyer returned to the squad after missing IPL last year due to injury and Gautam Gambhir also joined the team as a mentor. KKR released its veteran players like Shakib Al Hasan, who represented the side for several years and along with Shakib, they also released 11 others, seeking a major reboot in their squad for the upcoming season.

KKR made the biggest buy in IPL history and bought Mitchell Starc for a whopping INR 24.75 crore and along with him they also picked Team India's Test wicket-keeper KS Bharat.

Players released by KKR ahead of IPL auction

Aarya Desai, David Wiese, Johnson Charles, Kulwant Khejroliya, Litton Das, Lockie Ferguson, Mandeep Singh, N. Jagadeesan, Shakib Al Hasan, Shardul Thakur, Tim Southee, Umesh Yadav

Retained players by KKR ahead of IPL auction

Andre Russell, Anukul Roy, Harshit Rana, Jason Roy, Nitish Rana, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Rinku Singh, Shreyas Iyer, Sunil Narine, Suyash Sharma, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakaravarthy, Venkatesh Iyer

Players bought by KKR during IPL 2024 auction

Mitchell Starc - Rs 24.75 crore
Mujeeb ur Rahman - Rs 2 crore
Sherfane Rutherford - Rs 1.5 crore
Gus Atkinson - Rs 1 crore
KS Bharat - Rs 50 lakh
Chetan Sakariya - Rs 50 lakh
Manish Pandey - Rs 50 lakh
Angkrish Raghuvanshi Rs 20 lakh
Ramandeep Singh- Rs 20 lakh
Sakib Hussain - Rs 20 lakh

The remaining purse for KKR: INR 1.35 crore

Kolkata Night Riders complete squad for IPL 2024

Shreyas Iyer, Nitish Rana, Rinku Singh, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Sunil Narine, Jason Roy. Suyash Sharma, Anukul Roy, Andre Russell, Venkatesh Iyer, Harshit Rana, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakravarthy, KS Bharat, Chetan Sakariya, Mitchell Starc, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Ramandeep SIngh, Sherfane Rutherford, Manish Pandey, Mujeeb Rahman, Gus Atkinson, Sakib Hussain