Kolkata Knight Riders' full list of retained, released players & remaining purse ahead of IPL 2023

Having already traded in 3 players in the form of Shardul Thakur, Lockie Ferguson & Rahmanullah Gurbaz, KKR revealed their list of released players with 16 named on it.

The franchise will also miss the services of Pat Cummins, Sam Billings and Alex Hales, with all three opting out of IPL 2023.

Aaron Finch, Ajiknya Rahane & Shivam Mavi are among the 16 players released while captain Shreyas Iyer, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine,Tim Southee are among the 14 players retained.

KKR have a purse of ₹ 7.05 crores with 3 overseas slots remaining.

KKR full list of players released and retained

Players released: Pat Cummins, Sam Billings, Aman Khan, Shivam Mavi, Mohammad Nabi, Chamika Karunaratne, Aaron Finch, Alex Hales, Abhijeet Tomar, Ajinkya Rahane, Ashok Sharma, Baba Indrajith, Pratham Singh, Ramesh Kumar, Rasikh Salam, Sheldon Jackson

Players traded: Shardul Thakur from Delhi Capitals; Rahmanullah Gurbaz & Lockie Ferguson from Gujarat Titans

Purse left: ₹7.05 crore

Overseas slots remaining: 3

Players retained: Shreyas Iyer (capt), Nitish Rana, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Venkatesh Iyer, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Shardul Thakur, Lockie Ferguson, Umesh Yadav, Tim Southee, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakravarthy, Anukul Roy, Rinku Singh