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Kolkata Knight Riders won the trophy in IPL 2024. KKR fielded a strong team and kept their level of play high throughout the season. However, now a mega auction is going to be held before the next season and in such a situation almost all the teams will make changes in their team. For this reason, Kolkata Knight Riders will also have to drop many of their players who had made a significant contribution in making the team the champion.
These players will feel the pinch
Every team is already busy planning for IPL 2025 and the Kolkata franchise will also have a strong plan to retain and release players so that its combination for the upcoming season is not disturbed. If each team is allowed to retain 3 players and use RTM for 2 then 5 players can be retained. Kolkata may release Pat Cummins and Venkatesh Iyer.
Shreyas Iyer
Shreyas Iyer, who missed the 16th season of IPL due to injury, made a tremendous comeback in IPL 2024 and made KKR the champion with his brilliant captaincy. Apart from this, he also scored 351 runs in batting. KKR would like to retain Shreyas again, as he has both captaincy and batting qualities.
Andre Russell
Like Sunil Narine, Andre Russell has also been one of the most valuable players of Kolkata Knight Riders. Apart from bowling brilliantly, Russell also has the ability to score runs quickly. In such a situation, KKR would like to retain this reliable player.
sunil narrain
West Indies veteran Sunil Narine can also be retained. In the recent season, Narine has performed brilliantly not only with his bowling but also with his batting. He has been excellent at opening the innings and has been miserly in conceding runs in bowling as well as taking wickets. Narine has been a part of the franchise for the last 12 years and the team would like to keep him with them in the future as well.
Rinku Singh
Rinku Singh did not get much chance to showcase his talent for KKR in the 17th season of IPL but he performed brilliantly for Team India in the shortest format. Rinku is an excellent finisher and has the ability to score runs quickly in the last overs. He has proved this for KKR in the last few seasons. In such a situation, Rinku can also be retained.
Harshit Rana
Harshit Rana bowled brilliantly for Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL 2024 and was the team's most successful fast bowler with 19 wickets. Harshit showed his magic with the new ball as well as in the last overs and impressed everyone. For this reason, he has recently been selected in Team India's T20 and ODI team. This bowler is considered to be the future of KKR and the team can definitely retain him.