IPL Auction 2021: Kolkata Knight Riders’ Full Squad

IPL Auction 2021: Full squad list of Eoin Morgan’s Kolkata Knight Riders.

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The Kolkata Knight Riders began their buying at the 2021 IPL Auction on Thursday, 18 February, by picking up Bangladesh batsman Shakib Al Hasan for Rs 3.2 crore.

The team then went on to pick uncapped wicketkeeper Sheldon Jackson for his base price of Rs 20 lakh.

This is how the squad looks at the moment (with the additions today in bold):

1. Eoin Morgan
2. Andre Russell
3. Dinesh Karthik
4. Kamlesh Nagarkoti
5. Kuldeep Yadav
6. Lockie Ferguson
7. Nitish Rana
8. Prasidh Krishna
9. Rinku Singh
10. Sandeep Warrier
11. Shivam Mavi
12. Shubman Gill
13. Sunil Narine
14. Pat Cummins
15. Rahul Tripathi
16. Varun Chakravarthy
17. Tim Seifert
18. Shakib Al Hasan
19. Sheldon Jackson
20. Vaibhav Arora
21. Harbhajan Singh
22. Ben Cutting
23. Karun Nair

Kolkata Knight Riders changed captains midway through the 2020 IPL season with Eoin Morgan taking over the reigns from Dinesh Karthik. The team finished fifth in the league standings, failing to make it to the playoffs.

In the off season, KKR released six players including Chris Green, Harry Gurney, M Siddharth, Nikhil Naik, Siddhesh Lad, Tom Banton.