IPL 2024: Kolkata Knight Riders full schedule, swot analysis, match timing

Having bought the costliest player in the history of the IPL auctions, a whopping Rs 24.75 crore on Mitchell Starc. Is KKR a real contender for the IPL 2024 trophy?

Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) will be looking to end the 10-year title drought and eyeing their third Indian Premier League (IPL) trophy when they take the field in the 2024 season of the richest cricket league in the world. In IPL 2024, KKR would love to have their full-time skipper Shreyas Iyer back and playing for them, although his injury concerns continue to worry them.

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Having bought the costliest player in the history of the IPL auctions, spending a whopping Rs 24.75 crore, have they strengthened their core and are they real contenders for the IPL 2024 trophy?

Kolkata Knight Riders SWOT Analysis

Strength: A settled quarter of overseas players

With Starc in the team as a left-arm express pacer, KKR seemed to have ticked off all the boxes as far as the overseas quota is concerned.

Their retainers, Andre Russell and Sunil Narine are fit and firing. And the hole in the batting line-up after Jason Roy's withdrawal was aptly filled by Phil Salt. This put KKR in a great position of strength.

Believe it or not, a settled quartet of four overseas players and three quality Indian players is enough to take a team to the distance. You have the example of the Gujarat Titans and Chennai Super Kings from the last two seasons.

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KKR IPL 2024 Schedule

Date	Day	Opponent	Venue	Time (in IST)
March 23	Saturday	Sunrisers Hyderabad	Kolkata	19:30
March 29	Friday	Royal Challengers Bengaluru	Bengaluru	19:30
April 3	Wednesday	Delhi Capitals	Vizag	19:30
April 8	Monday	Chennai Super Kings	Chennai	19:30
April 14	Sunday	Lucknow Super Giants	Kolkata	15:30
April 17	Wednesday	Rajasthan Royals	Kolkata	19:30
April 21	Sunday	Royal Challengers Bengaluru	Kolkata	15:30
April 26	Friday	Punjab Kings	Kolkata	19:30
April 29	Monday	Delhi Capitals	Kolkata	19:30
May 3	Friday	Mumbai Indians	Mumbai	19:30
May 5	Sunday	Lucknow Super Giants	Lucknow	19:30
May 11	Saturday	Mumbai Indians	Kolkata	19:30
May 13	Monday	Gujarat Titans	Ahmedabad	19:30
May 19	Sunday	Rajasthan Royals	Jaipur	19:30

Weakness- Inexperienced Indian pace attack

Though they have Starc, Narine, and Varun Chakravarthy in their armoury, the likes of Russell and young Indian bowlers like Suyash Sharma, Vaibhav Arora and Harshit Rana cannot be trusted enough to deliver with the ball in every game.

Having let go of Shardul Thakur, they now would hope that the likes of Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Chetan Sakariya, Anukul Roy and Sakib Hussain alongside Venkatesh Iyer to shine with the cherry in the hand whenever called upon.

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KKR IPL player and their salary

Player	Nationality	Role	Price
Shreyas Iyer	Indian	Batsman	₹12,25,00,000
Nitish Rana	Indian	All-Rounder	₹8,00,00,000
Rinku Singh	Indian	Batsman	₹55,00,000
Anukul Roy	Indian	All-Rounder	₹20,00,000
Vaibhav Arora	Indian	Bowler	₹60,00,000
Suyash Sharma	Indian	Bowler	₹20,00,000
Rahmanullah Gurbaz	Overseas	Wicketkeeper	₹50,00,000
Phil Salt	Overseas	Batsman
Sunil Narine	Overseas	Bowler	₹6,00,00,000
Andre Russell	Overseas	All-Rounder	₹12,00,00,000
Varun Chakravarthy	Indian	Bowler	₹8,00,00,000
Harshit Rana	Indian	Bowler	₹20,00,000
Venkatesh Iyer	Indian	All-Rounder	₹8,00,00,000
Mitchell Starc	Overseas	Bowler	₹24,75,00,000
Mujeeb Rahman	Overseas	Bowler	₹2,00,00,000
Sherfane Rutherford	Overseas	Batter	₹1,50,00,000
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