IPL 2020: Kolkata Knight Riders players list, and salary of each member

KKR spent more than a third of their available purse for IPL 2020 auction on Australian pacer Pat Cummins alone, buying him for Rs 15.5 crore

Indian Premier League (IPL) team Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) entered the IPL 2020 auction with the second-highest available purse (Rs 35.65 crore). This allowed KKR to go hammers and tongs in their bidding for talent. They spent more than a third of their available purse on Australian pacer Pat Cummins alone, buying him for Rs 15.5 crore. They were in a desperate need for a quality pace bowler as youngster Kamlesh Nagarkoti and all-rounder Shivam Mavi were not great in the previous two seasons.

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KKR also bolstered their side in the batting department, buying 2019 world cup winning captain Eoin Morgan for Rs 5.25 crore. They also bought youngsters Tom Banton, who recently smashed a 16-ball fifty in the Big Bash League. The Knight Riders’ would expect similar fireworks from him in IPL 2020 as well.

Having released leggie Piyush Chawla ahead of the auctions, Kolkata were also in a need for a quality spinner; they roped in mystery spinner Varun Chakravarthy for Rs 4 crore.

Here are the key numbers for Kolkata Knight Riders after the IPL 2020 auction:

Squad Strength: 23

Overseas players: 8

Players bought in IPL 2020 auctions: 9 [Chris Green, Eoin Morgan, M Siddharth (uncapped), Nikhil Naik (uncapped), Pat Cummins, Pravin Tambe (uncapped), Rahul Tripathi (uncapped), Tom Banton, Varun Chakravarthy (uncapped)]

Purse remaining: Rs 8.5 crore

Full list of Kolkata Knight Riders’ IPL 2020 players, along with their salaries:

Player	Team	Retained/bought/traded	Price (Rs cr)	Previous team
Andre Russell	KKR	Retained	8.50	DC
Chris Green	KKR	Bought	0.20	MI
Dinesh Karthik	KKR	Retained	7.40	CSK
Eoin Morgan	KKR	Bought	5.25	KKR
Harry Gurney	KKR	Retained	0.75	KKR
Kamlesh Nagarkoti	KKR	Retained	3.20	SRH
Kuldeep Yadav	KKR	Retained	5.80	KKR
Lockie Furguson	KKR	Retained	1.60	MI
M Siddharth (uncapped)	KKR	Bought	0.20	DC
Nikhil Naik (uncapped)	KKR	Bought	0.20	RCB
Nitish Rana	KKR	Retained	3.40	KKR
Pat Cummins	KKR	Bought	15.50	MI
Prasidh Krishna	KKR	Retained	0.20	KKR
Pravin Tambe (uncapped)	KKR	Bought	0.20	SRH
Rahul Tripathi (uncapped)	KKR	Bought	0.60	RR
Rinku Singh	KKR	Retained	0.80	KKR
Sandeep Warrier	KKR	Retained	0.20	KKR
Shivam Mavi	KKR	Retained	3.00	KKR
Shubman Gill	KKR	Retained	1.80	KKR
Siddhesh Lad	KKR	Traded in	0.20	MI
Sunil Narine	KKR	Retained	12.50	KKR
Tom Banton	KKR	Bought	1.00	None
Varun Chakravarthy (uncapped)	KKR	Bought	4.00	KXIP