KKR Team 2023 Players List, Sold Players, Retained Players, Captain

Welcome to all cricket fans on our website. Today, we discuss the KKR Team 2023 Players List, sold players, retained players, and team captain. So, if you are interested in further updates about the KKR 2023 IPL squad, read on.

Kolkata Knight Riders are one of the most successful teams in the IPL circuit. Shahrukh Khan’s warriors are ready to win the prestigious trophy again in the 2023 TATA IPL. Under legendary player Gautam Gambhir’s captaincy, this team won the title in 2012 and 2014. In the previous season, this franchise finishes its campaign in 7th place. But this time all conditions are totally different. The team management decided to give the captaincy to the emerging talented cricketer Shreyas Iyer. KKR officials bring several positive changes, they include some youth talent and release some old players from their 2023 IPL roster.

So, let’s take a look at the final squad of KKR in IPL 2023.

KKR Team Slot Details 2023

Retained Players	14
Released Players	15
Available Slots	7
Overseas Retained Player	5
Overseas Available Slots	1
Remaining Purse	7.05 crore
Coach	Chandrakant Pandit
Captain	Shreyas Iyer

KKR Full Team 2023

IPL is the most fan favorite and popular T20 championship in India. This season will be the 16 edition of this great tournament. As per the official announcement, two new franchises will play with the previous 8 teams in IPL 2023. So this time the competition level should be much more challenging and more competitive. As per the official news, two new teams defending champion Gujrat Titans and Lucknow Supergiants will play with the previous eight teams in the upcoming TATA IPL 2023. This time, the competition should be much more challenging. Keeping this in mind, the team’s leadership makes fantastic changes to their squad.

The knights select several consistent players for their 2023 squad who can strengthen and synergize the team. Team head coach Chandrakant Pandit said this time all conditions are totally different so, keep in this our mind we try to build our squad well-balanced. We recruit some young talents and also keep some veterans so that our team has depth. This will play a key role for us in this upcoming campaign.

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Below we listed the KKR Team’s entire player list in 2023 TATA IPL, who might play for the men in blues for the upcoming season. Now watch these names-

Batsman	Bowler	All-rounder	Wicket-keeper
Shreyas Iyer(Captain)	Lockie Ferguson	Andre Russell	Rahmanullah Gurbaz
Nitish Rana	Tim Southee	Shardul Thakur
Venkatesh Iyer	Varun Chakraborty	Sunil Narine
Litton Das	Harshit Rana	Anukul Roy
Mandeep Singh	Umesh Yadav	Shakib-Al-Hasan
Rinku Singh	Anukul Roy

KKR Full Released Player List 2023

Now we will reveal the names of those cricket stars who will not be wearing the well-known purple jersey in the 2023 IPL. In this list, some names may shock die-hard KKR crazy fans.

Knight’s team management released a total of 15 players from their upcoming IPL 2023 squad. several names in this list are veterans like Aaron Finch, Mohammad Nabi, Chamika Karunaratne, Pat Cummins, Alex Hales, and Sam Billings. Management also released their former skipper Ajinkya Rahane.

• Aaron Finch
• Mohammad Nabi
• Alex Hales
• Sam Billings
• Pat Cummins
• Chamika Karunaratne
• Ajinkya Rahane
• Sheldon Jackson
• Shivam Mavi
• Ashok Sharma
• Baba Indrajith
• Abhijeet Tomar
• Ramesh Kumar
• Rasikh Dar
• Pratham Singh

KKR Full Retained Player List 2023

There are also some great changes brought by the team management in their retained list. Now we will reveal the names of those cricket stars who will be wearing the well-known purple jersey in the 2023 IPL.

The team’s head coach Chandrakant Pandit retained 14 crucial star cricketers for the upcoming TATA IPL 2023. Team head coach Chandrakant Pandit said this time all conditions are totally different so, keep in this our mind we try to build our squad well-balanced. We recruit some young talents and also keep some veterans so that our team has depth.

Some of them in this list are young captain Shreyas Iyer, legendary Caribbean all-rounder duo Sunil Narine and Andre Russell, and New Zealand’s pacer duo Tim Southee and Lockie Ferguson. Other names are Anukul Roy, Shardul Thakur, Nitish Rana, Venkatesh Iyer, Varun Chakraborty, and Afghan wicket-keeper Rahmanullah Gurbaz.

• Shreyas Iyer
• Tim Southee
• Sunil Narine
• Andre Russell
• Lockie Ferguson
• Anukul Roy
• Nitish Rana
• Venkatesh Iyer
• Varun Chakraborty
• Shardul Thakur
• Rahmanullah Gurbaz
• Umesh Yadav
• Harshit Rana

Sold Players

The knight’s team management traded some great overseas players like Kiwi pacer Lockie Ferguson, and Afghan wicket-keeper Rahmanullah Gurbaz. As per the official news, these names are –

Name	Role	Status	Nationality
Lockie Ferguson	Bowler	Traded from Gujarat Titans	New Zealand
Rahmanullah Gurbaz	Wicket-keeper	Traded from Gujarat Titans	Afghanistan
Shardul Thakur	All-rounder	Traded from Delhi Capitals	India

Captain

The team management decided to give the captaincy to the emerging talented cricketer Shreyas Iyer. He is not among the veterans but his clear mentality and match reading skills will be an x-factor for the knights in the upcoming TATA IPL2023. Team’s CEO Venky Mysore said, “Shreyas is very confident about his captaincy, he is very promising. It will be a key to success for our team in IPL 2023”.

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