IPL 2019 Auction: Who did Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) bought in 2019 IPL Player Auction
IPL 2019 Auction: The 2019 IPL Player Auction will take place on December 18 with 351 players going under the hammer. However, there are only 70 remaining slots in the eight IPL franchises. 228 Indians and 123 international players are included in the short list for IPL auction this year. These names were decided on the basis of the lists submitted by the eight IPL franchises. For IPL 2019 auction, the salary cap has been raised from Rs 80 to Rs 82 crores for the eight teams. The auction hammer will be yielded not by the known face of Richard Madley but by Hugh Edmeades for the 12th season of IPL.
Here's where Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) stood before the IPL 2019 Auction
Retained: Dinesh Karthik, Robin Uthappa, Chris Lynn, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Shubman Gill, Piyush Chawla, Kuldeep Yadav, Prasidh Krishna, Shivam Mavi, Nitish Rana, Rinku Singh, Kamlesh Nagarkoti
Released: Mitchell Starc, Mitchell Johnson, Tom Curran, Cameron Delport, Ishank Jaggi, Vinay Kumar, Apoorv Wankhade, Javon Searles
Salary cap available: Rs 15.20 crore
Available slots: 12 (Indian 7, Overseas 5)
1. Carlos Brathwaite
IPL Auction: Carlos Brathwaite (base price Rs 75 lakh) sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for Rs 5 crore
2. Shrikant Mundhe
IPL Auction: Shrikant Mundhe (base price Rs 20 lakh) sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for Rs 20 lakh
3. Joe Denly
IPL Auction: Joe Denly (base price Rs 1 crore) sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for Rs 1 crore
4. Prithvi Raj Yarra
IPL Auction: Prithvi Raj Yarra (base price Rs 20 lakh) sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for Rs 20 lakh
5. Harry Gurney
IPL Auction: Harry Gurney (base price Rs 75 lakh) sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for Rs 75 lakh
6. Nikhil Naik
IPL Auction: Nikhil Naik (base price Rs 20 lakh) sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for Rs 20 lakh
7. Andrich Nortje
IPL Auction: Andrich Nortje (base price Rs 20 lakh) sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for Rs 20 lakh
8. Lockie Ferguson
IPL Auction: Lockie Ferguson (base price Rs 1 crore) sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for Rs 1.6 crore