Head coach Brendon McCullum vows KKR will be 'very competitive' in upcoming IPL 2021

Kolkata Knight Riders head coach Brendon McCullum has vowed that former champions will be very competitive in 14th edition of IPL. KKR have retained most of ir players from previous edition for IPL 2021. 

'Will be very competitive this year': Brendon McCullum

Taking to micro-blogging site, 'Bazz' wrote he is pleased to kw that Kolkata team manment has been able to retain majority of ir players for upcoming season of IPL. former New Zealand skipper n added that y were t far away last time and is sure that this group will be very competitive this season. 

At same time, explosive Kiwi batsman also expressed gratitude to players who have been released for serving franchise as well as for efforts that y had put in last season and n wished m all luck for ir future endeavours. 

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players released by KKR for IPL 2021

Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) retained as many as 17 cricketers from ir squad that featured in Indian Premier League 2020 (IPL 2020) season. While franchise CEO Venky Mysore defended ir plans of retaining a majority of players from ir “core group”, several of ir fans seem to disagree with ir decision. Mysore said that y are “extremely happy to retain” most of players from ir squad and y are excited about ir prospects for upcoming IPL 2021 season.  

likes of Tom Banton, Chris Green, Nikhil Naik, Siddharth M., Siddhesh Lad, and Harry Gurney have been released by two-time winners.

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Here's list of retained players for 2021 season:

Captain Eoin Morgan is set to lead KKR in upcoming IPL 2021 season after he took over captaincy from Dinesh Karthik in previous edition of tournament. Apart from Morgan and Karthik, KKR veterans like Andre Russell and Sunil Narine also retained ir spots in KKR roster. Here is a look at entire KKR list of retained players for much-awaited season.

Eoin Morgan (c), Dinesh Karthik (wk), Nitish Rana, Shubman Gill, Rinku Singh, Rahul Tripathi, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Kuldeep Yadav, Lockie Ferguson, Pat Cummins, Prasidh Krishna, Sandeep Warrier, Shivam Mavi, Varun Chakravarthy, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, and Tim Seifert.

im credits: IPLT20.com

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