KKR list of retained players defended by CEO, fans SLAM team strategy ahead of IPL auction

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.  

KKR list of retained players: Franchise CEO reveals team plans

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Fans slam KKR’s team strategy ahead of IPL 2021 auction

After KKR released entire list of ir retained and released players, several fans of franchise took to Twitter and expressed ir ‘disappointments’ and ‘displeasure’. A majority from KKR’s fan base is of opinion that franchise must have made some drastic changes in ir set-up instead of retaining 17 players from ir previous edition’s squad. Here is a look at some of fans reacting to KKR’s team strategy ahead of IPL 2021 auction next month.

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KKR squad 2021: KKR’s IPL 2021 list of released players

Tom Banton and Chris Green are among six cricketers to be released by franchise ahead of IPL 2021 auction. Here is a look at entire KKR’s IPL 2021 list of released players.

Tom Banton, Chris Green, Nikhil Naik, Siddharth M., Siddhesh Lad and Harry Gurney.

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KKR squad 2021: KKR list of retained players

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.

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Im source: IPLT20.COM