As we gear up for another exciting season in the Indian Premier League, teams have already completed their pre-season formalities and are looking set to compete in arguably the most popular league in world cricket. While almost every IPL team has been impressive in constructing their teams for the 11th edition of the coveted tournament, two times champions Kolkata Knight Riders, have somehow lagged behind, as it seems.
The Bengal giants have been earmarked as the weakest team in the league going into the competition next week. The recent injury of Mitchell Starc which ruled him out of the IPL this season, coupled with the frequent injury issues of star players Chris Lynn, Mitchell Johnson has led to a series of pessimism ahead of their campaign, this season. Therefore, KKR definitely need to work as a unit this year if they are to get their hands on the coveted IPL trophy yet again this season.
Kolkata Knight Rider:(Total Players-19, Money Spent-80 crore)
Oldest player: Mitchell Johnson, Age: 36
Youngest Player: Shubman Gill, Age: 18
Skipper: Dinesh Karthik
Most Expensive Player: Chris Lynn (9.6 cr.)
Squad: Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, Chris Lynn, Dinesh Karthik, Robin Uthappa, Kuldeep Singh Yadav, Piyush Chawla, Nitish Rana, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Shivam Mavi, Mitchell Johnson, Shubman Gill, Ranganath Vinay Kumar, Rinku Singh, Cameron Delport, Javon Searless, Apoorv Vijay Wankhade, Ishank Jaggi, Mitchell Starc
