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Sunil Narine in action for KKR in IPL 2017.IANS

Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) have opted for only 19 players for this year's Indian Premier League (IPL). They bought 17 cricketers at the auction with Australian batsman Chris Lynn being the costliest at Rs 9.6 crore.

IPL Squads: CSK | RCB | SRH | KXIP | DD | MI | RR

West Indies duo of Sunil Narine and Andre Russell was retained before the auction. Narine was signed up for Rs 12.5 crore while Russell will get Rs 8.5 crore.

For the first time since 2011, KKR will play without their captain Gautam Gambhir. The left-hander led them to two titles. Now he was bought by Delhi Daredevils (DD) for Rs 2.8 crore.

It will be interesting to see who will captain KKR in IPL 2018.

Full list of players sold at auction

Here is the complete squad of KKR for IPL 2018

Total squad members - 19; Batsmen - 5; Bowlers - 6; Wicketkeepers - 2; All-rounders - 6; Overseas players - 7

Players retained - 2; Players bought at auction - 17

Costliest player - Sunil Narine (Rs 12.5 crore). Top buy at auction - Chris Lynn - Rs 9.6 crore

Money spent - Rs 80 crore. Funds remaining - 0

  1. Sunil Narine (Offspinner) (West Indies) - Rs 12.5 cr (Retained) - Overseas
  2. Adre Russell (All-rounder) (West Indies - Rs 8.5 cr (Retained) - Overseas
  3. Chris Lynn (Batsman) (Australia) - Rs 9.6 cr - Overseas
  4. Mitchell Starc (Fast bowler) (Australia) - Rs 9.4 cr - Overseas
  5. Dinesh Karthik (WicketKeeper) - Rs 7.4 cr
  6. Robin Uthappa (WicketKeeper) - Rs 6.4 cr
  7. Kuldeep Yadav (Left-arm chinaman) - Rs 5.8 cr
  8. Piyush Chawla (Legspinner) - Rs 4.2 cr
  9. Nitish Rana (All-rounder) - Rs 3.40 cr
  10. Kamlesh Nagarkoti (All-rounder) - Rs 3.2 cr
  11. Shivam Mavi (All-rounder) - Rs 3 cr
  12. Mitchell Johnson (Fast bowler) (Australia) Rs 2 cr - Overseas
  13. Shubman Gill (Batsman) - Rs 1.8 cr
  14. R Vinay Kumar (Fast Bowler) - Rs 1 cr
  15. Rinku Singh (Batsman) Rs 80 lakh
  16. Cameron Delport (All-rounder) (South Africa) - Rs 30 lakh - Overseas
  17. Javon Searless (All-rounder) (West Indies) - Rs 30 lakh - Overseas
  18. Apoorv Vijay Wankhade (Batsman) - Rs 20 lakh
  19. Ishank Jaggi (Batsman) - Rs 20 lakh
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