IPL 2024 Auction: KKR Strategy - Which Players Will Shreyas Iyer And Co. Go For?

Expect Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) to be the busiest team of the lot at the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 auction, set to be conducted on December 19 in Dubai. Having released 12 players in the lead up to the IPL 2024 auction, KKR will look to fill up as many slots. Shreyas Iyer and the KKR management will need to make a minimum of six acquisitions to meet the minimum requirement of 18 squad players.

With names like Shakib Al Hasan, Litton Das, Aarya Desai, David Wiese, Narayan Jagadeesan, Mandeep Singh, Kulwant Khejroliya, Shardul Thakur, Lockie Ferguson, Umesh Yadav, Tim Southee, Johnson Charles on KKR's release list after a disappointing seventh-place finish last season, the management will have their work cut out for them once the hammer drops in Dubai.

KKR's retained players list for IPL 2024

Nitish Rana, Rinku Singh, Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wicketkeeper), Shreyas Iyer (captain), Jason Roy, Sunil Narine, Suyash Sharma, Anukul Roy, Andre Russell, Venkatesh Iyer, Harshit Rana, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakaravarthy

KKR will enter the IPL 2024 auction with a purse of 32.7 crore. Though it's the third biggest purse among all teams, after Gujarat Titans and Sunrisers Hyderabad, the Kolkata team also has the most number of slots to fill, meaning the team management will have to be smart with their bidding picks.

Gautam Gambhir, who led the Kolkata side to two IPL titles, in 2012 and 2014, has joined the KKR management this season and the former India international's proven tactical acumen can prove to be a big help at the auction.

KKR's strategy for IPL 2024 auction

The Shahrukh Khan-owned franchisee is well-sorted in the spin department with Sunil Narine, Varun Chakravarthy and Suyash Yadav in their ranks. However, KKR