KKR Squad 2023: KKR Team 2023 Players List

KKR Squad 2023: Kolkata Knight Riders appointed Shreyas Iyer as the new captain of the squad in IPL 2023, Kolkata’s performance was not that much good in the last season of IPL. They won only 6 matches out of the total of 14 matches played by the team. This poor performance made KKR finish in 7th position in IPL 2022 points table.

KKR released Aaron Finch, Ajinkya Rahane, Pat Cummins and many other players from the squad, to make a strong squad for the upcoming IPL. If you want to look for all IPL teams’ player retentions list then check this article…

KKR IPL franchise is owned by the Bollywood star Shahrukh Khan, who is also known as the king of Bollywood. KKR won the IPL trophy two times under the captaincy of Gautam Gambhir in 2012 and 2014.

KKR Squad 2023 is officially released, we now have the names of players going to play from Kolkata Knight Riders in this IPL season. If you are looking for the KKR Team 2023 players list then this post is going to be useful for you.

Because we will share the complete KKR players list 2023 in this article:

KKR Squad 2023: KKR Players List

Kolkata made some significant changes to their squad to make a strong team this year, they released Aaron Finch, Ajinkya Rahane, Mohammad Nabi, Sam Billings, Pat Cummins and some other players from the squad.

But the bad news for KKR is, their captain Shreyas Iyer has been ruled out from the IPL 2023 due to an injury. KKR has not appointed a new captain for this season yet but we will get some news from the franchise officials very soon.

KKR Team 2023: Shreyas Iyer(C), Anukul Roy, Andre Russell, David Wiese, Harshit Rana, Kulwant Khejroliya, Litton Das, Lockie Ferguson, Mandeep Singh, Narayan Jagadeesan, Nitish Rana, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Rinku Singh, Shakib Al Hasan, Shardul Thakur, Sunil Narine, Suyash Sharma, Tim Southee, Umesh Yadav, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakaravarthy, Venkatesh Iyer

KKR Team Players List 2023, Roles & Price

Player	Role	Auction Price	Country
Shreyas Iyer (C)	Batsman	₹ 12.25 Crores(R)	India
Nitish Rana	Batsman	₹ 8 crores(R)	India
Rinku Singh	Batsman	₹ 55 Lakhs(R)	India
Varun Chakravarty	Bowlers	₹ 8 Cr(R)	India
Tim Southee	Bowlers	₹ 1.5 crores(R)	New Zealand
Umesh Yadav	Bowlers	₹ 2 crores(R)	India
Andre Russell	All-rounder	₹ 12 Cr(R)	West Indies
Venkatesh Iyer	All-rounder	₹ 8 Cr(R)	India
Sunil Narine	All-rounder	₹ 6 Cr(R)	West Indies
Anukul Roy	All-rounder	₹ 20 Lakhs(R)	India
Shardul Thakur	Bowler	Traded from DC	India
Lockie Ferguson	Bowler	Traded from GT	New Zealand
Rahmanullah Gurbaz	WK-Batsman	Traded from DC	Afghanistan
Harshit Rana	Bowler	₹ 20 Lakhs(R)	India
N. Jagadeesan	WK-Batsman	₹ 90 lakh	India
Vaibhav Arora	Bowler	₹ 60 lakh	India
Suyash Sharma	Bowler	₹ 20 lakh	India
David Wiese	All-rounder	₹ 1 crore	Namibia
Kulwant Khejroliya	Bowler	₹ 20 lakh	India
Litton Das	WK-Batsman	₹ 50 lakh	Bangladesh
Mandeep Singh	Batsman	₹ 50 lakh	India
Shakib Al Hasan	All-rounder	₹ 1.5 crore	Bangladesh

KKR Retailed Players 2023

• Andre Russell
• Anukul Roy
• Harshit Rana
• Lockie Ferguson (T)
• Nitish Rana
• Rahmanullah Gurbaz
• Rinku Singh
• Shardul Thakur (T)
• Shreyas Iyer
• Sunil Narine
• Tim Southee
• Umesh Yadav
• Varun Chakaravarthy
• Venkatesh Iyer

KKR Released Players 2023

• Aaron Finch
• Abhijeet Tomar
• Ajinkya Rahane
• Alex Hales
• Ashok Sharma
• Baba Indrajith
• Chamika Karunaratne
• Mohammad Nabi
• Pat Cummins
• Pratham Singh
• Ramesh Kumar
• Rasikh Dar
• Sam Billings
• Sheldon Jackson
• Shivam Mavi

KKR Schedule IPL 2023

Kolkata Knight Riders will play their first match against Punjab Kings on 1 April 2023 at Mohali. KKR has not announced their new skipper so far, who will lead the franchise in the absence of Shreyas Iyer.

Kolkata won only six matches out of 14 total matches played by the franchise, they finished in the seventh position in the points table.

KKR is placed in Group A along with Rajasthan Royals, Mumbai Indians, Lucknow Super Giants and Delhi Capitals. They will play twice to all teams in Group B but once with all the teams place in their ground; Group A.

Here is the complete KKR Schedule IPL 2023:

Match No.	Day and Date	Matches	Time (in IST)	Venue
2	Saturday, April 1	PBKS vs KKR	3:30 PM	Mohali
9	Thursday, April 6	KKR vs RCB	7:30 PM	Kolkata
13	Sunday, April 9	GT vs KKR	3:30 PM	Ahmedabad
19	Friday, April 14	KKR vs SRH	7:30 PM	Kolkata
22	Sunday, April 16	MI vs KKR	3:30 PM	Mumbai
28	Thursday, April 20	DC vs KKR	7:30 PM	Delhi
33	Sunday, April 23	KKR vs CSK	7:30 PM	Kolkata
36	Wednesday, April 26	RCB vs KKR	7:30 PM	Bengaluru
39	Saturday, April 29	KKR vs GT	3:30 PM	Kolkata
47	Thursday, May 4	SRH vs KKR	7:30 PM	Hyderabad
53	Monday, May 8	KKR vs PBKS	7:30 PM	Kolkata
56	Thursday, May 11	KKR vs RR	7:30 PM	Kolkata
61	Sunday, May 14	CSK vs KKR	7:30 PM	Chennai
68	Saturday, May 20	KKR vs LSG	7:30 PM	Kolkata

Also read: DC Squad 2023: Delhi Capitals Players List

KKR Performance In IPL 2022

IPL 2022 did not go well for the Kolkata Knight Riders, the franchise could only win 6 out of 14 total matches played this season. They finished their season in the seventh position in IPL 2022 points table.

KKR appointed Shreyas Iyer as the new captain of the squad in IPL 2022, they have released the former captain Eion Morgan. But still, they were not able to get qualified for the playoffs because of their poor performance in the league matches.

Fans are expecting some good games from the team this year but the bad news for the fans is, Shreyas Iyer has been ruled out from the season because of his injury. Now, KKR has to decide on the replacement captaincy option for the team.

However, there has not been any official announcement made by the officials about this but we will update that here once we get any updates about the same.

FAQs About KKR Player List IPL 2023

Here are some frequently asked questions people ask about Kolkata Knight Riders Squad 2023:

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