IPL 2022 The Kolkata Knight Riders has been extremely good. However, the team was just 1 victory away from winning the trophy. But, after the poor performance, the comeback of the team in the second phase was very spectacular. This year, the KKR team, which entered the mega auction with 4 retention players, has prepared its team for the 15th season by buying many big players. So far no date has been announced related to the tournament.
But, before that, through the full analysis of Kolkata Knight Riders, we will tell you what is the weakness of the team, what is the strength, what can be an ideal playing XI….
Power of Kolkata Knight Riders
On the first day of the auction, this franchise has strengthened the all-rounder and bowling order by bringing back Nitish Rana, Pat Cummins and Shivam Mavi in their team. Along with this, KKR has played a tremendous bet by buying a big batsman like Shreyas Iyer in the middle order. Who can also give him captaincy services. Earlier, he has proved the best captaincy for Delhi.
He was among the most expensive players taken by KKR. After remaining calm on the first day, Kolkata Knight Riders also picked up Alex Hales, Sam Billings, Tim Southee and Umesh Yadav in the auction to strengthen their team. Who will fulfill the lack of wicketkeeping, bowling and all-rounder of the team.
At the same time, Iyer, Narine and Russell already present in the team will strengthen the spin bowling along with batting. Overall, this time KKR looks stronger than last year.
Weakness of Kolkata Knight Riders
Along with the strength of the KKR team, which has spent a total purse of 89 crores in IPL auction and retention, some weaknesses are also evident. Which cannot be hidden from anyone. Overall the team of Kolkata Knight Riders is looking very good. But, we are talking about the Indian team’s Test batsman Ajinkya Rahane and opener Alex Hales.
Even though these two have been added to the auction by the team and Ajinkya Rahane is a good consultant and gives experience to the team. He has also captained for Delhi Capitals. But, he has not got much success as a batsman. At the same time, the question also arises whether he will be able to fill the batting deficit of the team in the middle order and score a great score if needed.
Because last year he did not get a chance to play in this tournament and he is not in form either. At the same time, will the team be able to use Alex Hales as an opening. Perhaps it will be difficult for KKR to give him a place in the playing XI. In such a situation, these 2 big weaknesses of the team are visible.
Can win franchise title
Kolkata Knight Riders have won this title only 2 times so far. The last time the KKR team won the IPL trophy title was in the year 2014. Since then, the team has made it to the playoffs several times but could not win the title even once. Last year too, this team had confirmed its place in the final. However, the team had to face defeat in the clash with Chennai Super Kings. But, the way the team is looking after the auction this year, according to it, it can claim victory on the title.
coaching staff
Team Manager- Wayne Bentley
Head Coach- Brendon McCullum
Assistant Coach- Abhishek Nayari
Mentor – David Hussey
Bowling Coach- Bharat Arun
Assistant Bowling Coach- Onkar Salvik
Fielding Coach- James Foster
Strategic Advisor – Nathan Lemmon
Kolkata Knight Riders team is like this after the auction
Retained Players: Andre Russell, Venkatesh Iyer, Sunil Narine, Varun Chakraborty.
Players Bought in Auction: Baba Inderjit, Pratham Singh, Ramesh Kumar, Ajinkya Rahane, Rinku Singh, Abhijit Tomar, Alex Hales, Shreyas Iyer, Aman Hakim Khan, Sheldon Jackson, Sam Billings, Anukul Roy, Nitish Rana, Mohammad Nabi, Chamika Karunaratne, Ashok Sharma, Rasikh Salaam, Tim Southee, Shivam Mavi, Umesh Yadav, Pat Cummins.
Kolkata Knight Riders Ideal Playing XI Team
Venkatesh Iyer, Nitish Rana, Shreyas Iyer, Sheldon Jackson, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Shivam Mavi, Tim Southee, Chamika Karunaratne, Pat Cummins, Varun Chakraborty.
