IPL 2023 KKR Auction: The IPL 2023 mini-auction of the 16th season of the Indian Premier League will be held in Kochi on December 23.
December 15 was the deadline for submitting the final list of retained and released players.
The Kolkata Knight Riders have changed their captain for IPL 2022 Season 15.
Shreyas Iyer mentained his team in the tournament they have been plyed well also got 7th possition in the points table, lucaly his team KKR was not able to get any chance to be play in top four .
Although there was some dearth of quality players in the KKR squad last year, in the IPL season 16, the team is going to release some players to bid on better fit players.
Here in this article, you will get the final list of Kolkata Knight Riders retained and released players, their salaries, their captain, coach, and all the details you need to know related to the KKR auction.
As per the new budget of 95 crores, RCB has 8.75 crores in hand. After releasing a few players, KKR should be in a position to bid on a few of the best cricket players to strengthen their middle order and bowling attack.
IPL 2023 KKR Auction: Retained Player List.
| Player Name | Team | Role | Salary |
| Shreyas Iyer (capt) | Kolkata Knight Riders | Batsman/WK | 12.25cr |
| Nitish Rana | Kolkata Knight Riders | Batsman | 8cr |
| Rahmanullah Gurbaz | Kolkata Knight Riders | Batsman | |
| Venkatesh Iyer | Kolkata Knight Riders | Allrounder | 8cr |
| Andre Russell | Kolkata Knight Riders | Allrounder | 12cr |
| Sunil Narine | Kolkata Knight Riders | Allrounder | 6cr |
| Shardul Thakur | Kolkata Knight Riders | ||
| Lockie Ferguson | Kolkata Knight Riders | ||
| Umesh Yadav | Kolkata Knight Riders | Bowler | 2cr |
| Tim Southee | Kolkata Knight Riders | ||
| Harshit Rana | Kolkata Knight Riders | Bowler | 1.5cr |
| Varun Chakravarthy | Kolkata Knight Riders | Bowler | 8cr |
| Anukul Roy | Kolkata Knight Riders | Allrounder | 20Lakh |
| Rinku Singh | Kolkata Knight Riders | Batsman | 50Lakh |
IPL 2023 KKR Auction: Released Player List.
| Player Name | Team |
| Pat Cummins | Kolkata Knight Riders |
| Sam Billings | Kolkata Knight Riders |
| Aman Khan | Kolkata Knight Riders |
| Shivam Mavi | Kolkata Knight Riders |
| Mohammad Nabi | Kolkata Knight Riders |
| Chamika Karunaratne | Kolkata Knight Riders |
| Aaron Finch | Kolkata Knight Riders |
| Alex Hales | Kolkata Knight Riders |
| Abhijeet Tomar | Kolkata Knight Riders |
| Ajinkya Rahane | Kolkata Knight Riders |
| Ashok Sharma | Kolkata Knight Riders |
| Baba Indrajith | Kolkata Knight Riders |
| Pratham Singh | Kolkata Knight Riders |
| Ramesh Kumar | Kolkata Knight Riders |
| Rasikh Salam | Kolkata Knight Riders |
| Sheldon Jackson | Kolkata Knight Riders |
IPL 2023 KKR Captain:- Iyer is an Indian International cricket before KKR joining, he was leading Delhi Capital team in IPL. From last year he is leading Kolkata Knigt Riders. Shreyas is right handed batsman . He played all form of tournament he represent Mumbai cricket team in domestic cricket.
Captain: Shreyas Iyer
Owner : Red Chillies Entertainment
Home Ground: Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Officeal Website: https://www.kkr.in/