IPL 2022 retention: KKR retained players full list ahead of IPL mega auction

IPL 2022 retentions: Here's the complete list of players retained by the Kolkata Knight Riders

Published : Nov 30, 2021 19:42 IST

KKR's Venkatesh Iyer

The eight existing Indian Premier League (IPL) franchises submitted their player-retention list on Tuesday for the next edition.

They were allowed to retain a maximum of four, while the two new franchises — Lucknow and Ahmedabad — can acquire three from the rest of the player pool before the January auction. Here's the list of players retained by KKR ahead of the IPL 2022 auction.

 

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The new franchises can spend Rs 33 crore each on signing three players before the auction. The break-up is; Rs 15 crore, Rs 11 crore and Rs 7 crore for the first, second and third player respectively.

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