IPL Auction 2018: Complete IPL squad of Kolkata Knight Riders

NEW DELHI: Two-time IPL champions

Kolkata Knight Riders

came into the 2018 auction with a purse of Rs 59 crore. They ended up splurging the entire amount to buy 17 players in addition to the West Indian duo of Andre Russel and Sunil Narine whom they had retained.

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They broke the bank on Australian big-hitting batsman Chris Lynn with Rs 9.6 crores to secure his services.

Here's their complete squad

Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, Chris Lynn, Mitchell Starc, Dinesh Karthik, Robin Uthappa, Kuldeep Singh Yadav, Piyush Chawla, Nitish Rana, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Shivam Mavi, Mitchell Johnson, Shubman Gill, Ranganath Vinay Kumar, Rinku Singh, Cameron Delport, Javon Searless, Apoorv Vijay Wankhade, Ishank Jaggi