KKR IPL Auction 2026: Kolkata Knight Riders will be seen in action the most at the 2026 IPL auction as they will have the biggest purse after undergoing a major change in their side. They have retained just two overseas players and will be aiming to buy foreign players with 13 slots remaining.
They had to let go of their star all-rounder Andre Russell after 11 years. But the star West Indies cricketer then announced his retirement from the tournament and has now joined their coaching staff as the power coach.
The Kolkata-based franchise also released Venkatesh Iyer just one year after buying him for a whopping amount of Rs 23.75 crore last year. The franchise released six overseas players before the mini auction, as they will be making a lot of changes to their side.
They will be entering the auction with a huge purse of Rs 64.30 cr, and that is almost half of the salary cap of Rs 120 cr. They will be aiming to fill 13 slots, of which six will be overseas. Tim Southee and Shane Watson are their bowling and assistant coaches. Dwayne Bravo will still be their mentor.
Kolkata Knight Riders Full Squad IPL 2026: Ajinkya Rahane, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Anukul Roy, Harshit Rana, Manish Pandey, Ramandeep Singh, Rinku Singh, Rovman Powell, Sunil Narine, Umran Malik, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakravarthy.
Kolkata Knight Riders IPL 2026 Auction Buys: Cameron Green, Finn Allen, Matheesha Pathirana, Tejasvi Singh, Kartik Tyagi, Prashant Solanki, Rahul Tripathi, Tim Seifert, Mustafizur Rahman, Sarthak Ranjan, Daksh Kamra, Rachin Ravindra, Akash Deep,
Kolkata Knight Riders Full List Of Released Players: Andre Russell, Anrich Nortje, Chetan Sakariya, Luvnith Sisodia, Moeen Ali, Quinton de Kock, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Spencer Johnson, Venkatesh Iyer, Mayank Markande (traded to Mumbai Indians