Kolkata Knight Riders, finalists of last year's IPL after pulling off a dramatic turnaround, have had quite a time on the first day of the IPL 2022 Auction. The two-time champions roped in Shreyas Iyer for a whopping sum of Rs 12.25 crore and resigned Pat Cummins and Nitish Rana for Rs 7.25 crore and 8.25 crore respectively and have already made giant strides in making their intentions known. For the record, KKR had retained Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Venkatesh Iyer and Varun Chakaravarthy. IPL 2022 Mega Auction: Shreyas Iyer Most Expensive So Far, David Warner and Other Marquee Players Earn Big

With Shreyas Iyer and Pat Cummins, KKR now have two good options for captaincy. KKR splashing that huge amount for Iyer is not surprising considering the fact that they have purchased players with such big money in the past as well as they had done for Cummins in 2019. On Day 1, KKR surprisingly signed Shreyas Iyer for a whopping amount of Rs 12.25 crore and then went to bring back Pat Cummins for Rs 7.25 crore. After landing Nitish Rana for Rs 8.25 crore, KKR were seemingly quiet for a good part of the first day. On Day 2, the two-time champions signed Ajinkya Rahane and added more to their arsenal by roping in Umesh Yadav, Alex Hales and Umesh Yadav. IPL 2022 Teams Squad: Full Players List of All Indian Premier League Franchises After Mega Auction

KKR Full Squad for IPL 2022

KKR Players Bought at IPL 2022 Mega Auction: Pat Cummins, Shreyas Iyer, Nitish Rana, Shivam Mavi, Sheldon Jackson, Ajinkya Rahane, Rinku Singh, Anukul Roy, Baba Indrajith, Rasikh Salam, Sam Billings, Ramesh Kumar, Aaron Finch, Tim Southee, Chamika Karunaratne, Abhijeet Tomar, Pratham Singh, Ashok Sharma, Mohammad Nabi, Umesh Yadav, Aman Khan.

KKR Players Retained Ahead of IPL 2022 Mega Auction: Venkatesh Iyer, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine and Varun Chakaravarthy

KKR Previous Season Recap: The Men in Purple in Gold had a dismal start to the season, winning two and losing five games in the first-phase of the competition. They made a dramatic comeback in the second half, making it to the final where they eventually lost to Chennai Super Kings.

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