IPL 2024: Full List of Kolkata Knight Riders' Players Released & Retained

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Kolkata Knight Riders Release Shardul Thakur

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The two-time champion Kolkata Knight Riders have released 12 players, including India all-rounder Shardul Thakur and New Zealand pacer Lockie Ferguson, but they have kept hold of West Indies' veteran players Andre Russell and Sunil Narine.

Ferguson's hamstring injury limited him to three games in the previous season, and it also kept Thakur out of several IPL 2023 games. Additionally, KKR has released Tim Southee and Umesh Yadav.

Here's the full list of players retained and released by the franchise:

IPL 2024 Kolkata Knight Riders - Players Retained

1. Nitish Rana

2. Rinku Singh

3. Rahmanullah Gurbaz

4. Shreyas Iyer

5. Jason Roy

6. Sunil Narine

7. Suyash Sharma

8. Anukul Roy

9. Andre Russell

10. Venkatesh Iyer

11. Harshit Rana

12. Vaibhav Arora

13. Varun Chakaravarthy

IPL 2024 Kolkata Knight Riders - Players Released

1. Shardul Thakur

2. Shakib Al Hasan

3. Litton Das

4. Aarya Desai

5. David Wiese

6. Narayan Jagadeesan

7. Mandeep Singh

8. Kulwant Khejroliya

9. Lockie Ferguson

10. Umesh Yadav

11. Tim Southee

12. Johnson Charles