IPL 2021 Salary: Top 5 highest paid players of Kolkata Knight Riders: Kolkata Knight Riders didn’t have the best of the starts to the Indian Premier League but they have evolved as one of the champion sides of IPL. They were crowned champions in 2012 and 2014. Few players have remained consistent with the side and have been part of the team in both their glories. They have managed to hold onto the best players and now are investing in youth for example- Shubman Gill, Kamlesh Nagarkoti and others. Will be interesting to see who all players they rope in IPL Auction 2021.
Check out the list of top 5 paid players of KKR:-
1 Pat Cummins
IPL 2021 Salary – 15.5 Cr
IPL 2021 Team- Kolkata Knight Riders
Total IPL salary-₹ 37.5 Cr
IPL Moneyball Rank-42
Pat Cummins is an Australian international cricketer who is currently the co-vice-captain of the Australia national team in all formats. He made his Test debut at the age of 18 and plays domestic cricket for New South Wales. Cummins is a fast bowler and a capable lower-order right-handed batsman.
2 Sunil Narine
IPL 2021 Salary – 12.5 Cr
IPL 2021 Team- Kolkata Knight Riders
Total IPL salary-₹ 95.2 Cr
IPL Moneyball Rank-6
Sunil Narine playing for KKR have been an exceptional performer in the past couple of IPL years. However, the all-rounder has lost the finesse he was known for. He has become more like a hit or miss type player. Moreover, he was suspended for his controversial bowling action, which forced the KKR management to make changes to playing XI. But whenever he was available, he was made an integral performer of the playing XI.
3 Andre Russell
IPL 2021 Salary – 8.5 Cr
IPL 2021 Team- Kolkata Knight Riders
Total IPL salary-₹ 41.05 Cr
IPL Moneyball Rank-37
Andre Russell on paper, there is no better hitter than Andre Russell in IPL at the moment. However, he did not quite seem himself in IPL 2020. Although coming from a good Caribbean Premier League 2020 season, he failed to replicate the same in Indian Premier League.
4 Dinesh Karthik
IPL 2021 Salary – 7.4 Cr
IPL 2021 Team- Kolkata Knight Riders
Total IPL salary-₹ 75.9 Cr
IPL Moneyball Rank-12
Dinesh Karthik is an Indian wicket-keeper and batsman who made his debut for the Indian cricket team in 2004. He became captain of the Kolkata Knight Riders Indian Premier League team during the 2018 season.
5 Kuldeep Yadav
IPL 2021 Salary – 5.8 Cr
IPL 2021 Team- Kolkata Knight Riders
Total IPL salary-₹ 24.9 Cr
IPL Moneyball Rank-73
Kuldeep Yadav is an Indian cricketer who plays for India and for Uttar Pradesh in domestic cricket and for Kolkata Knight Riders in the IPL. He belongs to the very unique breed of cricketers i.e. Chinaman. The world has seen only a few and he surely is one in the making.
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