Kolkata Knight Riders have won the IPL in 2012 and 2014.
IPL 2020: Kolkata Knight Riders- All-time IPL XI
Karthik led the team to playoffs in 2018 and finished 5th in IPL 2019 season. This time in IPL auction, the Knight Riders decided to splurge on some big players, however, releasing star opener Chris Lynn. They bought in Eoin Morgan, Pat Cummins, Rahul Tripathi, Tom Banton and Lockie Ferguson in the auction.
Keeping these changes in mind, Team COC presents to you, the Best Playing XI for the Kolkata Knight Riders for the upcoming IPL 2020.
IPL 2020: Pat Cummins plays down talks on his prize tag; happy to return to "KKR family"
A big attraction this time will be Pat Cummins, the most expensive foreign buy ever in IPL history. He is expected to lead the pace battery comprising of Russell and Prasidh Krishna. The spin department may have Kuldeep partnering Narine, along with new recruit Varun Chakravarthy, a mystery spinner, who played one game for Kings XI Punjab before getting injured.
It will be a big challenge for Dinesh Karthik to prove his mettle as captain and as a batsman, with a chance for staking a claim for the upcoming ICC T20 World Cup spot in the Indian team.
COC Predicted Best Playing XI for Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR):
Shubman Gill, Rahul Tripathi, Nitish Rana, Eoin Morgan, Dinesh Karthik (C&WK), Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Pat Cummins, Kuldeep Yadav, Prasidh Krishna, Varun Chakravarthy