KOLKATA KNIGHT RIDERS (KKR)

Venkatesh Iyer, Shubman Gill, Sunil Narine and Varun Chakravarthy

Kolkata Knight Riders will be riding the high of the finals finish in IPL 2021, but need to focus on their retentions keeping the next 2-3 years in mind. This means young Shubman Gill and Venkatesh Iyer might be at the top of their list for retentions.

Varun Chakravarthy has become the center point of their bowling lineup and is expected to be retained as well. For the overseas slot, KKR might go with Sunil Narine over Andre Russell, despite the burly all-rounder’s skills, given his sketchy fitness record.

SUNRISERS HYDERABAD (SRH)

Kane Williamson, Rashid Khan, T Natarajan and Abdul Samad

SRH had a terrible outing in IPL 2021 and most possibly have parted ways with David Warner, who confirmed that he’ll put his name in the IPL 2022 mega auction. This means SRH is most likely to retain Kane Williamson given his captaincy skills.

Rashid Khan is also an almost confirmed retention as SRH will not let their trump card go into the auction. The other two retentions might be the young Abdul Samad who has shown promise as a finisher and left-arm pacer T Natarajan over Bhuvneshwar Kumar, who has struggled with fitness and form in the past two seasons.

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