The Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) couldn’t qualify for the playoffs in the previous edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL). After garnering some wins, the team, led by Dinesh Karthik, went into a slump from which they couldn’t pick themselves up.

The franchise ended up fifth in the points table and was edged out by the Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH), who had a superior Net Run Rate than the Knights. It’s understandable that the panic button was pressed somewhat. Ahead 2020 season, KKR has released as many as 11 players.

The Men in Gold and Purple have a lot of homework to do going into the auction, scheduled to take place on December 19. Meanwhile, the Knights could have given a second thought about releasing a few of the players, who could’ve contributed heavily for them next time.

In the article, let’s take a look at three players KKR shouldn’t have let go off:-

<img loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-330028" src="https://crictracker-admin-panel-08032022.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/media/attachments/Chris-Lynn.jpg" alt="Chris Lynn" width="640" height="400" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px"><figcaption id="caption-attachment-330028" class="wp-caption-text">Chris Lynn. (Photo: IANS)</figcaption>

KKR has had their issues at the top of the order. <a href="https://www.crictracker.com/i-am-looking-for-next-opportunity-in-my-career-shubman-gill/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Shubman Gill</a> has solved the issue to some extent. But the concerns have now escalated after Chris Lynn was freed off his services. The Queenslander has been a tad jittery, while playing spin in the field restrictions.

But ever since 2017 when he started donning the Knights jersey on a consistent basis, he hasn’t let his team down at the top of the order. In 2017, he played only 7 games due to an injury, but had an average and strike-rate of 49.16 and 180.98 respectively.

In 2018 and 2019, he wasn’t brutal and had strike-rates in the 130s. However, he racked up 491 and 405 runs in the seasons with 7 fifties. KKR now needs to find an opener as Sunil Narine, Lynn’s opening partner for three seasons, isn’t a reliable batter by any means.

<img loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-324178" src="https://crictracker-admin-panel-08032022.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/media/attachments/Anrich-Nortje.jpg" alt="Anrich Nortje" width="640" height="400" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px"><figcaption id="caption-attachment-324178" class="wp-caption-text">Anrich Nortje. (Photo by Lee Warren/Gallo Images/Getty Images)</figcaption>

Anrich Nortje has come up the ranks since the 2018 edition of the Mzansi Super League (MSL) where he represented the Cape Town Blitz. He impressed with his sheer pace, but an ankle injury cut short his campaign. But he was drafted into the South Africa team for the ODI series versus Sri Lanka.

There he picked up 8 wickets in 4 games and was then blessed with a 20-lakh deal from the Knight Riders. To his sheer misfortune, he developed a shoulder injury and couldn’t turn out in the IPL. Matthew Kelly, who has also been released by KKR, was called up as his injury replacement.

Nortje is currently plying his craft for the Blitz in the 2019 MSL and has been amongst the wickets. The Knights have retained Lockie Ferguson and now after releasing Nortje, they have to find the Kiwi pacer’s backup.

<img loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-335651" src="https://crictracker-admin-panel-08032022.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/media/attachments/Dinesh-Karthik-1.jpg" alt="Dinesh Karthik" width="640" height="400" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px"><figcaption id="caption-attachment-335651" class="wp-caption-text">Dinesh Karthik and Piyush Chawla (right). (Photo: IANS)</figcaption>

<a href="https://www.facebook.com/crictracker/photos/a.601832999847425/3064567423573958/?type=3&amp;theater" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Piyush Chawla</a> may not have furrowed eyebrows with his jaw-dropping performances, but has silently kept performing. In 157 IPL matches, he has 150 wickets at an economy of 7.82. Barring the 2017 season where he played on 6 games, the tweaker has picked up 10 or more wickets every other time.

In the last three seasons, Chawla’s economy rate was in the 8s, but that’s because he operated in the powerplay. Even last time when Kuldeep Yadav had a disastrous season, the leg-spinner was at par with Narine, KKR’s go-to-spinner. Both Chawla and Narine picked up 10 wickets.

Chawla has lost a bit of bite in his bowling without a doubt, yet he hasn’t run out of his ability to pick up wickets at crucial junctures. In 2014, KKR roped him in at INR 425 lakhs and he ended with 66 wickets for them in 70 contests. KKR even used the RTM for him in 2018.

The Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) couldn’t qualify for the playoffs in the previous edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL). After garnering some wins, the team, led by Dinesh Karthik, went into a slump from which they couldn’t pick themselves up.
The franchise ended up fifth in the points table and was edged out by the Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH), who had a superior Net Run Rate than the Knights. It’s understandable that the panic button was pressed somewhat. Ahead 2020 season, KKR has released as many as 11 players.
The Men in Gold and Purple have a lot of homework to do going into the auction, scheduled to take place on December 19. Meanwhile, the Knights could have given a second thought about releasing a few of the players, who could’ve contributed heavily for them next time.
<h3>In the article, let’s take a look at three players KKR shouldn’t have let go off:- </h3>
<h3>Chris Lynn</h3>
<figure id="attachment_330028" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-330028" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"><amp-img class="size-full wp-image-330028" src="https://crictracker-admin-panel-08032022.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/media/attachments/Chris-Lynn.jpg" alt="Chris Lynn" width="640" height="400" layout="responsive" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"></amp-img><figcaption id="caption-attachment-330028" class="wp-caption-text">Chris Lynn. (Photo: IANS)</figcaption></figure>
KKR has had their issues at the top of the order. <a href="https://www.crictracker.com/i-am-looking-for-next-opportunity-in-my-career-shubman-gill/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Shubman Gill</a> has solved the issue to some extent. But the concerns have now escalated after Chris Lynn was freed off his services. The Queenslander has been a tad jittery, while playing spin in the field restrictions.
But ever since 2017 when he started donning the Knights jersey on a consistent basis, he hasn’t let his team down at the top of the order. In 2017, he played only 7 games due to an injury, but had an average and strike-rate of 49.16 and 180.98 respectively.
In 2018 and 2019, he wasn’t brutal and had strike-rates in the 130s. However, he racked up 491 and 405 runs in the seasons with 7 fifties. KKR now needs to find an opener as Sunil Narine, Lynn’s opening partner for three seasons, isn’t a reliable batter by any means.

<h3>Anrich Nortje</h3>
<figure id="attachment_324178" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-324178" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"><amp-img class="size-full wp-image-324178" src="https://crictracker-admin-panel-08032022.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/media/attachments/Anrich-Nortje.jpg" alt="Anrich Nortje" width="640" height="400" layout="responsive" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"></amp-img><figcaption id="caption-attachment-324178" class="wp-caption-text">Anrich Nortje. (Photo by Lee Warren/Gallo Images/Getty Images)</figcaption></figure>
Anrich Nortje has come up the ranks since the 2018 edition of the Mzansi Super League (MSL) where he represented the Cape Town Blitz. He impressed with his sheer pace, but an ankle injury cut short his campaign. But he was drafted into the South Africa team for the ODI series versus Sri Lanka.
There he picked up 8 wickets in 4 games and was then blessed with a 20-lakh deal from the Knight Riders. To his sheer misfortune, he developed a shoulder injury and couldn’t turn out in the IPL. Matthew Kelly, who has also been released by KKR, was called up as his injury replacement.
Nortje is currently plying his craft for the Blitz in the 2019 MSL and has been amongst the wickets. The Knights have retained Lockie Ferguson and now after releasing Nortje, they have to find the Kiwi pacer’s backup.

<h3>Piyush Chawla</h3>
<figure id="attachment_335651" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-335651" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"><amp-img class="size-full wp-image-335651" src="https://crictracker-admin-panel-08032022.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/media/attachments/Dinesh-Karthik-1.jpg" alt="Dinesh Karthik" width="640" height="400" layout="responsive" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"></amp-img><figcaption id="caption-attachment-335651" class="wp-caption-text">Dinesh Karthik and Piyush Chawla (right). (Photo: IANS)</figcaption></figure>
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/crictracker/photos/a.601832999847425/3064567423573958/?type=3&amp;theater" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Piyush Chawla</a> may not have furrowed eyebrows with his jaw-dropping performances, but has silently kept performing. In 157 IPL matches, he has 150 wickets at an economy of 7.82. Barring the 2017 season where he played on 6 games, the tweaker has picked up 10 or more wickets every other time.
In the last three seasons, Chawla’s economy rate was in the 8s, but that’s because he operated in the powerplay. Even last time when Kuldeep Yadav had a disastrous season, the leg-spinner was at par with Narine, KKR’s go-to-spinner. Both Chawla and Narine picked up 10 wickets.
Chawla has lost a bit of bite in his bowling without a doubt, yet he hasn’t run out of his ability to pick up wickets at crucial junctures. In 2014, KKR roped him in at INR 425 lakhs and he ended with 66 wickets for them in 70 contests. KKR even used the RTM for him in 2018.

The Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) couldn’t qualify for the playoffs in the previous edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL). After garnering some wins, the team, led by Dinesh Karthik, went into a slump from which they couldn’t pick themselves up.
The franchise ended up fifth in the points table and was edged out by the Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH), who had a superior Net Run Rate than the Knights. It’s understandable that the panic button was pressed somewhat. Ahead 2020 season, KKR has released as many as 11 players.
The Men in Gold and Purple have a lot of homework to do going into the auction, scheduled to take place on December 19. Meanwhile, the Knights could have given a second thought about releasing a few of the players, who could’ve contributed heavily for them next time.
<h3>In the article, let’s take a look at three players KKR shouldn’t have let go off:- </h3>
<h3>Chris Lynn</h3>
<figure id="attachment_330028" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-330028" style="width: 640px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-330028" src="https://crictracker-admin-panel-08032022.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/media/attachments/Chris-Lynn.jpg" alt="Chris Lynn" width="640" height="400" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px"><figcaption id="caption-attachment-330028" class="wp-caption-text">Chris Lynn. (Photo: IANS)</figcaption></figure>
KKR has had their issues at the top of the order. <a href="https://www.crictracker.com/i-am-looking-for-next-opportunity-in-my-career-shubman-gill/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Shubman Gill</a> has solved the issue to some extent. But the concerns have now escalated after Chris Lynn was freed off his services. The Queenslander has been a tad jittery, while playing spin in the field restrictions.
But ever since 2017 when he started donning the Knights jersey on a consistent basis, he hasn’t let his team down at the top of the order. In 2017, he played only 7 games due to an injury, but had an average and strike-rate of 49.16 and 180.98 respectively.
In 2018 and 2019, he wasn’t brutal and had strike-rates in the 130s. However, he racked up 491 and 405 runs in the seasons with 7 fifties. KKR now needs to find an opener as Sunil Narine, Lynn’s opening partner for three seasons, isn’t a reliable batter by any means.

<h3>Anrich Nortje</h3>
<figure id="attachment_324178" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-324178" style="width: 640px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-324178" src="https://crictracker-admin-panel-08032022.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/media/attachments/Anrich-Nortje.jpg" alt="Anrich Nortje" width="640" height="400" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px"><figcaption id="caption-attachment-324178" class="wp-caption-text">Anrich Nortje. (Photo by Lee Warren/Gallo Images/Getty Images)</figcaption></figure>
Anrich Nortje has come up the ranks since the 2018 edition of the Mzansi Super League (MSL) where he represented the Cape Town Blitz. He impressed with his sheer pace, but an ankle injury cut short his campaign. But he was drafted into the South Africa team for the ODI series versus Sri Lanka.
There he picked up 8 wickets in 4 games and was then blessed with a 20-lakh deal from the Knight Riders. To his sheer misfortune, he developed a shoulder injury and couldn’t turn out in the IPL. Matthew Kelly, who has also been released by KKR, was called up as his injury replacement.
Nortje is currently plying his craft for the Blitz in the 2019 MSL and has been amongst the wickets. The Knights have retained Lockie Ferguson and now after releasing Nortje, they have to find the Kiwi pacer’s backup.

<h3>Piyush Chawla</h3>
<figure id="attachment_335651" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-335651" style="width: 640px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-335651" src="https://crictracker-admin-panel-08032022.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/media/attachments/Dinesh-Karthik-1.jpg" alt="Dinesh Karthik" width="640" height="400" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px"><figcaption id="caption-attachment-335651" class="wp-caption-text">Dinesh Karthik and Piyush Chawla (right). (Photo: IANS)</figcaption></figure>
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/crictracker/photos/a.601832999847425/3064567423573958/?type=3&amp;theater" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Piyush Chawla</a> may not have furrowed eyebrows with his jaw-dropping performances, but has silently kept performing. In 157 IPL matches, he has 150 wickets at an economy of 7.82. Barring the 2017 season where he played on 6 games, the tweaker has picked up 10 or more wickets every other time.
In the last three seasons, Chawla’s economy rate was in the 8s, but that’s because he operated in the powerplay. Even last time when Kuldeep Yadav had a disastrous season, the leg-spinner was at par with Narine, KKR’s go-to-spinner. Both Chawla and Narine picked up 10 wickets.
Chawla has lost a bit of bite in his bowling without a doubt, yet he hasn’t run out of his ability to pick up wickets at crucial junctures. In 2014, KKR roped him in at INR 425 lakhs and he ended with 66 wickets for them in 70 contests. KKR even used the RTM for him in 2018.

These names could've made some difference for the Knights in the forthcoming season.

IPL 2020: 3 Players KKR shouldn't have released

The Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) couldn’t qualify for the playoffs in the previous edition of the Indian Premier League. After garnering some wins