Rating the IPL teams based on their player-releases ahead of IPL 2020 Auction

4. Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) – 7/10

If there is one team which might have puzzled you, it should be the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR). Two of their integral members – Robin Uthappa and Piyush Chawla were left out. Both of them have been associated with the franchise for a very long time and had a role on both the occasions when they won the championship.

Anrich Nortje could be another costly miss if he goes to some other franchise. He is still young and learning constantly. The pacer has improved his game from what we saw him in the last season – at least in the T20 format. He understands different situations better and could have done well next year had KKR retained him.

Chris Lynn is also that sort of player who can win you matches on his own. But consistency has been a slight problem with him. The rest of the releases by the Knights aren’t a surprise and many could see them coming.