5 Captains KKR can target in IPL 2022 mega auction

KKR was a star-studded team right from the start of the first IPL season in 2008 with players like Brendon McCullum, Shoaib Akhtar, Ricky Pointing, and of course the ‘Prince of Kolkata’, Sourav Ganguly leading the side.

But things didn’t go well for them as they failed to enter the playoffs in the first three seasons. Then Sourav Ganguly was released from the team and Gautam Gambhir was handed over the captaincy in the 2011 season and Kolkata just flourished under him by winning two titles.

But when Gambhir moved out of KKR after the 2017 season, the team struggled to find a good replacement for the skipper’s spot. Under Dinesh Karthik, they did good in the 2018 edition but it didn’t work out so well in the following seasons. And then KKR just struggled and struggled with their new captain, Eoin Morgan. And now, they are probably going to change their captain for the 2022 edition. So, here are-

5 Probable skippers KKR can look for in 2022 IPL

1. Suryakumar Yadav

The former KKR player can be a good buy for the Knights in the 2022 season as a captain’s material. He was the vice-captain for them earlier too. But the Kolkata’s management made a poor decision by releasing him in 2018.

But he can be a great asset for them now. It’s going to be difficult for Mumbai Indians to retain him back in the side as they already have star players to be retained. It is possible that Surya might get into the auction. He has performed as a very valuable asset for the Mumbai Indians in recent years. He mostly plays orthodox shots and now getting included into the Indian side might have definitely given him good confidence.

Yadav has good experience of the domestic circuit and he also captains Mumbai in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. From Kolkata’s point of view, he can be a responsible batsman as well as a good captaincy material.