IPL 2023: 5 Teams that can target Narayan Jagadeesan in auction
Narayan Jagadeesan became the first batter in history to score five consecutive List-A centuries.
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2. Kolkata Knight Riders
Kolkata Knight Riders had a horrid campaign in IPL 2022 where they could win just six of their 14 games and finished in the seventh spot. In KKR’s mediocre season, one of the issues that plagued them was the poor form of their Indian wicket-keeper batters.
Shreyas Iyer & co. played Sheldon Jackson as their keeping option in the starting games of the season. The 36-year-old played five games in the 2022 season and could score mere 23 runs at a strike rate of 88.46. Following Jackson’s poor outings, KKR tried Baba Indrajith but he too struggled to get going and scored just 21 runs in three games.
The Kolkata franchise has released a total of 16 players ahead of the next season, which includes both Jackson and Indrajith. As the things stand, Shreyas & co. do not have any Indian keepers in the team and the two-time IPL champions would certainly go fishing for a couple of good wicketkeeper batters at the IPL 2023 player auction. Given Jagadeesan’s rich vein of form, the Tamil Nadu-born could be on KKR's wishlist at the marquee event. Therefore, they could try to sign him at the auction.
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