IPL 2019: One wrong retention and release by each team

3. Kolkata Knight Riders

Wrongly retained – Rinku Singh

Rinku Singh, the Uttar Pradesh batsman was bought by the Kings XI Punjab in 2017 only to play a solitary game before being benched. He was then picked up by the Kolkata Knight Riders keeping in mind his heroics in the domestic T20 league. But in the four matches which he played, the cricketer could hardly make any impact.

Retaining the batsman doesn’t seem like a right call as he doesn’t possess strong numbers to back it up and Kolkata already have a lot of middle-order batsmen and finishers who can produce the goods.

Wrongly released – Cameron Delport

Very few are aware of the hard-hitting abilities that the 29-year-old all-rounder possesses. However, he couldn’t get even a single game to exemplify it last season. He was bought by the KKR franchise for a base price of 30 Lakhs and have let him go off without even testing his abilities.

In 148 T20s, he has a century to his name with a decent average of 25.96. Delport missed out on all the games, mainly due to Andre Russell’s presence. However, with the Caribbean all-rounder struggling with his injuries and with him crucial part of the Windies set up, the Knight Riders could’ve had Delport’s experience handy, if the IPL were to take place in South Africa.