Kolkata Knight Riders
Two-time IPL champions Kolkata Knight Riders came into the 2018 auction with a purse of Rs 59 crore. They ended up splurging the entire amount to buy 17 players in addition to the West Indian duo of Andre Russel and Sunil Narine whom they had retained.
| Owner | Knight Riders Sports Private Ltd |
| Coach | Simon Katich |
| Captain | |
| Venue | Eden Garden |
Kolkata Knight Riders Team Squad
Complete Squad :
Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, Chris Lynn, Mitchell Starc, Dinesh Karthik, Robin Uthappa, Kuldeep Singh Yadav, Piyush Chawla, Nitish Rana, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Shivam Mavi, Mitchell Johnson, Shubman Gill, Ranganath Vinay Kumar, Rinku Singh, Cameron Delport, Javon Searless, Apoorv Vijay Wankhade, Ishank Jaggi
Kolkata Knight Riders Players with Price list
| 2018 Team | Players | Type | Price |
| KKR | Mitchell Starc | Bowler | 9,40,00,000 |
| KKR | Chris Lynn | Batsman | 9,60,00,000 |
| KKR | Dinesh Karthik | Wicket Keeper | 7,40,00,000 |
| KKR | Robin Uthappa | Wicket Keeper | 6,40,00,000 |
| KKR | Piyush Chawla | Bowler | 4,20,00,000 |
| KKR | Kuldeep Yadav | Bowler | 5,80,00,000 |
| KKR | Shubman Gill | Batsman | 1,80,00,000 |
| KKR | Ishank Jaggi | Batsman | 20,00,000 |
| KKR | Kamlesh Nagarkoti | All-Rounder | 3,20,00,000 |
| KKR | Nitish Rana | All-Rounder | 3,40,00,000 |
| KKR | Ankit Rajpoot | Bowler | 3,00,00,000 |
| KKR | Vinay Kumar | Bowler | 1,00,00,000 |
| KKR | Apoorv Wankhade | Batsman | 20,00,000 |
| KKR | Rinku Singh | Batsman | 80,00,000 |
| KKR | Shivam Mavi | All-Rounder | 3,00,00,000 |
| KKR | Cameron Delport | Batsman | 3,00,000 |
| KKR | Mitchell Johnson | Bowler | 2,00,00,000 |
| KKR | Javon Searles | Batsman | 30,00,000 |