Best possible combination for KKR in IPL2018

Kolkata Knight Riders CEO Venky Mysore cleared the air about the injury concerns of Chris Lynn and Andre Russel, expecting both the players to get available for the first match against RCB on 8th April. With these two exciting options available for the selections, KKR can easily have a strong winning combination. They have invested a good amount of their budget on the young Indian under-19 stars as well as brought some seasoned performers of T20 cricket.

Here is the best possible Eleven of Kolkata Knight Riders :

Openers - (Robin Uthappa & Chris Lynn)

Robin Uthappa has been retained by the KKR with RTM card and has a huge experience of playing 149 IPL matches since 2008 edition. He will be the right choice with the likes of attacking Chris Lynn who can hit the cricket ball as hard as anyone. Both have played some scintillating knocks for the franchise during the earlier editions. In the IPL, Lynn has scored 384 runs in just 12 matches with a strike rate of 160.

Middle Orders - (Shubham Gill, Dinesh Karthik & Nitish Rana)

With the presence of Indian under-19 star Shubham Gill, Nidahas Trophy's last ball superhero Dinesh Karthik and impressive Nitesh Rana who scored consistently well through out the last year in domestic cricket has formulate a good middle order for KKR. Besides playing as a middle order batsman, Dinesh Karthik has to carry two more responsibilities like wicket keeping and captaining the side. With almost 14 years of playing experience in International cricket DK is the right man for this job. He has played 152 IPL matches since the inception of the league & scored 2903 runs with an average of 25.

All Rounder - (Andre Russel & Sunil Narine)

Andre Russell is an integral part of the KKR setup and has given some special performances in all department of the game. However, he was banned for a year following doping charges and he didn’t take part in KKR’s previous campaign. However, the ban was lifted in January and therefore he was available to play the eleventh season. He has been outstanding for the Knight Riders and most importantly a game-changer. The Knight Riders will again be hoping for the Windies all-rounder to fire on all cylinders.

Narine on the other hand, showed us his batting abilities and scored good amount of runs as an opener. He gives so many options to the KKR think tank. He can be a good option in number seven also where he just needs to go to the park and hit the cricket ball hard. Narine was one of the successful bowler in past editions where he claimed 95 wickets with an economy rate of only 6.33. If he does well then it will be very difficult to stop KKR again.

Bowlers - (Mitchel Starc, Vinay Kumar, Kuldeep Yadav & Kamlesh Nagarkoti)

Kuldeep Yadav will be the best possible option with Sunil Narine. Kuldeep's form is so great in recent times that it will very difficult to keep him out. Kuldeep is an attacking bowler who always invites the batsman to come out of the crease to hit him. Yadav always deceives the batsman in the air and takes lot of wickets.

The main bowling threat will come from Mitchel Starc and former RCB player Vinay Kumar. Starc is one of the dangerous bowler in world cricket who can swing the ball with a great pace. He can change the game any time with 1-2 breakthroughs. On the other hand, Vinay Kumar is a seasoned customer who has played 103 IPL matches so far and has been in a fantastic form in domestic cricket.

I would like to see Kamlesh Nagarkoti in my eleven who has the ability to bowl really fast. In every level of cricket starting from under-14 to under-19, Nagarkoti has done well. He may become the x-factor of KKR in this IPL. During the under-19 world cup, The greats like Ian Bishap had fall in love with this paceman's bowling ability.

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