KKR retain Kuldeep, Karthik; release Banton

Kuldeep played just five matches in the 2020 season before falling out of contention for a spot in the playing XI. He played just one ODI during India's recently concluded tour of Australia and couldn't make it to the playing XI in the four-Test series even after frontline spinners RavichandranAshwin and RavindraJadeja were injured.

Questions had been raised over whether Dinesh Karthik will be retained by KKR this season after he was replaced by Eoin Morgan as captain halfway through the 2020 season. Morgan's England team mate Tom Banton are among the six players who have been released by the two-time IPL champions.

Retained players:

Eoin Morgan, Andre Russell, Dinesh Karthik, KamleshNagarkoti, KuldeepYadav, Lockie Ferguson, NitishRana, Prasidh Krishna, Rinku Singh, SandeepWarrier, ShivamMavi, Shubman Gill, Sunil Narine, Pat Cummins, Rahul Tripathi, VarunChakravarthy, Ali Khan, Tim Seifert.

Released players:

Tom Banton, Chris Green, Siddhesh Lad, Nikhil Naik, M Siddharth, Harry Gurney. (IANS)

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