Indian Premier League 2018: Players likely to be retained by each franchisee

Kolkata Knight Riders

Retain: Gautam Gambhir, Sunil Narine

RTM: Manish Pandey, Chris Lynn, Robin Uthappa

Gautam Gambhir will be looking to captain KKR to their third title

Kolkata Knight Riders are rumoured to have said that they would be fine with just one retention as well. After all, all they need is captain Gambhir!

Sunil Narine (who is now an all rounder - who would have thought!) has been in KKR colours for quite some time now, and has been instrumental in their success. It would make sense for KKR to retain him.

Explosive opener Chris Lynn, consistent middle-order batsman Manish Pandey and reliable wicketkeeper-batsman Robin Uthappa could see the RTM cards being used on them, though KKR do have some other interesting options in Kuldeep Yadav, Chris Woakes, Yusuf Pathan, Nathan Counter-nile, and Trent Boult to consider.