Temptations of giving the captaincy to Eoin Morgan was definitely on the cards but the team management decided to retain Dinesh Karthik as the skipper. There is no question mark on the talent and the ability he posses.
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However, his batting and captaincy have been far from influential in the last season. It could be a make or break season for Karthik who will be looking to change his fortunes as the KKR skipper. He is a terrific finisher and will look to take up the role in the coming season.
Andre Russell
Andre Russell
This man doesn’t need an introduction. An asset to any T20 team around the world, it was Andre Russell who single-handedly won KKR a few matches last season. He was simply astonishing, to say the least, but injuries played a part in restricting his participation in the later stages.
In one of the matches against RCB, Russell plundered the bowling all around the park and ensured KKR scored 52 in the last 13 deliveries of the match to win with an over to spare. Russell can also bowl with the new ball but injuries could be an issue for him going forward. If fit, he walks into any T20 team.
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Arya Sekhar Chakraborty
Arya is a cricket journalist with around 8 years of experience who writes informative listicles and is in charge of text commentary at Sportskeeda. He is a graduate in Journalism, Psychology, and English, and has previously worked for websites such as CricTracker, SportzWiki, Cricket Addictor, Cricfit, OneCricket, and Cricket Exchange. His vast experience has led him to know the pulse of his readers and he cross-checks information from a number of credible sources before writing a single word for their sake.
A former Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) U14 and U16 player, Arya's tryst with cricket began after watching Sachin Tendulkar in action during his childhood. He is an ardent fan of Mumbai Indians (MI) owing to Tendulkar's initial involvement and also bleeds blue for his national team. He is an admirer of Test cricket as he feels the red-ball format teaches one about every facet of life.
Arya, who feels ODIs should not be completely replaced with T20Is owing to the former's pacing and charm, would like to go back in time to 1998 and watch the Master Blaster in action. He has experience in interviewing a few Bengali cricketers such as Kazi Junaid Saifi, Shib Shankar Pal, Sayan Ghosh and Prayas Ray Barman. He has also translated a couple of Bengali cricket books, and made Indian Premier League (IPL) pre-match videos.
He likes to spend time with his family and binge on web series during his spare time.
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