India, Dec. 10 -- KKR have released one of their most trusted soldiers, Andre Russell, and has made him rejoin the franchise as their power coach. While this adds depth to their coaching staff, it takes a lot from their squad for the upcoming season.

The Kolkata Knight Riders walk into the IPL 2026 mini-auction with the biggest purse and the biggest identity question in the league. They've kept their spin-heavy soul but stripped away most of the muscle that made their batting and death bowling effective.

KKR have 12 players going into the auction - including Rinku Singh, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Ajinkya Rahane, Manish Pandey, Rovman Powell, Sunil Narine, Ramandeep Singh, Anukul Roy, Varun Chakaravarthy, Harshit Rana, Vaibhav Arora, and Umr...