Kolkata Knight Riders head coach Brendon McCullum has expressed his disappointment over losing Shubman Gill ahead of the 2022 season of Indian Premier League. The runners-up of IPL 2021 decided to retain Andre Russell (₹12 crore), Varun Chakravarthy (₹8 crore), Venkatesh Iyer (₹8 crore) and Sunil Narine (₹6 crore) ahead of the mega auction and were forced to release players like Shubman, Pat Cummins, Eoin Morgan and Dinesh Karthik.
However, Shubman has now joined the Ahmedabad franchise as he was chosen as the third draft pick for the new team who will make their debut next season.
McCullum said that KKR will be prepared for the upcoming mega IPL auction which will take place on February 12 and 13.
“You need to plan as you’re going to lose a lot of players. It was disappointing to lose Shubman Gill. But that’s the way life is sometimes and we will be well prepared for the upcoming auction,” McCullum said on a live session for KKR.
Shubman was signed by KKR in 2018 after his sublime form in ICC Under-19 World Cup. He scored 1417 runs for the two-time IPL champions in 58 matches at an average of 31.49.
