Kolkata Knight Riders’ (KKR) swashbuckling West Indian all-rounders Andre Russell and Sunil Narine reached the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to join the franchise ahead of the upcoming edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL).
KKR’s star duo arrived after plying their trade in the recently-concluded Caribbean Premier League (CPL) which was won by Trinbago Knight Riders (TKR).
KKR posted pictures of Russell and Narine who will now spend six days quarantining themselves as per the standard operating procedures (SOP) set by the BCCI and the IPL Governning Council.
The Indian contingent of the Kolkata-based team and the foreign players who didn’t have any other assignment had already arrived in the UAE last month.
England cricketers Eoin Morgan and Tom Banton and Australian pacer Pat Cummins, all of whom are in the middle of a limited-overs series in the United Kingdom, will also join the purple and gold brigade ahead of their opening match.
KKR have spent humongous amount of money on their foreign recruits and will be hoping that they return dividends in the 13th season of the cash-rich tournament. The Dinesh Karthik-led team had failed to make it to the knockouts last year with the fifth-placed finish.
KRR will be looking at their big-name foreign imports to help improve on their fifth place finish last season. The Dinesh Karthik-led outfit finished on 12 points in IPL 2019, winning just six out of the 14 matches they played.
