MI has retained most of its core players like Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan, Jofra Archer and Jasprit Bumrah. Also, with the future in their mind, the side has retained some exciting young talent like Tilak Verma, Tim David, Dewald Brevis and Tristan Stubbs.
The franchise, which has not won an IPL title yet but has reached playoffs for three years consistently, are expected to retain their six overseas players and most of their domestic players
Agarwal, who was the mainstay of the side's top-order from 2019-21 and scored in heaps, could only score 196 runs in 12 innings at an average of 16.33 and a strike rate of 122.50 once he was appointed as the captain in 2022
The right-arm seamer, who was also handy with the bat, will depart along with all-rounder Chamika Karunaratne, Aaron Finch, Pat Cummins, Sam Billings, Mohammad Nabi, and Sam Billings.
This year's IPL saw Cummins scalp seven wickets from five games for the Knight Riders, but he also made headlines with the bat by hitting a quickfire 50 against the Mumbai Indians off just 14 deliveries.
For the upcoming IPL 2023, Gujarat Titans transferred fast bowler Lockie Ferguson to Kolkata Knight Riders on Sunday as announced by the Indian Premier League. Afghan wicketkeeper-batsman, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, was also moved by Gujarat Titans to Kolkata Knight Riders
Behrendorff has previously represented the Chennai Super Kings in 2021, Mumbai Indians in 2018 and Royal Challengers Bangalore in 2022. The left-arm quick has played 9 T20Is, picking 7 wickets with the best bowling performance of 4/21
As per the ESPNcricinfo, Dhawan's elevation was approved on Wednesday during a franchise board discussion and the decision was backed by the Kings' newly-appointed head coach Trevor Bayliss.