New Delhi: The Kolkata IPL team has decided to release five of its contracted players — Ranadeb Bose, Sourashish Lahiri, Rohan Banerjee, Cheteshwar Pujara and Yashpal Singh by Sunday.

According to the team management, coach John Buchanan has decided that the players who have not played in the Indian Premier League (IPL) till date will be released, since they have little chance of playing in the remaining six matches.

Buchanan, it was learnt, now wants to concentrate on the 16 players who have played in the IPL.

The five contracted players, however, will not have to forfeit from their contracted amounts.

KKR owner Shah Rukh Khan has sought to downplay controversy and says the decision is good for the players. "You need to construct the team with lesser amount of people and continue with it because it's just delaying matters," he said.

Bose was taken aback when he spoke to CNN-IBN about his release. "I'm disappointed. Obviously, it came to me as a surprise because I wasn't expecting something like this. But you have got to accept what they decide."

The tall medium-pacer, who was on India's tour to England last summer, also lamented not being given enough opportunities by his Kolkata team, which is led by his Bengal teammate Sourav Ganguly.

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