Kolkata Knight Riders Squad IPL 2025: Three-time champions Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) filled all their six retention slots before the auction itself. They retained Rinku Singh as their most expensive retention. Their complete list also included Varun Chakravarthy, Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, Harshit Rana and Ramandeep Singh. Rana and Ramandeep who both recently made their international debut were reatined as uncapped players because they played their first match after the retention list announcement. KKR added some good names to their line-up in the IPL 2025 mega auction which took place in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
KKR's buys in IPL 2025 mega auctions
To be updated shortly......
List of players retained by KKR for IPL 2025
Rinku Singh: 13 cr
Varun Chakaravarthy: 12 cr
Sunil Narine: 12 cr
Andre Russell: 12 cr
Harshit Rana: 4 cr
Ramandeep Singh: 4 cr
They are the defining champions and will be eyeing to put on a similar performance in the upcoming edition of the Indian Premier League. They are one of the most successful teams in IPL history as they have won the title for a record three times making them the third most successful team after Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings, who have five titles each. KKR have won titles in 2024, 2014 and 2012. The first two times it was under the leadership of Gautam Gambhir and then decade later under Shreyas Iyer's captaincy
