Kolkata Knight Riders Squad IPL 2025: Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) have formed a star-studded squad after acquiring some the big players in the IPL 2025 mega auction, which was held on November 24 and 25 in Jeddah, where 577 players went under the hammer. It was Venkatesh Iyer, who hogged limelight and remained KKR's biggest buy in the auction as he fetched a whopping sum of Rs 23.75 crore and became the most expensive all-rounder in the IPL history. The other big acquisitions of KKR remained South African stars Quinton de Kock (Rs. 3.60 crore) and Anrich Nortje (Rs. 6.50 crore) who also fetched big bucks in the auction.
The three-time champions 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
1 Venkatesh Iyer (Rs. 23.75 crore)
2 Quinton de Kock (Rs. 3.60 crore)
3 Rahmanullah Gurbaz (Rs. 2 crore)
4 Anrich Nortje (Rs. 6.50 crore)
5 Angkrish Raghuvanshi (Rs. 3 crore)
6 Vaibhav Arora (Rs. 1.80 crore)
7 Mayank Markande (Rs. 30 lakh)
8 Rovman Powell (Rs. 1.50 crore)
9 Manish Pandey (Rs. 75 lakh)
10 Spencer Johnson (Rs. 2.80 crore)
11 Luvnith Sisodia (Rs. 30 lakh)
12 Ajinkya Rahane (Rs. 1.50 lakh)
13 Anukul Roy (Rs. 40 lakh)
14 Moeen Ali (Rs. 2 crore)
15 Umran Malik (Rs. 75 lakh).
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
KKR's full squad for IPL 2025:
Rinku Singh, Varun Chakaravarthy, Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, Harshit Rana, Ramandeep Singh, Venkatesh Iyer (Rs. 23.75 crore), Quinton de Kock (Rs. 3.60 crore), Rahmanullah Gurbaz (Rs. 2 crore), Anrich Nortje (Rs. 6.50 crore), Angkrish Raghuvanshi (Rs. 3 crore), Vaibhav Arora (Rs. 1.80 crore), Mayank Markande (Rs. 30 lakh), Rovman Powell (Rs. 1.50 crore), Manish Pandey (Rs. 75 lakh), Spencer Johnson (Rs. 2.80 crore), Luvnith Sisodia (Rs. 30 lakh), Ajinkya Rahane (Rs. 1.50 lakh), Anukul Roy (Rs. 40 lakh), Moeen Ali (Rs. 2 crore), Umran Malik (Rs. 75 lakh).
How have KKR fared in IPL so far?
They are the defending 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