Indian Premier League defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders star speedster Umran Malik has been ruled out of the upcoming edition of the tournament and the franchise announced Chetan Sakariya as his replacement. The left-arm pacer joined KKR for INR 75 Lakh.
KKR's new pick Sakariya has represented India in an ODI and two T20Is and has played 19 IPL games, scalping 20 wickets from the same. Umran was picked by KKR for Rs 75 lakhs in the IPL 2025 mega auction after he was released by SRH. He played only 26 matches in the cash-rich league. To make matters worse, he has never played a full IPL season barring 2022. His last international game came in 2023 following which he has stayed out of the picture.
IPL 2025 is scheduled to start from March 22 and KKR will play the tournament opener against Royal Challengers Bengaluru at Eden Gardens in Kolkata.
KKR IPL 2025 schedule
|
Match |
Date |
Day |
Time |
Venue |
|
RR vs KKR |
March 26 |
Wednesday |
7:30 PM |
Guwahati |
|
MI vs KKR |
March 31 |
Tuesday |
7:30 PM |
Mumbai |
|
KKR vs SRH |
April 3 |
Thursday |
7:30 PM |
Kolkata |
|
KKR vs LSG |
April 6 |
Sunday |
3:30 PM |
Kolkata |
|
CSK vs KKR |
April 11 |
Friday |
7:30 PM |
Chennai |
|
PBKS vs KKR |
April 15 |
Tuesday |
7:30 PM |
New Chandigarh |
|
KKR vs GT |
April 21 |
Monday |
7:30 PM |
Kolkata |
|
KKR vs PBKS |
April 26 |
Saturday |
7:30 PM |
Kolkata |
|
DC vs KKR |
April 29 |
Tuesday |
7:30 PM |
Delhi |
|
KKR vs RR |
May 4 |
Sunday |
3:30 PM |
Kolkata |
|
KKR vs CSK |
May 7 |
Wednesday |
7:30 PM |
Kolkata |
|
SRH vs KKR |
May 10 |
Saturday |
7:30 PM |
Hyderabad |
|
RCB vs KKR |
May 17 |
Saturday |
7:30 PM |
Bengaluru |
KKR updated Squad For IPL 2025
Ajinkya Rahane (captain), Venkatesh Iyer (vice captain), Quinton de Kock (wk), Rovman Powell (wk), Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Luvnith Sisodia (wk), Manish Pandey, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Ramandeep Singh, Rinku Singh, Moeen Ali, Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, Anukul Roy, Vaibhav Arora, Spencer Johnson, Mayank Markande, Anrich Nortje, Chetan Sakariya, Varun Chakravarthy.