IPL 2025: Kolkata Knight Riders complete players list

One of the surprises of the IPL Auction Day 1 was the repurchase of Venkatesh Iyer by the reigning champions, the Kolkata Knight Riders, for an astounding Rs 23.75 crores. In addition, they acquired Mayank Markande, acquired Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Angkrish Raghuvanshi, and added players like Quinton de Kock and Anrich Nortje to their roster.

Using up all six of their retentions, with Rinku Singh (Rs 13 crore) being the most expensive, Kolkata has been able to maintain their core. Additionally, they kept spinner Varun Chakravarthy (Rs 12 crore), Ramandeep Singh (Rs 4 crore), and Harshit Rana (Rs 4 crore), as well as veteran soldiers Andre Russell and Sunil Narine (Rs 12 crore each). They will enter the auctions with a Rs 51 crore purse, and since they have no other options for Right To Match, they may try to sign Jos Buttler, Ishan Kishan, or Starc.

Here are the players Kolkata Knight Riders have snapped up in the auction: 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), Mayank Markande (Rs 30 lakh), Vaibhav Arora (Rs 1.80 crore), 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 crore), Anukul Roy (Rs 40 lakh), Moeen Ali (Rs 2 crore), Umran Malik (Rs 75 lakh)

Here are the players Kolkata Knight Riders have retained: Rinku Singh (Rs 13 cr), Varun Chakravarthy (Rs 12 cr), Sunil Narine (Rs 12 cr), Andre Russell (Rs 12 cr), Ramandeep Singh (Rs 4 cr), Harshit Rana (Rs 4 cr)

Kolkata Knight Riders Full squad

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