KKR squad IPL 2025 : Kolkata knight Riders squad with their prices, kkr full squad analysis.

The 18th season of IPL is about to start and Kolkata Knight Riders is ready with its army. (KKR squad) Kolkata Knight Riders have finalized their squad and are now ready to enter the tournament.

The defending champions are back to create a new identity in the new season. Last year Kolkata knight Riders won the tournament by defeating Sunrisers Hyderabad in the finals, can they do it this year too.

Kolkata Knight Riders is the third most valuable franchise in IPL, And Kolkata Knight Riders is also the 3rd most successful franchise of IPL as they have 3rd most titles.

Kolkata Knight Riders had retained 6 players before going to Mega auction. Kolkata Knight Riders had invested 57 crores to retain those 6 players.

Take a look at the squad of Kolkata knight Riders.

KKR squad : Full list of players bought in mega auction

KKR included 21 players in his team in IPL this year, out of which six players were retained players. Let’s take a look at KKR squad.

Note : There is one change in the squad Umran Malik is injured so he is ruled out of IPL 2025 and Chetan sakariya makes his place in the team.

Kolkata Knight Riders have made the most expensive buy in their history in the form of Venkatesh Iyer.

Venkatesh Iyer is a very expensive player as an all rounder in the history of IPL with 23.75 cr. He is the second most expensive player of this IPL behind Rishabh Pant with 27 cr.

KKR squad: Retained players

KKR has retained 6 players from his previous squad and they had invested 57 crores to retain those 6 players.

• Rinku Singh 13cr
• Varun Chakravarthy 12 cr
• Sunil Narine. 12 cr
• Andre Russell 12 cr
• Harshit Rana 4 cr
• Ramandeep Singh 4 cr

These are the 6 players on which KKR has invested almost half of their money.

It was very shocking that they did not retain last year’s winning captain Shreyas Iyer.

But Kolkata Knight Riders had a clear mind about which player they wanted to keep and which player they wanted to release.

KKR squad: Released Players

Kolkata Knight Riders have retained 6 players from their last year’s squad and released all the other players including Shreyas Iyer.

so here is a list of players which are released by KKR befor going to mega auction.

• Shreyas Iyer
• kS Bharat
• Rahmanullah Gurbaz
• Chetan sakariya
• Angkrish Raghuvanshi
• Vaibhav Arora
• Manish Pandey
• Nitish Rana
• Phill Salt
• Sherfane Rotherford
• Anukul Roy
• Venkatesh Iyer
• Suyash Sharma
• Allah Ghazanfar
• Dushmantha Chameera
• Shakib Al Hasan
• Mitchell Starc

so these were the 17 players which are released by KKR before going to mega auction.

it was very shocking that KKR has released Shreyas Iyer after winning the IPL trophy 2024. Last year’s most expensive player Mitchell Starc was also released by KKR’s team.

However, there were some players who were released by KKR’s team but were included back in the team this year. Like Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Chetan sakariya, angkrish Raghuvanshi, vaibhav Arora, Manish Pandey, and venkatesh Iyer.

This game backfired for KKR as they released Venkatesh Iyer and had to spend Rs 23.75 crore to bring him back into the team although they could have retained him at a lower price in place of some other player.

probable playing 11 of KKR for IPL 2025

KKR squad is really good but we have to make a strongest playing 11 for KKR which will be probably the playing 11 of KKR for the IPL 2025.

let’s take a look at probable playing 11 of KKR for IPL 2025.

so here it is the probable playing 11 of KKR. Will be changed according to the conditions but it will be the strongest playing 11 for KKR this year.

Kolkata Knight Riders are coming this year with their new captain Ajinkya Rahane. Although they did not buy Ajinkya Rahane the first time, but they bought Ajinkya Rahane the second time.

This will be a great opportunity for Ajinkya Rahane to prove himself as a great captain and a great batsman. However, it is also a fact that Ajinkya Rahane is the lowest paid captain this year

KKR can also include Chetan Sakaria and Mayank Markande in the impact players according to the conditions of the ground.

Kolkata knight riders squad analysis

although, Kolkata knight riders squad is really good if you look at it on paper. But cricket is all about how you perform.

Kolkata Knight Riders have shown more trust in their retained players. They have strengthened their core with their retained players like Ramandeep Singh, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell. Venkatesh Iyer will also play a great roll in the success of Kolkata knight riders

Kolkata knight riders has a strong top order and a great explosive middle and lower order. So we take a closer look at the Kolkata knight riders squad and analysis it

Batting line-up

Kolkata knight riders has a very strong batting line up as they have very good hard hitters of the ball, so take look, at KKR batting line up.

• Ajinkya Rahane
• Rinku Singh
• Manish Pandey
• Rovman Powell
• Angkrish Raghuvanshi
• Quinton De kock
• Rahamanulla Gurbaz
• Luvnith Sisodiya
• Venkatesh Iyer
• Moeen Ali
• Andre Russell
• Ramandeep Singh
• Anukul Roy

If you look at this type of batsman in the squad then you will see that there is a lot of depth in this batting line up.

Even after the departure of Shreyas Iyer and Mitchell Starc, Kolkata Knight Riders have kept their team a strong team because they retained their core.

If you look closely at the batting line-up, you will see that experienced players like Ajinkya Rahane, Manish Pandey and Quinton De Kock will be included in the batting line-up and youngsters and finisher like Rinku Singh, Andre Russell and Ramandeep will be included in the batting line-up, which makes this team’s batting line-up very strong.

so there is a quality of batting line up in the Kolkata knight riders squad and depth of batting in the acting line up that see how they perform.

Bowling line-up

bowling line up can be classified into two types such as spin bowling department and fast bowling department.

Fast Bowling

although, Kolkata Knight Riders could not keep Mitchell Starc in their team but still their fast bowling line is looking very good now.

here is the list of KKR fast bowling line up.

• Harshit Rana
• Vaibhav Arora
• spencer Johnson
• Anrich Nortje
• Umran Malik
• Andre Russell
• Ramandeep Singh

these are the quality fast bowlers of KKR. Umran Malik has been replaced by Chetan sakariya due to injury. Chetan sakaria is a good left arm bowler.

Kakar has shown a lot of faith in Ramandeep Singh, Harshit Rana and Andre Russell. Ramandeep Singh and Andre Russell can play a vital role in the boiling department for KKR

if you look at this fast bowling attack these bowlers have the potential to win matches for KKR.

let’s talk about KKR spin bowling department

spin bowling

KKR spin bowling department has a great potential that they can even win matches by their spin bowling.

here is the list of spin bowlers in KKR bowling lineup

• Varun Chakravarthy
• Mayank markande
• Sunil Narine
• moeen Ali
• Anukul Roy

KKR’s spin bowling is almost the best in this IPL season because the pair of Varun Chakravarti and Sunil Narayan is going to prove very effective for KKR this year.

Varun Chakravarthy and Sunil Narine can together bowl 8 overs comfortably and nobody in the entire world is understanding the googly of Varun Chakravarthy, and Sunil Narine is never out of form either.

To support these two, Anukul Roy is also included in this squad, who is a great young talented all rounder.

FAQ for Kolkata knight riders

who is the coach of Kolkata knight riders for IPL 2025 ?

Chandrakant Pandit is the head coach of Kolkata knight riders for IPL 2025.

who is the captain of Kolkata knight riders for IPL 2025?

Ajinkya Rahane is the captain of Kolkata knight riders for IPL 2025.

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