Kolkata Knight Riders Team in IPL 2025: Players Bought by KKR at Indian Premier League Mega Auction, Check Full Squad

KKR Team 2025: Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) are the defending champions in the Indian Premier League (IPL). The Shreyas Iyer-led KKR defeated the Pat Cummins-led Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) in the grand finale in Chennai. Ahead of the IPL 2025 season, KKR appointed legendary West Indies all-rounder Dwayne Bravo as their new mentor. Ahead of the IPL 2025 edition, the Kolkata Knight Riders welcomed legendary West Indies all-rounder Dwayne Bravo as their new mentor after Gautam Gambhir left the franchise as a mentor to become the India national cricket team head coach. Earlier, the Kolkata-based franchise won two IPL titles under the captaincy of Gambhir. Fans looking for KKR team for 2025 can scroll below. IPL 2025 Auction Day 2 Round-up and Highlights.

Kolkata Knight Riders had a decent auction as they managed to bring back most of their players from the title-winning squad last year. The Knight Riders signed a total of 21 players and broke the bank for Venkatesh Iyer, signing him for a Rs 23.75 crore after a tough bidding war with Royal Challengers Bengaluru. KKR also acquired Umran Malik, Ajinkya Rahane and also Moeen Ali late on Day 2 of the IPL 2025 mega auction.

KKR Players Bought at IPL 2025 Auction: Venkatesh Iyer (INR 23.75 Crore), Quinton de Kock (INR 3.60 Crore), Rahmanullah Gurbaz (INR 2.00 Crore), Anrich Nortje (INR 6.50 Crore), Angkrish Raghuvanshi (INR 3 Crore), Vaibhav Arora (INR 1.8 Crore), Mayank Markande (INR 30 Lakh), Rovman Powell (INR 1.5 Crore), Spencer Johnson (INR 2.8 Crore), Manish Pandey (INR 75 Lakh), Umran Malik (INR 75 Lakh), Ajinkya Rahane (INR 1.5 Crore), Anukul Roy (INR 40 Lakh), Luvnith Sisodia (INR 75 Lakh), Moeen Ali (INR 2 Crore)

Purse Spent: INR 119.95 Crore

Purse Remaining: INR 5 Lakh

Slots Filled: 21/25

KKR Players Retained Ahead of IPL 2025 Auction: Rinku Singh, Varun Chakravarthy, Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, Harshit Rana, Ramandeep Singh

KKR Previous Season Recap: The Shreyas Iyer-led side had a brilliant outing last season. The franchise won the IPL trophy. In the group stage, KKR finished at the top of the standings with nine victories from 14 matches.

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