IPL 2025 KKR Squad: BCCI planned to host the IPL 2025 mega auction on November 24 and 25 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. All franchises announced their retained players list on 31 October 2024.
Though this year’s auction was planned to be hosted outside India, fans can still enjoy the IPL 2025 auction live streaming from their home.
BCCI will shortlist the eligible players from the IPL 2025 auction registered players list and will release the IPL 2025 auction players list with their base price and role ahead of the event date.
As a part of the season, BCCI will release the IPL 2025 schedule, IPL 2025 squad, IPL 2025 live streaming, IPL 2025 ticket booking links, and IPL 2025 team jersey details right before the start of the tournament.
IPL 2025 KKR Squad
According to the new IPL 2025 retention rules released by BCCI, each team can retain six players from their existing squad, either via retention or by using the Right to Match (RTM) option.
As per the IPL committee rules, each franchise can have 25 players in their squad, out of which a maximum of 8 can be foreign players. In Playing 11, each team can have a maximum of 4 overseas players in the mix.
Following are the complete IPL 2025 KKR Squad Players list details with role and auction price details.
| Player | Auction Price | Nation | Role |
| Rinku Singh (R) | INR 13 Cr | India | Batter |
| Angkrish Raghuvanshi | INR 3 Cr | India | Batter |
| Ajinkya Rahane | INR 1.50 Cr | India | Batter |
| Rovman Powell | INR 1.50 Cr | West Indies | Batter |
| Manish Pandey | INR 75 Lakh | India | Batter |
| Quinton De Kock | INR 3.60 Cr | South Africa | WK-Batter |
| Rahmanullah Gurbaz | INR 2 Cr | Afghanistan | WK-Batter |
| Luvnith Sisodia | INR 30 Lakh | India | WK-Batter |
| Andre Russell (R) | INR 12 Cr | West Indies | Allrounder |
| Ramandeep Singh (R) | INR 4 Cr | India | Allrounder |
| Venkatesh Iyer | INR 23.75 Cr | India | Allrounder |
| Moeen Ali | INR 2 Cr | England | Allrounder |
| Anukul Roy | INR 40 Lakh | India | Allrounder |
| Varun Chakravarthy (R) | INR 12 Cr | India | Bowler |
| Sunil Narine (R) | INR 12 Cr | West Indies | Bowler |
| Harshit Rana (R) | INR 4 Cr | India | Bowler |
| Anrich Nortje | INR 6.50 Cr | South Africa | Bowler |
| Spencer Johnson | INR 2.80 Cr | Australia | Bowler |
| Vaibhav Arora | INR 1.80 Cr | India | Bowler |
| Umran Malik | INR 75 Lakh | India | Bowler |
| Mayank Markande | INR 30 Lakh | India | Bowler |
IPL 2025 KKR New Signings
Following are the complete new signing details of the IPL 2025 KKR Squad with role, auction price and nationality.
| Player | Auction Price | Nation | Role |
| Venkatesh Iyer | INR 23.75 Cr | India | Allrounder |
| Anrich Nortje | INR 6.50 Cr | South Africa | Bowler |
| Quinton De Kock | INR 3.60 Cr | South Africa | WK-Batter |
| Angkrish Raghuvanshi | INR 3 Cr | India | Batter |
| Spencer Johnson | INR 2.80 Cr | Australia | Bowler |
| Moeen Ali | INR 2 Cr | England | Allrounder |
| Rahmanullah Gurbaz | INR 2 Cr | Afghanistan | WK-Batter |
| Vaibhav Arora | INR 1.80 Cr | India | Bowler |
| Ajinkya Rahane | INR 1.50 Cr | India | Batter |
| Rovman Powell | INR 1.50 Cr | West Indies | Batter |
| Umran Malik | INR 75 Lakh | India | Bowler |
| Manish Pandey | INR 75 Lakh | India | Batter |
| Anukul Roy | INR 40 Lakh | India | Allrounder |
| Luvnith Sisodia | INR 30 Lakh | India | WK-Batter |
| Mayank Markande | INR 30 Lakh | India | Bowler |
IPL 2025 KKR Indian Players
Following are the complete details of the Indian players in the IPL 2025 KKR Squad with role, auction price and nationality.
| Player | Auction Price | Role |
| Rinku Singh (R) | INR 13 Cr | Batter |
| Angkrish Raghuvanshi | INR 3 Cr | Batter |
| Ajinkya Rahane | INR 1.50 Cr | Batter |
| Manish Pandey | INR 75 Lakh | Batter |
| Luvnith Sisodia | INR 30 Lakh | WK-Batter |
| Ramandeep Singh (R) | INR 4 Cr | Allrounder |
| Venkatesh Iyer | INR 23.75 Cr | Allrounder |
| Anukul Roy | INR 40 Lakh | Allrounder |
| Varun Chakravarthy (R) | INR 12 Cr | Bowler |
| Harshit Rana (R) | INR 4 Cr | Bowler |
| Vaibhav Arora | INR 1.80 Cr | Bowler |
| Umran Malik | INR 75 Lakh | Bowler |
| Mayank Markande | INR 30 Lakh | Bowler |
IPL 2025 KKR Overseas Players
Following are the complete details of the overseas players in the IPL 2025 KKR Squad with role, auction price and nationality.
| Player | Auction Price | Role | Nation |
| Rovman Powell | INR 1.50 Cr | Batter | West Indies |
| Quinton De Kock | INR 3.60 Cr | WK-Batter | South Africa |
| Rahmanullah Gurbaz | INR 2 Cr | WK-Batter | Afghanistan |
| Andre Russell (R) | INR 12 Cr | Allrounder | West Indies |
| Moeen Ali | INR 2 Cr | Allrounder | England |
| Sunil Narine (R) | INR 12 Cr | Bowler | West Indies |
| Anrich Nortje | INR 6.50 Cr | Bowler | South Africa |
| Spencer Johnson | INR 2.80 Cr | Bowler | Australia |
IPL 2025 KKR Batters
Following are the complete details of the batters in the IPL 2025 KKR Squad with role, auction price and nationality.
| Player | Auction Price | Nation |
| Rinku Singh (R) | INR 13 Cr | India |
| Angkrish Raghuvanshi | INR 3 Cr | India |
| Ajinkya Rahane | INR 1.50 Cr | India |
| Rovman Powell | INR 1.50 Cr | West Indies |
| Manish Pandey | INR 75 Lakh | India |
IPL 2025 KKR Bowlers
Following are the complete details of the bowlers in the IPL 2025 KKR Squad with role, auction price and nationality.
| Player | Auction Price | Nation |
| Varun Chakravarthy (R) | INR 12 Cr | India |
| Sunil Narine (R) | INR 12 Cr | West Indies |
| Harshit Rana (R) | INR 4 Cr | India |
| Anrich Nortje | INR 6.50 Cr | South Africa |
| Spencer Johnson | INR 2.80 Cr | Australia |
| Vaibhav Arora | INR 1.80 Cr | India |
| Umran Malik | INR 75 Lakh | India |
| Mayank Markande | INR 30 Lakh | India |
IPL 2025 KKR All-rounders
Following are the complete details of the all-rounders in the IPL 2025 KKR Squad with role, auction price and nationality.
| Player | Auction Price | Nation |
| Andre Russell (R) | INR 12 Cr | West Indies |
| Ramandeep Singh (R) | INR 4 Cr | India |
| Venkatesh Iyer | INR 23.75 Cr | India |
| Moeen Ali | INR 2 Cr | England |
| Anukul Roy | INR 40 Lakh | India |
IPL 2025 KKR Wicketkeepers List
Following are the complete details of the wicketkeepers in the IPL 2025 KKR Squad with role, auction price and nationality.
| Player | Auction Price | Nation |
| Quinton De Kock | INR 3.60 Cr | South Africa |
| Rahmanullah Gurbaz | INR 2 Cr | Afghanistan |
| Luvnith Sisodia | INR 30 Lakh | India |
IPL 2025 Retention KKR
Kolkata Knight Riders parted ways with their IPL 2024 title-winning captain Shreyas Iyer and retained Rinku for INR 13 Cr. Following are the details of the KKR Retained Players 2025:
- Rinku Singh – INR 13 Cr
- Varun Chakravarthy – INR 12 Cr
- Sunil Narine – INR 12 Cr
- Andre Russell – INR 12 Cr
- Harshit Rana – INR 4 Cr
- Ramandeep Singh – INR 4 Cr
New Players Signed by KKR for IPL 2025
Venkatesh Iyer, Anrich Nortje, Quinton De Kock, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Spencer Johnson, Moeen Ali, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Vaibhav Arora, Ajinkya Rahane, Rovman Powell, Umran Malik, Manish Pandey, Anukul Roy, Luvnith Sisodia, Mayank Markande
IPL 2025 KKR Squad
Rinku Singh, Varun Chakravarthy, Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, Harshit Rana, Ramandeep Singh, Venkatesh Iyer, Anrich Nortje, Quinton De Kock, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Spencer Johnson, Moeen Ali, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Vaibhav Arora, Ajinkya Rahane, Rovman Powell, Umran Malik, Manish Pandey, Anukul Roy, Luvnith Sisodia, Mayank Markande
CHECK: IPL 2025 KKR Head Coach, Support Staff – Complete List
KKR in IPL
Kolkata Knight Riders(KKR) won their third title in the Indian Premier League(IPL) by beating Sunrisers Hyderabad(SRH) in the IPL 2024 final in Chennai.
KKR has won the IPL title a total of three times in the cash-rich league tournament’s history – 2012, 2014, and 2024. With their third title, KKR became the first team to win the IPL title under different captains (2012 and 2014 under Gautam Gambhir and 2024 under Shreyas Iyer).
Following a successful campaign, KKR will miss a few of their support staff unit in IPL 2025.
Kolkata Knight Riders will miss the key person behind their success in the last season. As Gautam Gambhir was named as the head coach of the Indian Men’s cricket team, KKR will miss the service of their former skipper for the IPL 2025 season.
Along with Gambhir, KKR will also miss Abhishek Nayar and Ryan ten Doeschate who were also the members of KKR support staff unit last year.
KKR roped former West Indies allrounder Dwayne Bravo to fill the vacant mentor post for the IPL 2025 season.
IPL 2025 Mega Auction Rules
- Ahead of the IPL 2025 season, BCCI has made noticeable changes in their rule book including a change in the salary cap of the uncapped players. Following are the complete details of the IPL 2025 Mega Auction Rules.
- Each team can retain six players from their existing squad, either via retention or by using the Right to Match (RTM) option.
- The franchise can decide on a combination of retentions and RTMs.
- A team can retain a maximum of five capped players whether Indian or Overseas and a maximum of 2 uncapped players.
- The auction purse value of each team has been set at INR 120 crores while it was INR 100 crores for the last auction.
- The total salary cap will now consist of an auction purse, incremental performance pay and match fees.
- Previously in 2024, the total salary cap (auction purse + incremental performance pay) was INR 110 Crs which will now be INR 146 Crs (2025), INR 151 Crs (2026) and INR 157 Crs (2027).
- BCCI has set various retention slabs for the player’s retention. The first retention must be INR 18 crore, the second INR 14 crore, the third INR 11 crore, the fourth INR 18 crore, the fifth INR 14 crore and the uncapped Rs 4 crore but franchises are also allowed to divide the 75cr retention amount among 5 capped players.
- If a team choose to retain a player for more than INR 18 Cr then the franchise should retain their second or third player for less than the desired amount. Teams can flex the retention amount as they wish but should be within the designated amount of INR 43 Crore(18+14+11) for three retentions.
- Ex: If CSK wishes to retain Gaikwad, Jadeja and Dube as their first three retentions and decides to retain Gaikwad for INR 20 Cr(which is INR 2 Cr over the first retention amount), then CSK must retain Jadeja for INR 12 Cr or Dube for INR 9 Cr which in turn will meet the INR 43 crore budget for the first three retentions.
- As per the IPL committee rules, each franchise can have 25 players in their squad, out of which a maximum of 8 can be foreign players. In Playing 11, each team can have a maximum of 4 overseas players in the mix.
- As an overseas player, he has to register for the Mega Auction. In case if he fails to do so, then he will be ineligible to register in the following year’s player auction.
- As per the new rule, an overseas player will have to mandatorily register for the mega auction (2025) if he fails to do so he will miss the subsequent small auction too.
- If any player registers in the player auction and after getting picked by a team and later makes himself unavailable before the start of the season, he will get banned from participating in the tournament and player auction for two seasons.
- A capped player will be considered an uncapped player if the player has not featured in the starting XI in any international games(Test, T20I, ODI) in the last five calendar years or does not have a Central Contract with BCCI. This will only be applicable to the Indian players.
