KKR captain in IPL 2025: Defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders have made a stunning comeback during the last edition of the tournament. After failing to qualify for the playoff and finishing in the 7th position of the IPL 2023 season, the Kolkata-based franchise achieved glory in the 2024 season.
Various factors like Gautam Gambhir’s mentorship, Mitchell Starc’s star performance in the playoffs and final, bowlers with exceptional figures, all-rounder works and collective cricket have taken them toward the IPL title.
KKR Captain in IPL 2025
KKR captain in IPL 2025: It is quite surprising that Kolkata Knight Riders has released their IPL 2024 winning captain Shreyas Iyer ahead of the IPL 2025 mega auction. With the team has retained a maximum number of retentions, they will not be able to go for Shreyas Iyer via RTM.
Joining the side during IPL 2022, he has captained the side for three years and led the side to victory during the 2024 season.
In the previous season, they finished the league stage at the 1st place with 9 wins and 3 defeats, garnering 20 points and securing their place in the Qualifiers 1. They entirely dominated SRH in the final and won the match by 8 wickets.
Check Out the full list of KKR Captains in IPL history below:
- Venkatesh Iyer is expected to lead KKR in IPL 2025.
- Shreyas Iyer: 2022-2024
- Nitish Rana: 2023 (6 matches)
- Eoin Morgan: 2020-2021 (24 matches)
- Dinesh Karthik: 2018-2020 (37 matches)
- Jacques Kallis: 2011 (2 matches)
- Gautam Gambhir: 2011-2017
- Sourav Ganguly: 2008-2010
- Brendon McCullum: 2009 (13 matches)
IPL 2025 KKR Squad
IPL 2025 KKR Squad: The KKR squad details will be updated below right after completing a purchase during the IPL 2025 mega auction.
| Player | Auction Price | Nation | Role |
| Rinku Singh (R) | INR 13 Cr | India | Batter |
| Andre Russell (R) | INR 12 Cr | West Indies | Allrounder |
| Ramandeep Singh (R) | INR 4 Cr | India | Allrounder |
| Luvnith Sisodia | INR 12 Cr | India | Bowler |
| Sunil Narine (R) | INR 12 Cr | West Indies | Bowler |
| Harshit Rana (R) | INR 4 Cr | India | Bowler |
| 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 |
The IPL governing council has decided to organize IPL 2025 mega auction between November 24 and 25 in Jeddah.
Despite the event being hosted overseas, IPL fans can still enjoy the IPL 2025 auction live streaming from their home.
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.
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