IPL 2025 Mega Auction: Kolkata Knight Riders' Full Squad And Probable Playing XI

IPL 2025: Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), experienced a drastic change in their fortunes as they lifted the coveted IPL trophy earlier this year. Under, Head Coach Chandrakant Pandit, mentor Gautam Gambhir and captain Shreyas Iyer, Kolkata Knight Riders lifted their third IPL trophy after 10 years, their last one coming in 2014 prior to this. Kolkata Knight Riders will head into the next season of the IPL with Dwayne Bravo as their mentor who has replaced Gautam Gambhir.

Apart from Mumbai Indian and Chennai Super Kings , Kolkata Knight Riders are the most successful IPL franchise. The Kolkata-based franchise has won three titles so far (2012, 2014 and 2024). Throughout all these victories, Sunil Narine has been a mainstay for the purple and gold franchise. KKR head into the next season as the defending champions and it will be exciting to see how their campaign pans out for them.

Kolkata Knight Riders' Retentions

Much ahead of the 2025 Indian Premier League Auction, Kolkata Knight Riders retained Rinku Singh, Varun Chakravarthy, Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, Harshit Rana, and Ramandeep Singh

IPL 2025: KKR's Full Squad

Rinku Singh, Varun Chakaravarthy, 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

KKR's Probable Playing XI

Sunil Narine, Quinton de Kock (wk), Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Venkatesh Iyer (c), Rinku Singh, Ramandeep Singh, Andre Russell, Anrich Nortje, Vaibhav Arora, Harshit Rana and Varun Chakaravarthy

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The DJ Bravo Era

Gautam Gambhir parted ways with the Kolkata Knight Riders after being offered the role of Team India Head Coach. Gautam Gambhir delivered three IPL titles for the franchise, two as captain (2012 and 2014) and one as the mentor (2024). After Gautam Gambhir's departure Dwayne Bravo has been roped in as the mentor of the team and alongside coach Chandrakant Pandit, he will oversee the operations at the KKR camp.

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