Based on the squad assembled, here's a look at how KKR might arrange their strongest playing XI for the upcoming IPL 2025 season.
After top-notch work with retentions, where the Kolkata Knight Riders secured key players like Rinku Singh, Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, Varun Chakravarthy, Harshit Rana, and Ramandeep Singh, KKR made some more smart acquisitions in the IPL 2025 mega auction in Jeddah on November 24 and 25.
After Day 1 and ongoing Day 2 of the auction, KKR have a total of 21 players in their squad. Their most expensive purchase in the auction turned out to be Venkatesh Iyer, as they bought him for a massive sum of INR 23.75 crore. Their next biggest purchase was Anrich Nortje for INR 6.50 crore. Rest of the players came at a really bargain price. Let’s see how their squad looks for IPL 2025.
Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Varun Chakravarthy, Harshit Rana, Ramandeep Singh, Venkatesh Iyer, Quinton de Kock, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Anrich Nortje, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Vaibhav Arora, Mayank Markande, Rovman Powell, Manish Pandey, Spencer Johnson, Luvnith Sisodia, Ajinkya Rahane, Anukul Roy, Moeen Ali, Umran Malik
Based on the squad assembled above, let’s see how KKR might arrange their strongest playing XI for the upcoming IPL 2025 season.