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Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) assembled most of their core squad at the IPL 2025 mega auction. They bought Venkatesh Iyer for a whopping Rs 23.75 crore. But he might not be captain for the next season.
Sunil Narine
Sunil Narine will lead the spin attack, and also provide some explosive knocks while opening the batting.
Quinton de Kock (wk)
Quinton de Kock will be the designated wicketkeeper-batter who will open the batting for KKR in IPL 2025.
Ajinkya Rahane (c)
Ajinkya Rahane will be perfect in the captaincy role for KKR with his experience. He famously captained India in Virat Kohli's absence leading them to a win against Australia in the famous Border-Gavaskar Trophy win of 2021/22
Venkatesh Iyer
Venkatesh Iyer was picked up by KKR for a massive Rs 23.75 crore. He is a sure-shot starter.
Angkrish Raghuvanshi
Angkrish Raghuvanshi can be used as an Impact player. He did pretty well for the side in the few opportunities he got in IPL 2025.
Rinku Singh
Rinku Singh was retained for Rs 13 crore by KKR and will be one of their main players in the middle order.
Andre Russell
Andre Russell is a KKR icon and will continue to deliver for them with both bat and ball.
Ramandeep Singh
Ramandeep Singh is a great hitter to have in the lower order. He also is one of thebest fielders in the world at the moment.
Harshit Rana
Harshit Rana hs now become one of the premier bowlers of the Indian team, and will look to bring thatpedigree to KKR in IPL 225.
Anrich Nortje
Anrich Nortje will look to replicate his form for South Africa in the T20 World Cup 2024 at the IPL 2025.
Vaibhav Arora
Vaibhav Arora will partner with Harshit Rana to lead the bowling attack.
Varun Chakravarthy
Varun Chakravarthy has become the main spinner of the Indian T20I team and he will lead KKR's spin bowling attack.