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KKR Retained Players 2025: Here’s a complete list of KKR retained and released players ahead of the IPL 2025 Mega auction.
Kolkata Knight Riders ended the decade-long drought and clinched the 3rd IPL trophy in the IPL 2024 season. KKR had been invincible under the captaincy of Shreyas Iyer in the IPL 2024.
However, the IPL 2025 Mega Auction is going to be brutal as many of the players have to be released by the IPL franchise due to the limited number of retained players. To repeat the best result, the Kolkata franchise must make wise decisions ahead of the 2025 Mega Auction.
So who will be retained by the KKR in the IPL 2025? Which player will be targeted by the Kolkata franchise in the IPL 2025 auction will decide the future results. This blog will break the KKR IPL 2025 retained & released players list.
Check out the full list of players to be retained by SRH ahead of the IPL 2025 auction-
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) IPL 2025 Retained Players List
Captain Shreyas Iyer will be the No. 1 choice of the franchise for the KKR IPL 2025 retained players list. Iyer made a comeback after missing the 2023 season due to back surgery. KKR skipper also amassed 351 runs with a 39.00 average and a 146.86 strike rate.
The table shows the overall details of the expected IPL 2025 KKR retained players list-
| No. | Player | Role | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shreyas Iyer | Batter | INR 12.25 Cr. |
| 2 | Sunil Narine | Allrounder | INR 6 Cr. |
| 3 | Andre Russell | Allrounder | INR 16 Cr. |
| 4 | Varun Chakaravarthy | Bowler | INR 12 Cr. |
Sunil Narine will be the first pick of the overseas players for the KKR IPL 2025 retained players list. The allrounder Sunil Narine has topped the charts whether it is for the most runs or the most wickets. For the past few seasons, Narine has been showing his batting skills as well as excelling in his bowling. In the IPL 2024 season, Sunil Narine amassed 488 runs with a 180.74 strike rate in 14 games. He also had 17 wickets with an economy rate of 6.69 in the 15 innings in this season.
Andre Russell is another big hitter who is definitely retained by the KKR for the IPL 2025 season. Allrounder Andre Russell is not only blessed with his batting skills but is also one of the best wicket-takers. In the IPL 2024, Russell scored 222 runs and scalped 19 wickets including his 3 wicket haul for the 19 runs in the 15 games.
Last but not least, Varun Chakravarthy might also take place in the KKR retained players list ahead of the IPL 2025 season. Since 2020, leg spinner Varun Chakravarthy has been the leading wicket-taker for the KKR. In the IPL 2024, Chakravarthy dismissed 21 wickets with an average of 19.14 and an 8.04 economy rate.
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) IPL 2025 Released Players List
Here is the list of all the released players of KKR ahead of the IPL 2025 Mega Auction-
KKR 2025 Released players list: KS Bharat, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Jason Roy, Rinku Singh, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Sherfane Rutherford, Manish Pandey, Nitish Rana, Venkatesh Iyer, Anukul Roy, Ramandeep Singh, Vaibhav Arora, Chetan Sakariya, Harshit Rana, Suyash Sharma, Mitchell Starc, Gus Atkinson, Sakib Hussain, Mujeeb Ur Rahman
Player List, KKR Target in the IPL 2025 Mega Auction
The Kolkata franchise will try its best to reshape the squad as most of the players will be released ahead of the Mega Auction for the 18 IPL season. There will be a few players from the previous squad, the franchise will go after in the IPL 2025 Mega Auction. Such as Venkatesh Iyer, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Nitish Rana, Rinku Singh, Harshit Rana and Mitchell Starc.
