| Name | Role |
| Shreyas Iyer (capt) | All Rounder |
| Nitish Rana | Batsman |
| Rahmanullah Gurbaz | Batsman / Wicketkeeper |
| Venkatesh Iyer | All Rounder |
| Andre Russell | All Rounder |
| Sunil Narine | Bowler |
| Rinku Singh | Batsman |
| Harshit Rana | Bowler |
| Varun Chakravarthy | Bowler |
| Anukul Roy | All Rounder |
| Vaibhav Arora | Bowler |
| Jason Roy | Batsman |
| Suyash Sharma | Bowler |
No. of Retentions - 13 Players
The two-time champions have released a whole host of players ahead of the IPL 2024 mini-auction.
The released players list includes the likes of Shakib Al Hasan, Shardul Thakur, Umesh Yadav, Tim Southee, David Wiese, Litton Das, Mandeep Singh and Johnson Charles.
Among the uncapped players, the likes of Kulwant Kejroliya, N Jagadeesan and Aarya Desai have been released.
KKR did not trade any player during the trading window. They will go into the mini-auction to fill 12 remaining spots (including 4 overseas) with the remaining purse of INR 32.7 Crores.
FAQs
A. The Kolkata Knight Riders retained six players ahead of the IPL 2025 mega auction.
A. The Kolkata Knight Riders have retained middle-order batter Rinku Singh, mystery spinners Varun Chakaravarthy and Sunil Narine, all-rounder Andre Russell, uncapped pacer Harshit Rana and an uncapped middle-order batter Ramandeep Singh for INR 4 crores each.
A. The Kolkata Knight Riders retained Rinku Singh for INR 13 crores, Varun Chakaravarthy and Sunil Narine for 12 crores each, Andre Russell for INR 12 crores, Harshit Rana and Ramandeep Singh for INR 4 crores each.
A. The Kolkata Knight Riders released a total of 17 players ahead of the IPL 2025 mega auction.
A. The Kolkata Knight Riders have a remaining purse of INR 51 crores for the IPL 2025 mega auction.
