The Kolkata Knight Riders are the defending champions for the third time in the Indian Premier League (IPL), as of March 2025. This makes them one of the three teams that won the league multiple times alongside the Chennai Super Kings and the Mumbai Indians. One of the original IPL teams without any changes in team name, since 2008, the Kolkata Knight Riders will be competing in the league for the eighteenth time in 2025. They are under the ownership of Knight Riders Sports Private Limited and play their home games at Eden Gardens in Kolkata.
The Kolkata Knight Ridgers have won the IPL titles in 2012, 2014 and then their most recent IPL championship came a decade later in 2024. The team is under the guidance of their coach Chandrakant Pandit while they will be captained by veteran Indian cricketer Ajinkya Rahane. Notably, the team has also been represented by other veteran players like Sourav Ganguly, Brendon McCullum, Jacques Kallis, Ricky Ponting, Chris Gayle, Wriddhiman Saha, Yusuf Pathan, Ajit Agarkar, Brett Lee and Gautam Gambhir amongst other several notable players over the years, as of March 2025.
Kolkata Knight Riders' squad in IPL 2025
The Kolkata Knight Riders have a total of 25 players in their squad for the 2025 IPL games. Out of these, they have purchased 21 players while they have remained while they have retained six players for the league. The team has spent INR 119.95 crores. from their purse for these players. The table below is an account of all the players that are part of the KKR roster for the 2025 IPL games.
| Batters | Bowlers | All-Rounders |
| Ajinkya Rahane (Captain) | Anrich Nortje | Venkatesh Iyer |
| Rinku Singh | Vaibhav Arora | Anukul Roy |
| Quinton de Kock (Wicket-Keeper) | Mayank Markande | Moeen Ali |
| Rahamanullah Gurbaz (Wicket-Keeper) | Spencer Johnson | Ramandeep Singh |
| Angkrish Raghuvanshi | Harshit Rana | Andre Russell |
| Rovman Powell | Sunil Narine | |
| Manish Pandey | Varun Chakravarthy | |
| Luvnith Sisodia | Chetan Sakariya |
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IPL 2025 KKR squad's Indian players list
The Kolkata Knight Riders have fourteen Indian players for their squad for the IPL 2025 games. These include four retained players from the roster. The following table is an account of the Indian players of KKR, as per their official website:
| Sr No. | Player | Role |
| 1. | Rinku Singh | Batter |
| 2. | Angkrish Raghuvanshi | Batter |
| 3. | Ajinkya Rahane | Batter |
| 4. | Manish Pandey | Batter |
| 5. | Luvnith Sisodia | Batter/Wicket-Keeper |
| 6. | Ramandeep Singh | All-Rounder |
| 7. | Anukul Roy | All-Rounder |
| 8. | Venkatesh Iyer | All-Rounder |
| 9. | Varun Chakaravarthy | Bowler |
| 10. | Harshit Rana | Bowler |
| 11. | Vaibhav Arora | Bowler |
| 12. | Mayank Markande | Bowler |
| 13. | Umran Malik | Bowler |
| 14. | Chetan Sakariya | Bowler |
IPL 2025 KKR squad's overseas players list
The Kolkata Knight Riders have eight overseas players in their roster for the 2025 IPL games. These include the two retained overseas players by the team. The table below is an account of all the overseas players thart represents the team in 2025, as per IPL's official website:
| Sr No. | Player | Role |
| 1. | Quinton de Kock | Batter/Wicket-Keeper |
| 2. | Rahmanullah Gurbaz | Batter/Wicket-Keeper |
| 3. | Sunil Narine | Bowler |
| 4. | Andre Russell | All-Rounder |
| 5. | Rovman Powell | Batter |
| 6. | Moeen Ali | All-Rounder |
| 7. | Anrich Nortje | Bowler |
| 8. | Spencer Johnson | Bowler |
KKR Team 2025: Kolkata Knight Riders IPL 2025 auction bids
The Kolkata Knight Riders have spent INR 119.95 crores. for gaining their team members for the 2025 IPL games. This includes both newcomers and retained players. They originally had a purse amount of INR 120 crores. They still have INR 5 lakhs remaining in their purse following the IPL auctions. The table below is an account of the IPL players that the team has obtained for the 2025 IPL games:
| Sr No. | Player | Base Price (INR) | Sold For (INR) |
| 1. | Venkatesh Iyer | 2 crores | 23.75 crores |
| 2. | Anrich Nortje | 2 crores | 6.5 crores |
| 3. | Quinton de Kock | 2 crores | 3.60 crores |
| 4. | Angkrish Raghuvanshi | 30 lakhs | 3 crores |
| 5. | Spencer Johnson | 2 crores | 2.8 crores |
| 6. | Moeen Ali | 2 crores | 2 crores |
| 7. | Rahmanullah Gurbaz | 2 crores | 2 crores |
| 8. | Vaibhav Arora | 30 lakhs | 1.8 crores |
| 9. | Ajinkya Rahane | 1.5 crores | 1.5 crores |
| 10. | Rovman Powell | 1.5 crores | 1.5 crores |
| 11. | Umran Malik | 75 lakhs | 75 lakhs |
| 12. | Manish Pandey | 75 lakhs | 75 lakhs |
| 13. | Anukul Roy | 30 lakhs | 40 lakhs |
| 14. | Luvnith Sisodia | 30 lakhs | 30 lakhs |
| 15. | Mayank Markande | 30 lakhs | 30 lakhs |
| 16. | Rinku Singh | NA | 13 crores |
| 17. | Varun Chakravarthy | NA | 12 crores |
| 18. | Sunil Narine | NA | 12 crores |
| 19. | Andre Russell | NA | 12 crores |
| 20. | Harshit Rana | NA | 4 crores |
| 21. | Ramandeep Singh | NA | 4 crores |
IPL 2025 KKR’s auction purse value
The Kolkata Knight Riders had a total purse value of INR 120 crores for the 2025 IPL games. They have spent a total of INR 119.95 crores over the players and still have 5 lakhs remaining in their account. The following table is an account of the spendings the KKR team made during the 2025 IPL mega auctions:
| Auction Purse | INR 120 crores |
| Retention Spent | INR 57 crores |
| Auction Spent | INR 119.95 crores |
| Purse Remaining | INR 5 lakhs |
FAQs on KKR Squad For IPL 2025
A. The Kolkata Knight Riders retained six of their players, which included a couple of West Indians along with four Indians before the IPL 2025 mega auction.
A. The Kolkata Knight Riders have bought a total of 21 players in the IPL 2025 mega auction as of March 2025.
A. The Kolkata Knight Riders have a squad size of 21 players for the IPL 2025 season.
A. Venkatesh Iyer was the most expensive player of the Kolkata Knight Riders in the IPL 2025 mega auction. He had a base price of INR 2 crores but was sold to the team for INR 23.75 crores.
A. The Kolkata Knight Riders have a remaining purse balance of INR 5 lakhs after the IPL 2025 mega auction, as of March 2025.
