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KKR Probable 11 after IPL 2025 Auction: Kolkata Knight Riders playing XI not without weakness after mega auction | Cricket News

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IPL Auction 2025 The Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) are preparing to contend for a fourth IPL title and further establish themselves as one of the most prosperous teams in the hory of the competition. The team has experienced significant changes in preparation for the 2025 Indian Premier League after their spectacular third championship victory in 2024, when they decisively defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad eight wickets under the captaincy of Shreyas Iyer.
While they let go of Shreyas, KKR brought back their other Iyer, Venkatesh, for a record-breaking Rs 23.75 crore on Day 1 of the auction, garnering headlines. paying Rs 3.6 crore to acquire Quinton de Kock, an aggressive opener and wicketkeeper, the team further strengthened its batting lineup. Having let go of Mitchell Starc, KKR’s pace attack is heavily reliant on Harshit Rana and Vaibhav Arora to fire with left-armer Spencer Johnson hoping to recreate his senior Aussie’s magic.
Before the IPL 2025 auction, KKR strategically decided to hold onto six important players: Harshit, Ramandeep Singh (Rs 4 crore each), Rinku Singh (Rs 13 crore), Varun Chakravarthy, Sunil Narine, and Andre Russell (Rs 12 crore each).
KKR predicted XI for IPL 2025: Quinton de Kock, Sunil Narine, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Venkatesh Iyer, Ramandeep Singh< Andre Russell, Rinku Singh, Spencer Johnson, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakarvarthy, Harshit Rana
KKR Full Squad L for IPL 2025
Rinku Singh, Quinton de Kock, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Venkatesh Iyer, Ramandeep Singh, Andre Russell, Anrich Nortje, Harshit Rana, Sunil Narine, Varun Chakravarthy, Vaibhav Arora, Mayank Markhande, Rovman Powell, Manish Pandey, Spencer Johnson, Luvnith Sisodia, Ajinkya Rahane, Anukul Roy, Moeen Ali, Umran Malik.

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