Kolkata Knight Riders(KKR) full players list in IPL 2025 Mega Auction: Base Price, Age, Country, IPL History
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) are a professional franchise cricket team representing the city of Kolkata in the Indian Premier League. The franchise is owned by Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan, actress Juhi Chawla, and her spouse Jay Mehta. Their home ground is the Eden Gardens, Kolkata.
The franchise, which has gained immense popularity due to its association with celebrity owners, qualified for the IPL playoffs for the first time in 2011. They became the IPL champions in 2012, by defeating Chennai Super Kings in the final. They repeated the feat in 2014, defeating Kings XI Punjab. In 2024, they won the title for the third time by beating Sunrisers Hyderabad. The Knight Riders hold the record for the longest winning streak by any IPL team.
Ahead of the IPL 2025 Mega Auction, KKR have retained six players – Rinku Singh (Rs 13 crore), Varun Chakravarthy (Rs 12 crore), Sunil Narine (Rs 12 crore), Andre Russell (Rs 12 crore), Harshit Rana (Rs 4 crore) and Ramandeep Singh (Rs 4 crore). They will have Rs 51 crore as their team purse in the auction after spending Rs 57 crore in their retentions.
Purse remaining: Rs 51 crore
Right-to-match (RTM) options: None
Retained Players –
| S.No. | Name | Country | Salary |
| 1. | Rinku Singh | India | Rs 13 crore |
| 2. | Varun Chakravarthy | India | Rs 12 crore |
| 3. | Sunil Narine | West Indies | Rs 12 crore |
| 4. | Andre Russell | West Indies | Rs 12 crore |
| 5. | Harshit Rana | India | Rs 4 crore |
| 6. | Ramandeep Singh | India | Rs 4 crore |
Players Purchased –
| S. No. | Name | Country | Price | Speciality |