KKR Full Squad, IPL 2025: Defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders bought back as many as four players from their IPL 2024-winning squad, breaking the bank for all-rounder Venkatesh Iyer with a Rs 23.75 crore purchase on Day 1 of the IPL 2025 mega auction. Indian uncapped batter Angkrish Raghuvanshi, uncapped pacer Vaibhav Arora and Afghan wicket-keeper Rahmanullah Gurbaz also returned to purple and gold. KKR also made a significant investment for two South Africans – Quinton de Kock and Anrich Nortje. While they failed to get Phil Salt and Shreyas Iyer despite going hard, KKR added to their already strong retentions list. (Full Squad)

Players Bought By KKR In IPL 2025 Auction –

1. Venkatesh Iyer – Rs 23.75 Crore

2. Quinton De Kock – Rs 3.6 Crore

3. Rahmanullah Gurbaz – Rs 2 Crore

4. Anrich Nortje – Rs 6.5 Crore

5. Angkrish Raghuvanshi – Rs 3 Crore

6. Vaibhav Arora – Rs 1.8 Crore

7.  Mayank Markande – Rs 30 lakh

Full list of retained players: Sunil Narine, Rinku Singh, Varun Chakravarthy, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Harshit Rana

Full list of released players: Shreyas Iyer, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Nitish Rana, Sherfane Rutherford, Phil Salt, KS Bharat, Manish Pandey, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Anukul Roy, Venkatesh Iyer, Suyash Sharma, Allah Ghazanfar, Dushmantha Chameera, Sakib Hussain, Vaibhav Arora, Mitchell Starc, Chetan Sakariya