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The 2025 season was the 18th season for the Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket franchise Kolkata Knight Riders. They were one of the ten teams that competed in the 2025 IPL. They were the defending champions. Ahead of the season, Ajinkya Rahane was announced as the captain, replacing Shreyas Iyer. The team was coached by Chandrakant Pandit.
Kolkata Knight Riders were the fourth team to be eliminated from the 2025 IPL and finished the season in eighth place with five wins from 14 matches. Captain Rahane scored the most runs (390) while Varun Chakravarthy and Vaibhav Arora took the most wickets (17 each) for Kolkata in the 2025 season.
Pre-season
Template:Further The 2025 Indian Premier League was the 18th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL), a professional Twenty20 (T20) cricket league, organised by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).[1] Kolkata Knight Riders were the defending champions having won their third title in the previous season.[2] The tournament featured ten teams competing in 74 matches from 22 March to 3 June 2025.[3][4] Kolkata played all their home matches at Eden Gardens.[5]
Player retention
Franchises were allowed to retain a maximum of six players from their squad, including a maximum of five recent international players.[6] Franchises were required to submit their retention lists before 31 October 2024.[7] Kolkata retained six players, but did not retain their prior captain Shreyas Iyer.[8][9]
| No. | Player | Salary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rinku Singh | Template:INRConvert |
| 2 | Varun Chakravarthy | Template:INRConvert |
| 3 | Sunil Narine | Template:INRConvert |
| 4 | Andre Russell | Template:INRConvert |
| 5 | Ramandeep Singh | Template:INRConvert |
| 6 | Harshit Rana | Template:INRConvert |
| Batters | Wicket-keepers | All-rounders | Fast bowlers | Spin bowlers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Auction
The season's auction took place on 24 and 25 November 2024 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.[11] The auction purse for each franchise was set at Template:INRConvert, with the franchises being deducted an amount from the purse for each retained player.[12][13] Kolkata had a purse remaining of Template:INR convert.[14] Franchises that did not retain six players, were allowed Right-to-Match (RTM) cards at the auction for each player not retained.[15] Kolkata had no cards left.[16] Kolkata bought fifteen players in the auction, including ten capped players and five overseas players.[17]
Squad
- Players with international caps as of start of 2025 IPL are listed in bold.
- Ages are as of Template:Start date.
- Withdrawn players are indicated by a dagger symbol (Template:Dagger) and placed at the bottom of the table.
Support staff
In September 2024, it was announced that Chennai Super Kings's bowling coach, Dwayne Bravo, would join Kolkata in a mentorship role replacing Gautam Gambhir.[20] In March 2025, Ottis Gibson and Carl Crowe joined Kolkata in an assistant coach and bowling coach roles replacing Abhishek Nayar, Omkar Salvi and Ryan ten Doeschate.[21][22][23]
| Position | Name |
|---|---|
| Head coach | Chandrakant Pandit |
| Assistant coach | Ottis Gibson |
| Bowling coach | Bharat Arun Carl Crowe |
| Mentor | Dwayne Bravo |
- Source: Wisden[24]
League stage
Points table
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League progression
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Fixtures
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Statistics
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| Runs | Player |
|---|---|
| 390 | Ajinkya Rahane |
| 300 | Angkrish Raghuvanshi |
| 246 | Sunil Narine |
| 206 | Rinku Singh |
| 167 | Andre Russell |
| Wickets | Player |
|---|---|
| 17 | Varun Chakravarthy |
| 17 | Vaibhav Arora |
| 15 | Harshit Rana |
| 12 | Sunil Narine |
| 8 | Andre Russell |
References
- ↑ Indian Premier League. Britannica.com. Retrieved 22 March 2025.
- ↑ Kolkata Knight Riders thrash Sunrisers Hyderabad to claim third IPL title. The Guardian(2024-05-26). Retrieved 2025-04-10.
- ↑ IPL 2025 FAQs: What's new this season? Any changes in format?, Brar, Hemant. ESPNcricinfo(2023-03-20). Retrieved 2025-03-22.
- ↑ IPL 2025 to resume on May 17 with RCB vs KKR, final scheduled for June 3. ESPNcricinfo(14 May 2025). Retrieved 14 May 2025.
- ↑ All to know about the Indian Premier League’s 2025 season, Adil, Hafsa. Retrieved 2026-01-31.
- ↑ IPL 2025 mega auction salary purse, retention rules, and RTM explained(29 September 2024). Retrieved 29 September 2024.
- ↑ Deadline For Submission Of Retention List For IPL 2025 Auction Revealed(29 September 2024). Retrieved 29 September 2024.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 IPL 2025 retentions: List of all the retained players ahead of the mega auction. ESPNcricinfo(30 October 2024). Retrieved 30 October 2024.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Russell, Shreyas Iyer, Starc unlikely to be retained by KKR(30 October 2024). Retrieved 31 October 2024.
- ↑ Template:ESPNcricinfo 2
- ↑ IPL 2025 mega auction to be held on November 24, 25 in Jeddah. Retrieved 5 November 2024.
- ↑ IPL 2025 Mega Auction: Report Says Franchise Purse To Increase From Rs 90 Crore to 120 Crore. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
- ↑ IPL retention FAQs: What is the modified RTM rule? Has the auction purse increased?(2024-09-30). Retrieved 2024-10-01.
- ↑ IPL 2025 Auction: Purse Remaining For Each Team After Retentions. Wisden(2024-10-31). Retrieved 2025-04-14.
- ↑ Franchises can now retain record number of players ahead of IPL 2025 auction, purse size gets bigger too; check all details here(28 September 2024). Retrieved 1 October 2024.
- ↑ IPL 2025 Mega Auction: Every IPL Team's Retentions, Auction Purse, Total Slots, RTM Available(24 November 2024). Retrieved 24 November 2024.
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 IPL 2025 teams and all squads - full players list. Olympics.com(25 November 2024). Retrieved 25 November 2024.
- ↑ Template:ESPNcricinfo 2
- ↑ KKR CEO reveals reason behind naming Ajinkya Rahane as captain over Venkatesh Iyer: 'It takes a lot of maturity...'. Hindustan Times(2025-03-13). Retrieved 2025-04-14.
- ↑ Dwayne Bravo parts ways with CSK, joins KKR as mentor for IPL 2025. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2024-09-27.
- ↑ RCB sign Omkar Salvi as men's bowling coach for IPL 2025. Cricbuzz(18 November 2024).
- ↑ Ottis Gibson joins KKR as Assistant Coach. Cricbuzz(8 March 2025).
- ↑ IPL 2025: Spin Could Play Key Role, Says KKR Bowling Coach Carl Crowe Ahead Of GT Clash. NDTV Sports. Retrieved 2025-11-22.
- ↑ IPL 2025: Who Are The Captains And Coaching Staff Of Each Team?. Wisden(2025-03-18). Retrieved 2025-04-10.
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General references
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External links
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