- A mega auction has been held in Saudi Arabia for IPL 2025. In this auction that lasted for two days, the Kolkata Knight Riders team spent money on 21 players and once again started a new team…
KKR Playing XI: A mega auction has been held in Saudi Arabia for IPL 2025. In this auction that lasted for two days, the Kolkata Knight Riders team spent money on 21 players and once again tried to build a new team.
Kolkata (KKR Playing XI) team spent the most money on Venkatesh Iyer in this mega auction and bought him for 23.75 crores. Let us tell you what their playing 11 is going to be like for the upcoming IPL season…
Venkatesh Iyer was bought the most expensive
Source: ESPN Cricinfo
Before the mega auction, Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR Playing XI) released the retention list, which did not include Shreyas Iyer’s name. After releasing Shreyas Iyer, they were looking for a new captain in this mega auction but could not include any player in their team who could handle the responsibility of captaincy. It is speculated that they have bought Venkatesh Iyer for the highest price and he may also be seen becoming the captain.
KKR lagged behind in mega auction
The mega auction for IPL 2025 did not seem to go well for the Kolkata (KKR Playing XI) team. They tried to buy many players but their strategy did not work. Later, the KKR (Kolkata Knight Riders) management was forced to buy Venkatesh Iyer for Rs 23.75 crore. This time the opening command for KKR will be on the shoulders of Quinton de Kock and Sunil Narayan. At the same time, fast bowling will be in the hands of Anrique Norkhia and Harshit Rana.
KKR Playing XI will be like this
After Quinton de Kock and Sunil Narayan, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Rinku Singh, and Venkatesh Iyer will be seen handling the middle order for KKR (Kolkata Knight Riders). After this, the responsibility of finishing will be in the hands of Andre Russell and Ramandeep Singh. Let us tell you what playing 11 could be like…
Sunil Narayan, Quinton de Kock, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Rinku Singh, Venkatesh Iyer (captain), Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Varun Chakraborty, Harshit Rana, Anrique Norkhia, Vaibhav Arora