- After the excitement of IPL 2025 Mega Auction is over, the question arising in the hearts of cricket fans is who will be the new captain of Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR)?
After the excitement of the IPL 2025 mega auction is over, the question arising in the hearts of cricket fans is who will be the new captain of Kolkata Knight Riders ( KKR )? The defending champion tried to complete its team in the auction. But during this time he did not bet on any player who could lead the team. Meanwhile, it is expected that for IPL 2025, Kolkata (KKR) can hand over this responsibility to a player who has played 46 matches.
This player will take command of KKR
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) made a lot of purchases in the IPL 2025 mega auction. The franchise has added many players including Venkatesh Iyer, Quinton de Kock, and Rahmanullah Gurbaz. However, during this time the team failed to find its captain. All the franchises got their captains in the auction, but there is still doubt about the captain of KKR. At present, Andre Russell and Venkatesh Iyer are considered strong contenders to become the team captain. At the same time, now the name of another player has come up for this.
The player who played 46 matches got a big responsibility
In fact, young Indian batsman Rinku Singh was the top retention player of Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) for IPL 2025. The franchise had spent Rs 13 crore to keep him with them. In such a situation, cricket fans say that he will be seen captaining KKR in the next season. He also has experience of captaincy in domestic cricket. He has played this role in many domestic tournaments. He captains the Meerut team in the UP T20 League.
There has been chaos in IPL
Rinku Singh’s performance in IPL has been excellent. By batting explosively on this platform, he created fear in the hearts of bowlers. In the match played against Gujarat Titans in IPL 2023, Rinku Singh made the whole world accept his batting prowess by hitting sixes on five consecutive balls. On the basis of his performance, he also managed to make a place in Team India. The young batsman has scored 893 runs in 40 innings of 46 IPL matches, which also includes four half-centuries. Talking about his international cricket career, he has scored 55 runs in 2 ODI matches. Rinku Singh has 507 runs to his name in 30 T20 International matches.
Kolkata Knight Riders squad for IPL 2025
Rinku Singh, Varun Chakraborty, Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, Harshit Rana, Ramandeep Singh, Venkatesh Iyer, Quinton de Kock, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Anrique Norkhia, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Vaibhav Arora, Mayank Markande, Rovman Powell, Manish Pandey, Spencer Johnson, Lavnith Sisodia, Ajinkya Rahane, Anukul Roy, Moeen Ali, Umran Malik