2025 season | |||
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Coach | Chandrakant Pandit | ||
Captain | Ajinkya Rahane | ||
Ground(s) | Eden Gardens, Kolkata | ||
League stage | 8th | ||
Most runs | Ajinkya Rahane (375) | ||
Most wickets | Varun Chakaravarthy (17) | ||
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2025 Indian Premier League Teams |
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Group A |
Group B |
Note: Teams are listed per the playing order. |
The 2025 season was the 18th season for the Indian Premier League franchise Kolkata Knight Riders. They were one of the ten teams competing in the 2025 Indian Premier League. They were the defending champions having won their third title in the previous season. [1] Ahead of the season, Ajinkya Rahane was announced as the new captain.
Kolkata Knight Riders failed to qualify for playoffs. They were the fourth team to be eliminated after suffering 6 losses and 2 no results in 13 matches.
The 2025 Indian Premier League is the 18th edition of the Indian Premier League, a franchise Twenty20 cricket league held in India, organized by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). The tournament features ten teams competing in 74 matches from 22 March to 25 May 2025 across 13 venues in India. [2]
In September 2024, it was announced that the bowling coach of the Chennai Super Kings, Dwayne Bravo would join Kolkata in a mentorship role replacing Gautam Gambhir. [3] In March 2025, Ottis Gibson joined Kolkata in an assistant coach role replacing Ryan ten Doeschate. [4]
Franchises were allowed to retain a maximum of six players from their squad, [5] [6] including a maximum of five recent international players. [7] Franchises were required to submit their retention lists before 31 October 2024. [8] Kolkata retained six players. [9]
No. | Player | Salary |
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35 | Rinku Singh | ₹ 13 crore (US$1.5 million) |
29 | Varun Chakravarthy | ₹ 12 crore (US$1.4 million) |
74 | Sunil Narine | ₹ 12 crore (US$1.4 million) |
12 | Andre Russell | ₹ 12 crore (US$1.4 million) |
19 | Ramandeep Singh | ₹ 4 crore (US$470,000) |
22 | Harshit Rana | ₹ 4 crore (US$470,000) |
Batters | Wicket-keepers | All-rounders | Fast bowlers | Spin bowlers |
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The season's auction took place in November 2024 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. [12] The auction purse for each franchise was set at ₹120 crore (US$14 million), with franchises deducted an amount from the purse for every retained player. [13] Kolkata had a purse remaining of ₹51 crore (US$6.0 million). [14] Franchises who did not retain six players, were allowed Right-to-Match cards at the auction for each player not retained. [15] Kolkata had no card left. [16]
Kolkata bought 15 players in the auction, including ten capped players and six overseas players. [17]
No. | Name | Nationality | Birth date | Batting style | Bowling style | Year signed | Salary | Notes |
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2 | Anrich Nortje | ![]() | 16 November 1993 (aged 31) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast | 2025 | ₹ 6.5 crore (US$770,000) | Overseas |
3 | Ajinkya Rahane | ![]() | 6 June 1988 (aged 36) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 2025 | ₹ 1.5 crore (US$180,000) | Captain [19] |
9 | Manish Pandey | ![]() | 10 September 1989 (aged 35) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 2024 | ₹ 75 lakh (US$89,000) | |
10 | Moeen Ali | ![]() | 18 June 1987 (aged 37) | Left-handed | Right-arm off break | 2025 | ₹ 2 crore (US$240,000) | Overseas |
11 | Mayank Markande | ![]() | 11 November 1997 (aged 27) | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | 2025 | ₹ 30 lakh (US$35,000) | |
12 | Andre Russell | ![]() | 29 April 1988 (aged 36) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | 2014 | ₹ 12 crore (US$1.4 million) | Overseas |
13 | Quinton de Kock | ![]() | 17 December 1992 (aged 32) | Left-handed | — | 2025 | ₹ 3.6 crore (US$430,000) | Overseas |
14 | Vaibhav Arora | ![]() | 14 December 1997 (aged 27) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast medium | 2021 | ₹ 1.8 crore (US$210,000) | |
18 | Angkrish Raghuvanshi | ![]() | 5 June 2004 (aged 20) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | 2024 | ₹ 3 crore (US$350,000) | |
19 | Ramandeep Singh | ![]() | 13 April 1997 (aged 27) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 2024 | ₹ 4 crore (US$470,000) | |
21 | Rahmanullah Gurbaz | ![]() | 28 November 2001 (aged 23) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium fast | 2023 | ₹ 2 crore (US$240,000) | Overseas |
22 | Harshit Rana | ![]() | 22 December 2001 (aged 23) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast medium | 2022 | ₹ 4 crore (US$470,000) | |
25 | Venkatesh Iyer | ![]() | 25 December 1994 (aged 30) | Left-handed | Right-arm medium | 2021 | ₹ 23.75 crore (US$2.8 million) | |
29 | Varun Chakravarthy | ![]() | 29 August 1991 (aged 33) | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | 2020 | ₹ 12 crore (US$1.4 million) | |
35 | Rinku Singh | ![]() | 12 October 1997 (aged 27) | Left-handed | Right-arm off break | 2018 | ₹ 13 crore (US$1.5 million) | |
45 | Anukul Roy | ![]() | 30 November 1998 (aged 26) | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | 2022 | ₹ 40 lakh (US$47,000) | |
47 | Spencer Johnson | ![]() | 16 December 1995 (aged 29) | Left-handed | Left-arm fast | 2025 | ₹ 2.8 crore (US$330,000) | Overseas |
52 | Rovman Powell | ![]() | 23 July 1993 (aged 31) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 2025 | ₹ 1.5 crore (US$180,000) | Overseas |
55 | Chetan Sakariya | ![]() | 28 February 1998 (aged 27) | Left-handed | Left-arm medium fast | 2025 | ₹ 75 lakh (US$89,000) | Replacement [a] |
73 | Luvnith Sisodia | ![]() | 15 January 2000 (aged 25) | Left-handed | — | 2025 | ₹ 30 lakh (US$35,000) | |
74 | Sunil Narine | ![]() | 26 May 1988 (aged 36) | Left-handed | Right-arm off break | 2012 | ₹ 12 crore (US$1.4 million) | Overseas |
— | Umran Malik † | ![]() | 22 November 1999 (aged 25) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast | 2025 | ₹ 75 lakh (US$89,000) | Withdrawn [a] |
Position | Name |
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Head coach | Chandrakant Pandit |
Assistant coach | Ottis Gibson |
Bowling coach | Bharat Arun |
Spin bowling coach | Carl Crowe |
Mentor | Dwayne Bravo |
Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
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1 | A | Punjab Kings (R) | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 0.372 | Advanced to Qualifier 1 |
2 | A | Royal Challengers Bengaluru (C) | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 0.301 | |
3 | B | Gujarat Titans (4th) | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 0.254 | Advanced to Eliminator |
4 | B | Mumbai Indians (3rd) | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 16 | 1.142 | |
5 | B | Delhi Capitals | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 0.011 | Eliminated |
6 | B | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 14 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 13 | −0.241 | |
7 | B | Lucknow Super Giants | 14 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 12 | −0.376 | |
8 | A | Kolkata Knight Riders | 14 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 12 | −0.305 | |
9 | A | Rajasthan Royals | 14 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 8 | −0.549 | |
10 | A | Chennai Super Kings | 14 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 8 | −0.647 |
Team | Group matches | Playoffs | |||||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Q1/E | Q2 | F | |
Kolkata Knight Riders | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 |
Win | Loss | No result |
Kolkata Knight Riders (H) 174/8 (20 overs) | v | Royal Challengers Bengaluru 177/3 (16.2 overs) |
Rajasthan Royals (H) 151/9 (20 overs) | v | Kolkata Knight Riders 153/2 (17.3 overs) |
Kolkata Knight Riders 116 (16.2 overs) | v | Mumbai Indians (H) 121/2 (12.5 overs) |
Kolkata Knight Riders (H) 200/6 (20 overs) | v | Sunrisers Hyderabad 120 (16.4 overs) |
Lucknow Super Giants 238/3 (20 overs) | v | Kolkata Knight Riders (H) 234/7 (20 overs) |
Chennai Super Kings (H) 103/9 (20 overs) | v | Kolkata Knight Riders 107/2 (10.1 overs) |
Punjab Kings (H) 111 (15.3 overs) | v | Kolkata Knight Riders 95 (15.1 overs) |
Gujarat Titans 198/3 (20 overs) | v | Kolkata Knight Riders (H) 159/8 (20 overs) |
Punjab Kings 201/4 (20 overs) | v | Kolkata Knight Riders (H) 7/0 (1 over) |
Sunil Narine 4* (3) |
Kolkata Knight Riders 204/9 (20 overs) | v | Delhi Capitals (H) 190/9 (20 overs) |
Kolkata Knight Riders (H) 206/4 (20 overs) | v | Rajasthan Royals 205/8 (20 overs) |
Kolkata Knight Riders (H) 179/6 (20 overs) | v | Chennai Super Kings 183/8 (19.4 overs) |
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Sunrisers Hyderabad (H) 278/3 (20 overs) | v | Kolkata Knight Riders 168 (18.4 overs) |
Runs | Player |
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375 | Ajinkya Rahane |
286 | Angkrish Raghuvanshi |
215 | Sunil Narine |
197 | Rinku Singh |
167 | Andre Russell |
Wickets | Player |
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17 | Varun Chakravarthy |
16 | Vaibhav Arora |
15 | Harshit Rana |
10 | Sunil Narine |
8 | Andre Russell |