Franchises were allowed to retain a maximum of six players from their squad, including a maximum of five recent international players.[10] Franchises were required to submit their retention lists before 31 October 2024.[11] Kolkata retained six players, but did not retain their prior captain Shreyas Iyer.[12][13]
The season's auction took place in November 2024 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.[15] The auction purse for each franchise was set at ₹120 crore (US$14million), with franchises deducting an amount from the purse for every retained player.[16][17] Kolkata had a purse remaining of ₹51 crore (US$6.0million).[18] Franchises that did not retain six players, were allowed Right-to-Match (RTM) cards at the auction for each player not retained.[19] Kolkata had no cards left.[20] Kolkata bought fifteen players in the auction, including ten capped players and five overseas players.[21]
Squad
Players with international caps as of start of 2025 IPL are listed in bold.
Ages are as of 22March2025(2025-03-22).
Withdrawn players are indicated by a dagger symbol (†) and placed at the bottom of the table.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru won by 7 wickets Eden Gardens, Kolkata Umpires: Abhijeet Bengeri (Ind) and Vinod Seshan (Ind) Player of the match: Krunal Pandya (Royal Challengers Bengaluru)
Royal Challengers Bengaluru won the toss and elected to field.
Match 6 26March2025(2025-03-26) 19:30 (N) Scorecard
Kolkata Knight Riders won by 14 runs Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi Umpires: Mohit Krishnadas (Ind) and Saidharshan Kumar (Ind) Player of the match: Sunil Narine (Kolkata Knight Riders)
Delhi Capitals won the toss and elected to field.
Match 53 4May2025(2025-05-04) 15:30 (D/N) Scorecard
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