Kolkata Knight Riders IPL 2025 Retentions: List Of Players Retained And Released

IPL 2024 champions Kolkata Knight Riders have announced their retentions for the upcoming mega auctions. KKR put an end to rumours, keeping hold of star West Indian all-rounder Andre Russell. However, IPL 2024-winning captain Shreyas Iyer was not retained by KKR. As per BCCI's rule, all the ten franchises were asked to submit the final list of their retained players by Thursday, October 31. KKR are one of only two franchises who have retained all six players before the mega auction, meaning they will have no Right to Match (RTM) cards.

PLAYERS RETAINED:

1. Rinku Singh (Rs 12 cr)

2. Varun Chakravarthhy (Rs 12 cr)

3. Sunil Narine (Rs 12 cr)

4. Andre Russell (Rs 12 cr)

5. Harshit Rana (Rs 4 cr - uncapped)

6. Ramandeep Singh (Rs 4 cr - uncapped)

IPL 2024 squad: Nitish Rana, Rinku Singh, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Shreyas Iyer (c), Jason Roy, Sunil Narine, Suyash Sharma, Anukul Roy, Andre Russell, Venkatesh Iyer, Harshit Rana, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakaravarthy, KS Bharat, Chetan Sakariya, Mitchell Starc, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Ramandeep Singh, Sherfane Rutherford, Manish Pandey, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Gus Atkinson, Sakib Hussain.