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KKR retained six players from the 2024 squad for Rs 69 crore and will enter the IPL 2025 mega auction with a purse of Rs 51 crore.
Check out the full list of players retained by KKR for IPL 2025. (Photo Credit: PTI)
Defending champions KKR splashed out Rs 57 crore to retain six players from the IPL 2024 squad. But despite that, the Shah Rukh Khan-owned side will enter the IPL 2025 mega auction with a purse of Rs 51 crore only, as an additional Rs 12 crore has been deducted from the team’s account due to IPL 2025 retention rules.
Amount KKR Spent On Retaining X Players
Rinku Singh: 13 Crore
Sunil Narine: 12 Crore
Andre Russell: 12 Crore
Varun Chakravarthy: 12 Crore
Harshit Rana: 4 Crore
Ramandeep Singh: 4 Crore
KKR’s Costliest Player in Retention List
The Kolkata Knight Riders have retained their Superstar batter Rinku Singh as the costliest player. The left-hander has been part of the franchise since 2018 and following his consistency with the bat and fieldwork, he has received a massive monetary boost in his salary. Rinku has played 45 matches for the KKR and scored 893 runs, striking at 143.34. He has 4 half-centuries to his credit.
KKR’s Released Players List
Shreyas Iyer, Jason Roy, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Sherfane Rutherford, Manish Pandey, Andre Russell, Nitish Rana, Venkatesh Iyer, Anukul Roy, Ramandeep Singh, Vaibhav Arora, Chetan Sakariya, Suyash Sharma, Mitchell Starc, Gus Atkinson, Sakib Hussain, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, KS Bharat, Rahmanullah Gurbaz.
KKR’s Remaining Purse For IPL Mega Auction
The defending champions, after letting go of their title-winning skipper Shreyas Iyer and retaining six players, are left with INR 51 crore in their purse.
Where KKR Finished In IPL 2024
KKR are the defending champions. They won the IPL 2024 after defeating Pat Cummins-led Sunrisers Hyderabad by 8 wickets in the season finale that took place at Chepauk, Chennai. The Kolkata-based franchise ended the league stage as the table toppers with 20 points and 9 wins. In fact, they were the first ones to qualify for the playoffs.
