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KKR IPL 2025 Mega Auction player list: three-time Indian Premier League champions will aim for match winners to purchase in the mega event.

IPL 2024 champions Kolkata Knight Riders opened their account with a massive Rs 23.75 crore to bring home all-rounder Venkatesh Iyer on Day 1 of the IPL 2025 Mega Auction on Sunday. Kolkata Knight Rider have made a steal by buying Quinton de Kock for 3.60 crore. They also roped in Afghanistan Wicket keeper batsman for base price 2crore.

Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) are a professional franchise cricket team representing the city of Kolkata in the Indian Premier League. The franchise is owned by Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan, actress Juhi Chawla, and her spouse Jay Mehta. Their home ground is the Eden Gardens, Kolkata.

The franchise, which has gained immense popularity due to its association with celebrity owners, qualified for the IPL playoffs for the first time in 2011. They became the IPL champions in 2012, by defeating Chennai Super Kings in the final. They repeated the feat in 2014, defeating Kings XI Punjab. In 2024, they won the title for the third time by beating Sunrisers Hyderabad. The Knight Riders hold the record for the longest winning streak by any IPL team.

Ahead of the IPL 2025 Mega Auction, KKR have retained six players – Rinku Singh (Rs 13 crore), Varun Chakravarthy (Rs 12 crore), Sunil Narine (Rs 12 crore), Andre Russell (Rs 12 crore), Harshit Rana (Rs 4 crore) and Ramandeep Singh (Rs 4 crore).  They will have Rs 51 crore as their team purse in the auction after spending Rs 57 crore in their retentions.

Purse remaining: Rs 51 crore

Right-to-match (RTM) options: None

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