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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<figure><img src="https://media.cricketwinner.com/media/2024/11/KKR.webp" width="1280" height="720" alt="IPL 2025 Mega Auction: Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) buys and complete updated squad"/><figcaption>IPL 2025 Mega Auction: Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) buys and complete updated squad</figcaption></figure><br><p dir="ltr">Three-time IPL champions <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kolkata_Knight_Riders" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) </a>are the reigning champions. So, they have huge pressure for the IPL 2025 mega auction as the team has to set up to defend their title for the IPL 2025. </p><p dir="ltr">After retaining six players, four capped and two uncapped players, KKR started the IPL 2025 mega auction with a remaining purse of INR 51 crore (after an official deduction of INR 69 crore). <strong><br></strong></p><p dir="ltr">In the mega auction, KKR went all out to retain Venkatesh Iyer and Angkrish Raghuvanshi, which proves that six retentions were not enough for the reigning IPL champions. They also added some big overseas names like Quinton de Kock, Moeen Ali, Anrich Nortje, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, and Rovman Powell along with Spencer Johnson, who has played 10 limited-overs matches for Australia. Some of the top Indian names in the new KKR squad are Manish Pandey, Ajinkya Rahane, Umran Malik, etc.</p><p dir="ltr"><strong>SEE ALSO:</strong> <a href="https://www.cricketwinner.com/cricket-news/agartala-likely-to-be-kkrs-second-home-venue-for-ipl-2025/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Agartala likely to be KKR's second home venue for IPL 2025</a></p><h3 dir="ltr"><strong>Pre Auction Retentions</strong></h3><p dir="ltr"><strong>(Capped)</strong></p><p dir="ltr">Rinku Singh (Indian): INR 13 Crore</p><p dir="ltr">Varun Chakravarthy (Indian): INR 12 Crore</p><p dir="ltr">Sunil Narine (Trinidadian): INR 12 Crore</p><p dir="ltr">Andre Russell (Jamaican): INR 12 Crore</p><p dir="ltr"><strong>(Uncapped) </strong></p><p dir="ltr">Harshit Rana (Indian): INR 4 Crore</p><p dir="ltr">Ramandeep Singh (Indian): INR 4 Crore</p><p dir="ltr"><strong>Right-to-Match (RTM) card availability for the mega auction </strong></p><p dir="ltr">None</p><h3 dir="ltr"><strong>Mega Auction Buys</strong></h3><p dir="ltr"><a href="https://www.cricketwinner.com/cricket-news/kkr-go-all-out-for-their-old-knight-venkatesh-iyer/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Venkatesh Iyer</a> (Indian): Base price INR 2 crore – Bid won INR 23.75 crore</p><p dir="ltr">Anrich Nortje (South African): Base price INR 2 crore – Bid won INR 6.50 crore</p><p dir="ltr">Quinton de Kock (South African): Base price INR 2 crore – Bid won INR 3.60 crore</p><p dir="ltr">Angkrish Raghuvanshi (Indian): Base price INR 30 lakh – Bid won INR 3 crore</p><p>Spencer Johnson (Australian): Base price INR 2 crore – Bid won INR 2.80 crore</p><p dir="ltr">Rahmanullah Gurbaz (Afghanistan): Base price INR 2 crore – Bid won INR 2 crore </p><p dir="ltr">Moeen Ali (England): Base price INR 2 crore – Bid won INR 2 crore <strong id="docs-internal-guid-a3904d06-7fff-9094-99b5-6d8a918f66dd"><br></strong></p><p dir="ltr">Vaibhav Arora (Indian): Base price INR 30 lakh – Bid won INR 1.80 crore</p><p dir="ltr">Rovman Powell (Jamaican): Base price INR 1.50 crore – Bid won INR 1.50 crore</p><p dir="ltr">Ajinkya Rahane (Indian): Base price INR 1.50 crore – Bid won INR 1.50 crore</p><p dir="ltr">Umran Malik (Indian): Base price INR 75 lakh – Bid won INR 75 lakh</p><p dir="ltr">Manish Pandey (Indian): Base price INR 75 lakh – Bid won INR 75 lakh</p><p dir="ltr">Anukul Roy (Indian): Base price INR 30 lakh – Bid won INR 40 lakh</p><p dir="ltr">Luvnith Sisodia (Indian): Base price INR 30 lakh – Bid won INR 30 lakh</p><p dir="ltr">Mayank Markande (Indian): Base price INR 30 lakh – Bid won INR 30 lakh</p><h3 dir="ltr"><strong>Full Squad</strong></h3><p dir="ltr">Rinku Singh, Varun Chakaravarthy, Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, Harshit Rana, Ramandeep Singh, Venkatesh Iyer, Quinton de Kock, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Anrich Nortje, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Vaibhav Arora, Mayank Markande, Rovman Powell, Manish Pandey, Spencer Johnson, Luvnith Sisodia, Ajinkya Rahane, Anukul Roy, Moeen Ali, Umran Malik.</p><h3 dir="ltr">Best Predicted XI</h3><p>Sunil Narine/Moeen Ali, Quinton de Kock/Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Manish Pandey, Venkatesh Iyer, Ramandeep Singh, Rinku Singh, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Andre Russell, Harshit Rana, Anrich Nortje, Varun Chakaravarthy</p>]]></content:encoded>
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