Kolkata Knight Riders Playing 11 IPL 2025 Schedule timeline

kolkata knight riders playing 11 ipl 2025 schedule timeline

In their first game, Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) will face Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) at the Eden Gardens.

Defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), under the leadership of Ajinkya Rahane, will aim to kick off their campaign on a promising note. The Indian Premier League 2025 will begin on Mar 22. Last year, it was under Shreyas Iyer's captaincy that KKR won its 3rd IPL trophy.

In their first game, Kolkata Knight Riders will play Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) at Eden Gardens.

The 36-year-old Rahane, who has played the majority of his international cricket in whites, has reinvented himself in the shortest format. This was evident in the Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 Trophy, where he emerged as the leading run-getter with 469 runs at a strike rate of 164.56.

Rahane has played for KKR in the past and the franchise bought him for his base price of Rs 1.5 crore at the mega auction.

KKR did not have too many captaincy options in the squad. Among the Indian players, they had to choose between Rahane, Venkatesh and Rinku Singh.

KKR used all six retentions to keep their core intact, Rinku Singh being the costliest at Rs 13 crore. Power-hitting all-rounder Andre Russell and spinners Sunil Narine and Varun Chakravarthy were retained for Rs 12 crore each. KKR retained Ramandeep Singh and Harshit Rana for Rs 4 crore each.

Apart from Rahane, some of the big names that KKR acquired at the auctions include Venkatesh Iyer (Rs 23.75 crore), Quinton de Kock (Rs 3.60 crore), and Anrich Nortje (Rs 6.50 crore).

Here’s everything you need to know about the Kolkata Knight Riders’ 2025 IPL campaign:

Also Read: RCB Squad IPL 2025, Royal Challengers Bengaluru Full Schedule, Captain, List Of Retained Players And More

Kolkata Knight Riders Playing 11 IPL 2025

#	Player	Role
1	Venkatesh Iyer	Opening Batsman
2	Nitish Rana	Opening Batsman
3	Shreyas Iyer (C)	Middle-Order Batsman
4	Andre Russell	Middle-Order Batsman/All-Rounder
5	Sunil Narine	Middle-Order Batsman/Spin Bowler
6	Rinku Singh	Middle-Order Batsman
7	Sheldon Jackson (WK)	Wicket-Keeper Batsman
8	Pat Cummins	Fast Bowler
9	Varun Chakravarthy	Spin Bowler
10	Umesh Yadav	Fast Bowler
11	Tim Southee	Fast Bowler

Kolkata Knight Riders IPL 2025 Squad

Ajinkya Rahane (C), Rinku Singh, Quinton de Kock, Rahmanullah Gurbaz (Wk), Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Rovman Powell, Manish Pandey, Luvnith Sisodia, Venkatesh Iyer, Anukul Roy, Moeen Ali, Ramandeep Singh, Andre Russell, Anrich Nortje, Vaibhav Arora, Mayank Markande, Spencer Johnson, Chetan Sakariya, Harshit Rana, Sunil Narine, Varun Chakaravarthy

KKR List Of Retained Players 2025

Rinku Singh
Varun Chakaravarthy
Andre Russell
Sunil Narine
Ramandeep Singh
Harshit Rana

Kolkata Knight Riders: Full Schedule IPL 2025

DATE	MATCH	VENUE	TIME
March 22	KKR VS RCB	Eden Gardens Kolkata	7:30 PM
March 26	KKR vs RR	Barsapara Cricket Stadium Guwahati	7:30 PM
March 31	KKR vs MI	Wankhede Stadium Mumbai	7:30 PM
April 3	KKR vs SRH	Eden Gardens Kolkata	7:30 PM
April 6	KKR vs LSG	Eden Gardens Kolkata	3:30 PM
April 11	KKR vs CSK	MA Chidambaram Stadium Chennai	7:30 PM
April 15	KKR vs PBKS	Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium Mullanpur	7:30 PM
April 21	KKR vs GT	Eden Gardens Kolkata	7:30 PM
April 26	KKR vs PBKS	Eden Gardens Kolkata	7:30 PMl
April 29	KKR vs DC	Arun Jaitley Stadium Delhi	7:30 PM
May 4	KKR vs RR	Eden Gardens Kolkata	3:30 PM
May 7	KKR vs CSK	Eden Gardens Kolkata	7:30 PM
May 10	KKR vs SRH	Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium Hyderabad	7:30 PM
May 17	KKR vs RCB	M.Chinnaswamy Stadium Bengaluru	7:30 PM