Kolkata Knight Riders IPL 2025 captain LIVE: Three-time IPL champions Kolkata Knight Riders are prone to announce the brand new captain for the upcoming 2025 version of the Indian Premier League right this moment. Whereas the franchise has not made any official announcement relating to the identical, it has hinted that on March 3, 2025, at 3:33 PM, it might make the massive reveal.
Former India Check vice-captain Ajinkya Rahane, who was signed by the Kolkata-based franchise for Rs 1.50 crore within the IPL 2025 mega public sale final yr, is main the race to succeed Shreyas Iyer as KKR captain. Iyer led KKR to an IPL title win final yr, however he was not retained by the franchise forward of the IPL 2025 mega public sale.
Along with Rahane, Madhya Pradesh all-rounder Venkatesh Iyer, who was signed for Rs 23.75 crore within the IPL 2025 mega public sale, and middle-order batter Rinku Singh, who was retained for Rs 14 crore forward of the IPL 2025 mega public sale, are within the captaincy race.
Record Of KKR captains
- Sourav Ganguly
- Brendon McCullum
- Gautam Gambhir
- Dinesh Karthik
- Eoin Morgan
- Shreyas Iyer
- Nitish Rana
KKR’s IPL 2025 Schedule
- March 22: KKR vs RCB, Kolkata
- March 26: KKR vs RR, Guwahati
- March 31: KKR vs MI, Mumbai
- April 3: KKR vs SRH, Kolkata
- April 6: KKR vs LSG, Kolkata (Day)
- April 11: KKR vs CSK, Chennai
- April 15: KKR vs PBKS, New Chandigarh
- April 21: KKR vs GT, Kolkata
- April 26: KKR vs PBKS, Kolkata
- April 29: KKR vs DC, Delhi
- Could 4: KKR vs RR, Kolkata (Day)
- Could 7: KKR vs CSK, Kolkata
- Could 10: KKR vs SRH, Hyderabad
- Could 17: KKR vs RCB, Bengaluru
Kolkata Knight Riders’ squad for IPL 2025: Rinku Singh, Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, Varun Chakravarthy, Harshit Rana and 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, Anukul Roy, Moeen Ali, Umran Malik