KKR Team Preview - KKR Chances of Winning IPL 2025

Updated At: 2025/03/18

Kolkata Knight Riders are the defending champions for IPL 2025. They won their third title in the previous edition by defeating Sunrisers Hyderabad in the final game. In the 18th season of the Indian Premier League, Kolkata Knight Riders will try to continue their run as the champions for the 2nd consecutive time.

In the previous edition of the league, Kolkata Knight Riders finished their league stage by being at the top of the point table. They won 9 fixtures and lost 3 matches and recorded a net run rate of +1.428.

In the playoffs, Kolkata Knight Riders defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad to cement their space in the finals, and they also defeated the same squad in the final game. For IPL 2025, Kolkata Knight Riders are coming up with some major changes in the squad.

The biggest change has occurred in their captaincy. Ajinkya Rahane has been named the KKR skipper for IPL 2025. He was signed by the team management during the IPL 2025 mega auctions for a price tag of INR 1.50 Crore.

Before the beginning of IPL 2025 mega auctions, Kolkata Knight Riders team management retained Rinku Singh, Varun Chakaravarthy, Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, Harshit Rana, and Ramandeep Singh.

During the IPL 2025 mega auctions, Venkatesh Iyer was the most expensive player for the team for a price tag of INR 23.75 Crore. Quinton de Kock (Rs. 3.60 crore), Rahmanullah Gurbaz (Rs. 2 crore), and Anrich Nortje (Rs. 6.50) were the other key purchases from the draft.

Among the domestic talent, Angkrish Raghuvanshi will be the man to watch out for. He was bought by the franchise for a price tag of INR 3 Crore. As a batter, Angkrish Raghuvanshi is expected to be a key player in the team.

ICC Champions Trophy - Kolkata Knight Riders - Complete Squad

Batters

Rinku Singh, Quinton de Kock,

Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Rahmanullah Gurbaz,

Rovman Powell, Ajinkya Rahane,

Manish Pandey, Luvnith Sisodia

Bowlers

Sunil Narine, Anrich Nortje,

Harshit Rana, Spencer Johnson,

Vaibhav Arora, Umran Malik,

Mayank Markande

All-rounder

Venkatesh Iyer, Varun Chakravarthy

Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh,

Spencer Johnson, Moeen Ali,

Anukul Roy

Probable Playing XI

Quinton de Kock, Sunil Narine, Venkatesh Iyer, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakaravarthy, Spencer Johnson, Vaibhav Arora

Kolkata Knight Riders - Squad Strength

After the departure of Phil Salt from the team, a new pair will be aligned at the start for the Kolkata Knight Riders. Now, the strength of Kolkata for IPL 2025 is in their multiple options for the top order. We can see Sunil Narine continue to open for the team. He had a fabulous outing in the previous edition of the league from the top.

With Narine, KKR has an option to send Quinton de Kock, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, skipper Ajinkya Rahane, and Venkatesh Iyer. In all the combinations, Kolkata Knight Riders will have a good depth in their batting lineup.

IPL 2024 Stats	Matches	Runs	Average	Strike Rate
Sunil Narine	15	488	34.85	180.74
Quinton de Kock	11	250	22.72	134.4
Venkatesh Iyer	15	370	46.25	158.79
Rahmanullah Gurbaz	3	62	31	134.78
Ajinkya Rahane	13	242	20.16	123.46

At the top batter will handle the situation and similarly, Kolkata Knight Riders have an equally strong pace attack. They have India’s newest pace sensation Harshit Rana in the team. He has played exceptionally well in all the formats in international cricket and he can be expected to continue his momentum.

The team also have South Africa’s speedster Anrich Nortje, Australia’s Spencer Johnson, and former Hyderabad quickie Umran Malik. The team management just needs to find out the right composition for the pace attack and all the things will fall in place.

IPL 2024 Stats	Matches	Wickets	Average	Economy
Harshit Rana	13	19	15.52	9.08
Anrich Nortje	6	7	42	13.36
Spencer Johnson	5	4	35.5	9.79

KKR - Impact Player

When it comes to the impact player options, Kolkata Knight Riders have two options for the upcoming season. They have Angkrish Raghuvanshi and Vaibhav Arora as two of the best impact players options in the team.

In the recently held Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2024-25 competition, both players have displayed positive form. They both will be in the right space of mind and can do wonders with their talent for KKR.

T20 Stats	Matches	Wickets	Average	Economy
Vaibhav Arora	50	49	28.26	8.18

T20 Stats	Matches	Runs	Average	Strike Rate
Angkrish Raghuvanshi	21	385	24.06	134.14

Kolkata Knight Riders - Squad Weakness

Kolkata Knight Riders are overly dependent on their veteran players Sunil Narine and Andre Russell. Considering their age, the duo might have fitness issues during the league and the right composition of the team might get disturbed.

The team management has also failed to hire the services of equally good players who can replace the duo in case of any emergency. Anrich Nortje is another point of concern for the team. He has struggled with injuries constantly in recent times, and that makes him vulnerable for IPL 2025.

IPL 2025 - New Additions for Kolkata Knight Riders

Batsmen
IPL Stats	Matches	Runs	Average	Strike Rate
Quinton de Kock	107	3157	31.2	134.2
Angkrish Raghuvanshi	10	163	23.3	155.2
Rahmanullah Gurbaz	14	289	22.2	133.8
Rovman Powell	27	360	18.9	147.5
Ajinkya Rahane	185	4642	30.1	123.4
Manish Pandey	172	3850	29.2	121.1
Luvnith Sisodia	-	-	-	-

Bowlers
IPL Stats	Matches	Wickets	Average	Economy
Anrich Nortje	46	60	26.2	8.96
Spencer Johnson	5	4	37.8	9.43
Vaibhav Arora	21	19	30.8	9.18
Umran Malik	26	29	26.6	9.39
Mayank Markande	37	37	28.9	8.9

IPL Stats	Matches	Runs	Average	Strike Rate	Wickets	Economy
Venkatesh Iyer	51	1326	31.6	137.1	3	10.59
Moeen Ali	67	1162	22.8	141.5	35	7.06
Anukul Roy	11	26	8.7	108.3	5	8.42

IPL 2025 - Kolkata Knight Riders - Winning Odds

Below are the winning odds for Kolkata Knight Riders for IPL 2025 from the Indian betting apps.

	KKR Odds
1xBet	7.5
Parimatch	7
Melbet	7.5
10Cric	7.6
4Rabet	7.5
1Win	7.5
Dafabet	9
Stake	7.5