Kolkata Knight Riders: The discussion of IPL 2025 has once again intensified. This time there are going to be a lot of changes in the history of IPL. In which there will be a change of players along with the teams. At the same time, the winning team of last season, Kolkata Knight Riders, won the glittering trophy by hoisting the flag in IPL 2024. Now the first mega auction is going to be held from the next season i.e. IPL 2025. In such a situation, the champion team KKR is going to trust its old players once again. There are 5 such excellent players in their team who helped in making it a champion. Let's know about them.

1. Shreyas Iyer:

IPL team KKR (Kolkata Knight Riders) is going to repose faith in its captain Shreyas Iyer again. Last season also, they had expressed faith in Shreyas and gave him the captaincy. Along with this, this time also the KKR team will definitely repose faith in its old captain. Kolkata has many match winners but according to the rules, the team can retain only four players. He has been leading Kolkata since IPL 2022. However, in 2023, he could not be a part of the tournament due to injury and in his absence, Nitish Rana led Kolkata (Kolkata Knight Riders).

2. Sunil Narine:

Sunil is seen as the oldest and most reliable player of the Kolkata Knight Riders team. Sunil performed well for the team in IPL 2024 not only with the ball but also with the bat. Narine was chosen as the 'Player of the Season' for his excellent performance. Narine scored 488 runs in 14 innings of 14 matches at an average of 34.86 and a strike rate of 180.74 while batting. During this, 1 century and 3 centuries came from his bat. Apart from this, he also took 17 wickets at an average of 21.65 while bowling.

3. Rinku Singh :

Indian young player Rinku Singh is an important part of Kolkata Knight Riders. Rinku was bought by KKR in 2018. But in 2023, Rinku's bat was very effective. But last season his bat could not perform much. But he is a reliable player for the team. Therefore, KKR team would definitely want to keep Rinku with them.

4. Andre Russell:

West Indies' explosive player Andre Russell has been associated with Kolkata Knight Riders since 2014. Russell is an important player of KKR. He has played many memorable innings for the team on important occasions. At the same time, he had performed brilliantly in this season as well. In IPL 2024, Russell scored 222 runs while batting at an average of 37.71 and a strike rate of 185. Apart from this, his brilliant average in bowling was 15.53, due to which he took 19 wickets.

5. Harshit Rana

Indian young player Harshit Rana has become famous for his unique style. The last season was good for Harshit Rana. He played 13 matches and also took 19 wickets. Let us tell you that Harshit Rana made his IPL debut with KKR (Kolkata Knight Riders) in 2022.