IPL 2025: In IPL 2024, the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) team performed brilliantly and became the champion. KKR defeated Hyderabad in the final. KKR captured the trophy under the captaincy of Shreyas Iyer and now KKR has become the third most successful team of IPL.

After Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings, KKR has the most IPL trophies. So far KKR has become IPL champion 3 times. But in IPL 2025, many changes can be seen in the KKR team. Because, due to the mega auction, the team can now release its star players.

KKR can take a big decision in IPL 2025

A mega auction is to be held before the 18th season of the Indian Premier League (IPL). Due to which the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) team may be forced to release star players from its team. It is believed that KKR may release veteran players Andre Russell and Mitchell Starc from its team.

Because, according to the mega auction rules, teams can retain only 4 players. Due to which KKR team can retain young players. Therefore, Russell and Starc may not be seen playing for KKR team in IPL 2025.

KKR can retain these players

It is believed that KKR can retain Rinku Singh, Sunil Narine, Shreyas Iyer and Venkatesh Iyer from their team keeping in mind the mega auction of IPL 2025. Because, the team became champion in IPL 2024 under the captaincy of Shreyas Iyer and Iyer can remain the captain in IPL 2025 as well. At the same time, the performance of Rinku, Narine and Venkatesh Iyer has been excellent for KKR.

These 8 big players may also have to be released

Apart from this, KKR can release 8 more big players from its team. Which may include the names of Philp Salt, Nitish Rana, Varun Chakraborty, Ramandeep Singh, Harshit Rana, Vaibhav Arora, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Manish Pandey. These 8 players can be seen playing for the KKR team in the next season.