Shreyas Iyer: Before IPL 2025, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has issued a new rule regarding retaining players. This season, teams have been given a number of exemptions and the number of players to be retained has also been increased.

In such a situation, now all the teams would like to retain about 5 players and Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) is also included in this list. In such a situation, Kolkata can retain 5 players but the name of captain Shreyas Iyer will not be included in it.

Shreyas Iyer may be released

Actually, in IPL 2024, Shreyas Iyer had made Kolkata the champion under his captaincy but even after this he can be released. If media reports are to be believed, the Kolkata franchise wants to make some other player as its captain in place of Iyer.

In such a situation, Iyer (Shreyas Iyer) can be released and he can be seen playing for some other team in IPL 2025. Even though the team became champion under the captaincy of Shreyas, he could not perform well with the bat and that is why he can be released.

These 5 players including Andre Russell and Sunil Narine can be retained

Let us tell you that this time there is no limit for the teams to retain foreign players and that is why if the teams wish, they can retain even 5 foreign players. In this series, KKR would like to retain veteran all-rounder Andre Russell and along with him will also retain Sunil Narine.

Apart from these two, young batsman Rinku Singh can also be retained because Rinku has been one of the biggest match winners for this team in the last few seasons. Apart from him, wicketkeeper batsman Philip Salt can also be retained, while star spinner Varun Chakraborty can also be retained.

Chakraborty had taken 21 wickets in his name while playing 14 matches last season and he was second in terms of taking most wickets in this league. Varun played a very important role in making Kolkata champion. In such a situation, the franchise would like to retain him at any cost.