IPL 2025 Mega Auction KKR: Many players remained unsold in the IPL 2025 mega auction. Many players were not sold in the initial rounds, but were sold in the end. The name of Team India’s veteran player Ajinkya Rahane is also included in this list. Along with Rahane, Moeen Ali and Umran Malik were also sold in the end. Kolkata Knight Riders saved the honor of these three players.
Ajinkya Rahane has played for Chennai Super Kings. He has performed brilliantly on many occasions in the IPL. But this time it remained unsold in the initial round. However, KKR bought him in the end. Rahane’s base price was Rs 1.50 crore. He has joined KKR with the base price only.
KKR also saved the shame of Moeen and Umran –
Moeen Ali was with Chennai Super Kings for a long time. He played last season with a salary of Rs 8 crore. But CSK did not retain him this time. Now he will play for Kolkata. Moeen was not sold in the initial rounds. Same thing happened with Umran. No one had bought Umran Malik in the beginning. But in the end KKR bought it with a base price of Rs 75 lakh. Moin was bought with a base price of Rs 2 crore.
KKR spent money on Venkatesh Iyer –
KKR has the most expensive player worth Rs 23.75 crore. Kolkata paid the most money to Venkatesh Iyer. The team bought the second most expensive player in the mega auction in the form of Enrique Norkhia. KKR spent Rs 6.50 crore for Norkhia. Quinton De Kock was bought for Rs 3.60 crore.
Kolkata Knight Riders – Venkatesh Iyer, Rinku Singh, Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, Varun Chakravarthy, Harshit Rana, Ajinkya Rahane, Ramandeep Singh, Quinton de Kock, Gurbaz, Enrique Norkhia, Rovman Powell, Manish Pandey, Spencer Johnson, Lavneet Sisodia, Anukul Roy, Moeen Ali , Umran Malik.
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