Many players remained unsold in the mega auction of IPL 2025. Many players were not sold in the initial stages, 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 eventually sold. Kolkata Knight Riders saved the honor of these three players.
Rahane will play in Kolkata
Ajinkya Rahane has played for Chennai Super Kings. He has performed brilliantly on many occasions in the IPL. But this time she remained unsold in the initial round. However, eventually KKR bought him. Rahane’s original price was Rs 1.50 crore. He has joined KKR at base price only.
KKR saved the embarrassment of Moeen and Umran
Moeen Ali was with Chennai Super Kings for a long time. He played the last season with a salary of Rs 8 crore. But CSK did not maintain it this time. Now he will play for Kolkata. Moeen was not sold in the initial stages. Same thing happened with Umran. No one bought Umran Malik in the beginning. But finally KKR bought him at the base price of Rs 75 lakh. Moeen gets Rs. Bought at the original price of Rs 2 crore.
KKR spent on Venkatesh Iyer
KKR has the most expensive player worth Rs 23.75 crore. Kolkata paid the highest amount for Venkatesh Iyer. The team bought the second most expensive player in the mega auction in Enrique Norgea. KKR spent Rs 6.50 crore for Norkhia. Quinton de Kock was bought for 3.60 crores.
Kolkata Knight Riders full team
Rinku Singh, Varun Chakraborty, Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, Harshit Rana, Ramandeep Singh, Venkatesh Iyer, Quinton de Kock, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Anrich Noorakhia, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Vaibhav Arora, Mayank Markande, Rovman Powell, M.sh Pandey, Spencer Johnson, Lavneeth Sisodia, Ajinkya Rahane, Anukul Roy, Moeen Ali, Umran Malik.
