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KKR IPL 2026 Auction Released Players: Kolkata Knight Riders finished eighth in IPL 2025 after winning IPL 2024. See KKR’s retained and released players.
KKR star Rinku Singh picked a wicket on his first ball in the UP T20 League (PC: Sportzpics)
Having won the IPL 2024 title, Kolkata Knight Riders finished a lowly eighth in IPL 2025. While one would have expected them to at least make the top four and play the knockouts, KKR put up a disappointing performance, with the team repeatedly falling short on multiple fronts.
Kolkata became the fourth franchise to be eliminated after suffering six defeats in 13 matches and two no results didn’t help their situation either.
Ahead of the 2025 season, Kolkata retained Rinku Singh, Varun Chakravarthy, Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh and Harshit Rana. One would assume that this list is unlikely to change.
Kolkata had released the likes of Angkrish Raghuvanshi, KS Bharat, Anukul Roy, Chetan Sakariya and Allah Ghazanfar, among others. For now, the franchise has officially traded Mayank Markande to the Mumbai Indians.
Markande will return to his former team, MI, after a successful trade from KKR. Acquired by the latter for a fee of Rs 30 lakh, he will join Mumbai at his existing fee.
Markande started his IPL career with MI, representing the team in 2018, 2019 and 2022, before turning out for the Rajasthan Royals in 2021 and the Sunrisers Hyderabad in 2023 and 2024.
Markande has featured in 37 IPL games taking 37 wickets.
KKR Full List Of Released Players
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KKR Full List Of Retained Players
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KKR Players Traded In
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KKR Players Traded Out
Mayank Markande (To Mumbai Indians)
KKR Vacant Slots Ahead Of IPL Auction
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KKR Remaining Purse Ahead Of IPL 2026 Mini Auction
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KKR Full Squad Ahead Of IPL 2026 Auction
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November 15, 2025, 16:14 IST
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