Kolkata Knight Riders have included Venkatesh Iyer in their team for Rs 23.75 crore.
In the mega auction of Indian Premier League 2025, all the franchises had included many strong players in their team. In this auction, Kolkata Knight Riders also bid on the best players and included them in their team.
Kolkata Knight Riders have included Venkatesh Iyer in their team for Rs 23.75 crore. Not only this, before the upcoming season, Kolkata Knight Riders had retained players like Rinku Singh, Varun Chakraborty, Andre Russell, and Sunil Narine. Kolkata Knight Riders are looking very strong in the upcoming season. However, there is some weakness in the team about which we will tell you today.
Here is the SWOT Analysis of Kolkata Knight Riders:
Strength
Kolkata Knight Riders further strengthened their team’s batting lineup by including Venkatesh Iyer, Quinton de Kock, Rovman Powell, Manish Pandey and Rahmanullah Gurbaz. Apart from these players in the batting lineup, the team also has Rinku Singh, Andre Russell and Sunil Narayan while Ramandeep Singh can also be seen batting aggressively. Not only this, Ajinkya Rahane will also be seen playing for Kolkata Knight Riders in the upcoming season.
Weakness
Kolkata Knight Riders have a very lethal spin bowling attack but the team’s fast bowling lineup looks quite weak. Kolkata Knight Riders have Harshit Rana, Umran Malik, Vaibhav Arora, Spencer Johnson and Enrique Norkhia in their fast bowling options. Harshit Rana and Vaibhav Arora have performed very well in domestic and international cricket in recent times. Umran Malik may have taken wickets in the IPL but his average and economy rate have always been very high. Either one of Spencer Johnson and Norkhia will get a place in the playing XI.
Russell is also included in the fast bowling option but if Kolkata Knight Riders want to win IPL 2025, then their fast bowlers will have to perform tremendously.
Opportunity
Kolkata has many strong players who have not been in their best form for some time but they can be seen playing an important role in their team’s victory in the Indian Premier League 2025. Not only this, Rahane Manish Pandey, Navneet Sisodia, Mayank Markande, Anukul Roy and Angkrish Raghuvanshi will also have to leave their mark in the upcoming season.
Threats
The threat to Kolkata Knight Riders is their fast bowling lineup and top order. Quinton de Kock and Gurbaz will be seen playing in the top order. Not only this, Sunil Narayan can also be seen opening, who had performed brilliantly for Kolkata Knight Riders last season.
However, if these three players are included in the playing XI, then the franchise will have one foreign player left in the playing XI in the form of Moeen Ali, Andre Russell, Spencer Johnson and Rovman Powell. Must be included. Russell and Sunil Narine have been one of the important players of Kolkata Knight Riders and both of them are absolutely sure to be included in the playing XI. Now it remains to be seen who will be the remaining two foreign players of Kolkata Knight Riders in the upcoming season?
Kolkata Knight Riders Full Squad:
Venkatesh Iyer, Rinku Singh, Varun Chakravarthy, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Enrique Norkhia, Harshit Rana, Ramandeep Singh, Quinton de Kock, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Spencer Johnson, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Moeen Ali, Vaibhav Arora, Rovman Powell, Ajinkya Rahane, Umran Malik, Manish Pandey, Anukul Roy, Lavnith Sisodia, Mayank Markande
