IPL 2025: Kolkata Knight Riders full schedule, KKR full squad, streaming

The defending champions will play three of their first five matches at their home ground, Eden Gardens

The defending champions, Kolkata Knight Riders, are set to begin their IPL 2025 season with a high-voltage clash against Royal Challengers Bengaluru on March 22 at Eden Gardens. The team will then travel to Guwahati on March 26 to take on Rajasthan Royals before heading to Mumbai on March 31 for a tough battle against Mumbai Indians.

 

Returning to their home ground, KKR will face Sunrisers Hyderabad (April 3) and Lucknow Super Giants (April 6) in back-to-back matches. Their away fixtures include key games against Chennai Super Kings (April 11) in Chennai and Punjab Kings (April 15) in New Chandigarh. 

 

The second half of the campaign sees KKR hosting Gujarat Titans on April 21 and Punjab Kings again on April 26. They then take on Delhi Capitals in Delhi on April 29 before facing Rajasthan Royals and Chennai Super Kings at home in May.

 

KKR's final phase includes Sunrisers Hyderabad (May 10) in Hyderabad and a crucial match against RCB (May 17) in Bengaluru.

 

KKR full schedule for IPL 2025:

 

KKR Full schedule for IPL 2025
Date	Match No.	Teams	Venue	Day
22-Mar	Match 1	KKR vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru	Kolkata	Sat
26-Mar	Match 6	Rajasthan Royals vs KKR	Guwahati	Wed
31-Mar	Match 12	Mumbai Indians vs KKR	Mumbai	Mon
03-Apr	Match 15	KKR vs Sunrisers Hyderabad	Kolkata	Thu
06-Apr	Match 19	KKR vs Lucknow Super Giants	Kolkata	Sun
11-Apr	Match 25	Chennai Super Kings vs KKR	Chennai	Fri
15-Apr	Match 31	Punjab Kings vs KKR	New Chandigarh	Tue
21-Apr	Match 39	KKR vs Gujarat Titans	Kolkata	Mon
26-Apr	Match 44	KKR vs Punjab Kings	Kolkata	Sat
29-Apr	Match 48	Delhi Capitals vs KKR	Delhi	Tue
06-May	Match 53	KKR vs Rajasthan Royals	Kolkata	Sun
07-May	Match 57	KKR vs Chennai Super Kings	Kolkata	Wed
10-May	Match 60	Sunrisers Hyderabad vs KKR	Hyderabad	Sat
17-May	Match 68	Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs KKR	Bengaluru	Sat

 

Full list of players bought by KKR

 

List of players bought by Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL 2025 mega auction
Sr. No.	Player	Base Price	Winning Bid	Capped/UncappedCappedUncapped
1	Venkatesh Iyer	Rs 2,00,00,000	Rs 23,75,00,000	Capped
2	Anrich Nortje	Rs 2,00,00,000	Rs 6,50,00,000	Capped
3	Quinton De Kock	Rs 2,00,00,000	Rs 3,60,00,000	Capped
4	Angkrish Raghuvanshi	Rs 30,00,000	Rs 3,00,00,000	Uncapped
5	Rahmanullah Gurbaz	Rs 2,00,00,000	Rs 2,00,00,000	Capped
6	Vaibhav Arora	Rs 30,00,000	Rs 1,80,00,000	Uncapped
7	Rovman Powell	Rs 1,50,00,000	Rs 1,50,00,000	Capped
8	Mayank Markande	Rs 30,00,000	Rs 30,00,000	Uncapped

   

Kolkata Knight Riders retained players list
Category	Player name and IPL salary in rupees
Retention 1	Rinku Singh (13 cr)
Retention 2	Varun Chakravarthy (12 cr)
Retention 3	Sunil Narine (12 cr)
Retention 4	Andre Russell (12 cr)
Retention 5	Harshit Rana (4 cr)
Retention 6	Ramandeep Singh (4 cr)