Kolkata Knight Riders has picked Chetan Sakariya as a replacement for medium pacer Umran Malik for the upcoming version of the Indian Premier League (IPL).
Malik has been dominated out of the season on account of an harm. The replacement was introduced on Sunday (March 16, 2025).
Sakariya has represented India in an ODI and two T20Is and has performed 19 IPL video games, scalping 20 wickets. Sakariya, a left-arm medium pacer, joins KKR for ₹75 lakh.
The group is ready to kick off their marketing campaign as defending champions towards Royal Challengers Bengaluru on March 22 on the Eden Gardens.
KKR squad for IPL 2025
- Batters: Rinku Singh (retained), Rovman Powell, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Manish Pandey, Luvnith Sisodia, Ajinkya Rahane
- Wicketkeepers: Quinton de Kock, Rahmanullah Gurbaz
- All-rounders: Venkatesh Iyer (tempo), Andre Russell (tempo; retained), Sunil Narine (spin; retained), Ramandeep Singh (tempo; retained), Anukul Roy (spin), Moeen Ali (spin)
- Spinners: Varun Chakravarthy (retained), Mayank Markande
- Fast bowlers: Harshit Rana (retained), Vaibhav Arora, Anrich Nortje, Spencer Johnson, Chetan Sakariya
Published – March 17, 2025 04:36 pm IST
