IPL is playing as Kolkata Knight Riders Defending Champion in 2025. However, this team is seen struggling to make a place in the playoffs. The players of the Kolkata team are not doing well and that is why the team is present in the lower order in the points table. This time the team played bets on several star players and gave them a hefty amount. However, those players could not live up to the expectation and in a way the team has been defrauded.
Kolkata was captained by Shreyas Iyer for the third time in IPL 2024. However, he was released by the franchise before the 2025 auction. In such a situation, the team had chosen Ajinkya Rahane as its new captain.
Rahane played many best innings with his bat but no other batsman besides him could do well. This is the reason that Kolkata is seen struggling this season. The one whom Kolkata expressed confidence did not live up to it. For this reason, 76 crore rupees have been drowned in a way of Kolkata.
IPL 2025: Disabled performance of Venkatesh Iyer and Sunil Naren
Venkatesh Iyer was included in his team by Kolkata for Rs 23.75 crore in the auction. However, his performance has faded and he has scored only 135 runs in 9 matches. Apart from him, Sunil Naren was retained by KKR for Rs 12 crore. However, he has been able to score 151 runs so far this season and has taken 7 wickets.
IPL 2025: Andre Russell and Varun Chakraborty also disappointed
Andre Russell has flopped badly with the bat this season. He was retained by Kolkata for Rs 12 crore. However, his performance has not been as expected. Russell has scored 55 runs in 9 matches and has taken 7 wickets. So Varun Chakraborty could not show the game as expected. He was retained by Kolkata for 12 crores and this player has taken 11 wickets in 9 matches.
IPL 2025: Rinku Singh and Ramandeep Singh did not bat
Kolkata also retained Rinku Singh for Rs 13 crore. However, this player has not shown the game according to his ability. He has scored only 133 runs in 9 matches. So at the same time, Ramandeep Singh was also retained by KKR for 4 crores but he has not been able to perform well. Ramandeep has scored only 30 runs in 8 matches. In this way 76 crore rupees of Kolkata have been drowned.
