The Defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) are likely to target Indian wicketkeeper batter KL Rahul for the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 auction. Rahul and England white-ball captain Jos Buttler are on the Kolkata Knight Riders’ target list for the captaincy role for the IPL 2025 season According to sources like News18 Bangla and Sangbad Pratidin posted on X,

The Retained Players

The retained ‘knights’ of KKR for the 2025 season are Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, Rinku Singh, Ramandeep Singh, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakravarthy. ut they are still in pursuit of their ‘Knight Commander’ or ‘Grand Master’ and KL Rahul and Jos Buttler might appear as the perfect fit for their campaign.

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Rinku Singh, the highest-paid player for KKR, was retained for Rs 13 crore. while Harshit Rana and Ramandeep Singh will receive Rs 4 crore each. Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, and Varun Chakravarthy will all earn Rs 12 crore each KKR will not have a Right to Match (RTM) option available during the auction.

Buttler vs Rahul

KL Rahul has played 132 matches to date in his IPL career and has scored 4,683 runs, with an average of 45.47. KL Rahul has hit 400 fours and 187 sixes in his IPL career. He has also slammed 4 centuries and 37 half-centuries, with his highest IPL score being 132* runs. In the IPL Auction 2024, the Lucknow franchise acquired the services of KL Rahul for Rs 17.00 Cr. Jos Buttler made his IPL debut in 2016. He has played 107 matches to date in his IPL career and has scored 3,582 runs, with an average of 38.11. He has also slammed 7 centuries and 19 half-centuries, with his highest IPL score being 124 runs. Jos Buttler has hit 355 fours and 161 sixes in his IPL career. In the IPL Auction 2024, the Rajasthan franchise acquired the services of Jos Buttler for Rs 10.00 Cr.

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A total of 574 players will go under the hammer for the upcoming IPL 2025 mega auction which is scheduled to take place on November 24-25 in Saudi Arabia. KL Rahul is Placed In Marquee Set 2 In IPL 2025 Auction. Other Marquee players such as Shreyas Iyer and Rishabh Pant have to be watched out for. But for now it will be interesting to see which of the two players, KL and Buttler ends up for the Shahrukh Khan Clan.