Defending champion Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) picked Chetan Sakariya as a replacement for Umran Malik for the upcoming edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025.
Umran Malik is ruled out of the season due to an injury.
Sakariya has represented India in an ODI and two T20Is and has played 19 IPL games, scalping 20 wickets from the same. The left-arm medium pacer joins KKR for INR 75 Lakh.
KKR will play its opening match against Royal Challengers Bengaluru on March 22 at the Eden Gardens Stadium in Kolkata.
KKR beat Sunrisers Hyderabad in last year’s final by eight wickets to clinch its third IPL title. It previously won the 2012 and 2014 editions.
KKR SQUAD COMPOSITION – IPL 2025
Batters: Rinku Singh, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Rovman Powell, Ajinkya Rahane, Manish Pandey, Luvnith Sisodia
Wicketkeepers: Quinton de Kock, Rahmanullah Gurbaz
All-rounders: Venkatesh Iyer, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Anukul Roy, Ramandeep Singh, Moeen Ali
Fast bowlers: Harshit Rana, Vaibhav Arora, Anrich Nortje, Spencer Johnson, Chetan Sakariya
Spinners: Mayank Markande, Varun Chakaravarthy
