KKR 2025, Umran Malik ruled out of IPL 2025 season, Replacement announced

The Indian Premier League 2025 is starting from March 22. The first match will be played between Kolkata Knight Riders and Royal Challengers Bangalore at Eden Gardens. Kolkata Knight Riders have made a big change before the 18th season. The team announced the replacement of injured fast bowler Umram Malik on Sunday.

Umran Malik ruled out of entire IPL 2025 season

Before the start of the new season of IPL, defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) have suffered a setback. Fast bowler Umran Malik is out of the entire season due to injury. Left-arm medium pacer Chetan Sakariya has been included in the team in his place.

Chetan Sakariya replaces Umran Malik in KKR IPL 2025

Sakariya has taken 20 wickets in 19 IPL matches so far. He has played one ODI and two T20 matches for India. Sakariya has been included in the team by KKR for Rs 75 lakh. It is known that he did not find any buyer in the IPL 2025 auction. He was taken in KKR as a net bowler. Sakariya has previously played for Rajasthan Royals and Delhi Capitals.

Kolkata Knight Riders is the second most successful team in IPL. Kolkata has won the title 3 times so far. The winner of the last season was also Kolkata Knight Riders. In the final, Kolkata defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad by 8 wickets. KKR won the IPL trophy for the first time in 2012. After this, the franchise also won the title of IPL 2014.

Kolkata Knight Riders Team for IPL 2025

• Batsmen: Rinku Singh, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Rovman Powell, Ajinkya Rahane, Manish Pandey, Lavnith 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 Chakraborty.

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