File picture of Saurashtra bowler Chetan Sakariya, who has joined Kolkata Knight Riders ahead of IPL 2025
| Photo Credit: Vijay Soneji
Kolkata Knight Riders has picked Chetan Sakariya as a replacement for medium pacer Umran Malik for the upcoming edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL).
Malik has been ruled out of the season due to an injury. The replacement was announced on Sunday (March 16, 2025).
Sakariya has represented India in an ODI and two T20Is and has played 19 IPL games, scalping 20 wickets. Sakariya, a left-arm medium pacer, joins KKR for ₹75 lakh.
The team is set to kick off their campaign as defending champions against Royal Challengers Bengaluru on March 22 at 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 (pace), Andre Russell (pace; retained), Sunil Narine (spin; retained), Ramandeep Singh (pace; 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