IPL 2025: Kolkata Knight Riders Share Two Viral Cryptic Posts Hours After Varun Chakravarthy's Stellar Champions Trophy Debut

IPL 2025: The upcoming eighteenth edition of the Indian Premier League is all set to be bigger and better. The Kolkata Knight Riders , the defending champions of the IPL crown are raring to go and win the title for the fourth time The Kolkata Knight Riders have been badly impacted by the timing of the Mega Auctions that happened last year. They had to let go off their squad that won them the IPL for the third time. The Kolkata Knight Riders also had to let go off their coaching staff which includes the likes of Gautam Gambhir , Abhishek Nayar, Ryan Ten Doeschate and Morne Morkel who are now a part of the Indian team.

Varun Chakravarthy has been a revelation for the Indian cricket team and his performances in the recent times have been nothing but absolutely perfect. The spinner who plays for the Kolkata Knight Riders in the IPL claimed a fifer on his Champions Trophy debut and helped India defeat New Zealand in their final group stage game. Varun is competing with his KKR teammate Harshit Rana for a spot in the Indian playing XI and it will be interesting to see that who makes the cut when India take on Australia in the semi-final.

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KKR Share Two Cryptic Posts After Chakravarthy's Dubai Heroics

There has been an air of silence around Kolkata Knight Riders and their preferred skipper for the upcoming eighteenth edition of the IPL. The Kolkata-based franchise parted ways with their IPL winning captain Shreyas Iyer who will now play for the Punjab Kings in the upcoming season. The fans have been patiently waiting for the franchise to announce their skipper for quite sometime now.

Hours after Varun Chakravarthy stunned New Zealand in Dubai, the Kolkata Knight Riders shared two cryptic posts which is being seen as their way of announcing their next skipper.

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KKR and RCB To Kickstart IPL 2025

The next season of the Indian Premier League starts on March 22, 2025. The first match of the eighteenth edition of this cash-rich league will be played between arch-rivals Royal Challengers Bengaluru and the Kolkata Knight Riders. 

Kolkata and Bengaluru have played 34 IPL matches against each others. RCB have won 14 games, whereas the three-time champions, Kolkata Knight Riders have won 20 games.

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