Big News: KKR's speed sensation ruled out of IPL 2025, defending champions announce 27-year-old star as his replacement – SportsTak

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UPDATED:Mar 16, 2025 22:32 IST

Indian Premier League defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders star speedster Umran Malik has been ruled out of the upcoming edition of the tournament and the franchise announced Chetan Sakariya as his replacement. The left-arm pacer joined KKR for INR 75 Lakh.

KKR’s new pick Sakariya has represented India in an ODI and two T20Is and has played 19 IPL games, scalping 20 wickets from the same. Umran was picked by KKR for Rs 75 lakhs in the IPL 2025 mega auction after he was released by SRH. He played only 26 matches in the cash-rich league. To make matters worse, he has never played a full IPL season barring 2022. His last international game came in 2023 following which he has stayed out of the picture.
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IPL 2025 is scheduled to start from March 22 and KKR will play the tournament opener against Royal Challengers Bengaluru at Eden Gardens in Kolkata. 

Match
Date
Day
Time
Venue
RR vs KKR
March 26
Wednesday
7:30 PM
Guwahati
MI vs KKR
March 31
Tuesday
7:30 PM
Mumbai
KKR vs SRH
April 3
Thursday
7:30 PM
Kolkata
KKR vs LSG
April 6
Sunday
3:30 PM
Kolkata
CSK vs KKR
April 11
Friday
7:30 PM
Chennai
PBKS vs KKR
April 15
Tuesday
7:30 PM
New Chandigarh
KKR vs GT
April 21
Monday
7:30 PM
Kolkata
KKR vs PBKS
April 26
Saturday
7:30 PM
Kolkata
DC vs KKR
April 29
Tuesday
7:30 PM
Delhi
KKR vs RR
May 4
Sunday
3:30 PM
Kolkata
KKR vs CSK
May 7
Wednesday
7:30 PM
Kolkata
SRH vs KKR
May 10
Saturday
7:30 PM
Hyderabad
RCB vs KKR
May 17
Saturday
7:30 PM
Bengaluru
 
Ajinkya Rahane (captain), Venkatesh Iyer (vice captain), Quinton de Kock (wk), Rovman Powell (wk), Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Luvnith Sisodia (wk), Manish Pandey, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Ramandeep Singh, Rinku Singh, Moeen Ali, Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, Anukul Roy, Vaibhav Arora, Spencer Johnson, Mayank Markande, Anrich Nortje, Chetan Sakariya, Varun Chakravarthy.

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