Kolkata Knight Riders pacer Umran Malik is doubtful for the first few matches of IPL 2025. The J&K bowler, who has been recovering from a back injury, is yet to get clearance from the National Cricket Academy. Defending champions KKR will commence their IPL campaign on March 22, taking on Royal Challengers Bengaluru in the tournament opener.
Umran Malik headache for KKR
As per reports, Umran is still recovering at the NCA in Bengaluru and is yet to join KKR’s training camp. He underwent scans for his back injury a fortnight ago and the reports returned satisfactory, as per NCA sources. However, he is yet to get a go ahead from the NCA to take part in IPL 2025.
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Malik was bagged by KKR for Rs 75 lakhs in the IPL 2025 mega auction after he was released by SRH. After shooting to fame in his limited appearances in the IPL, he has done very little to keep himself out of injury. Ever since making his IPL debut in 2021, he has played only 26 matches. 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.
In November, Malik had claimed that he was 200% fit and was rearing to go for KKR. However, the latest reports says so otherwise.
KKR full squad for IPL 2025
Rinku Singh, Varun Chakravarthy, Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, Harshit Rana, Ramandeep Singh, Venkatesh Iyer (Rs 23.75 crore), Quinton de Kock (Rs 3.60 crore), Rahmanullah Gurbaz (Rs 2 crore), Anrich Nortje (Rs 6.50 crore), Angkrish Raghuvanshi (Rs 3 crore), Vaibhav Arora (Rs 1.8 crore), Mayank Markande (Rs 30 lakhs), Rovman Powell (Rs 1.50 crore), Spencer Johnson (Rs 2.80), Manish Panday (Rs 75 lakh), Luvnith Sisodia (Rs 30 lakh), Anukul Roy (Rs 40 lakh), Umran Malik (Rs 75 lakh), Moeen Ali (Rs 2 crore), Ajinkya Rahane (Rs 1.5 crore)
