The news was confirmed by KKR on their social media handles.
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) pacer Umran Malik, who was ruled out of the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL 2025) due to injury, has rejoined the franchise midway through the season. The news was confirmed by KKR via social posts on their handles.
It is understood that Umran won’t be featuring for KKR but rather will work with the team and support staff as part of his rehab. Notably, the J&K pacer was acquired by the three-time champions for his base price of INR 75 lakhs at the auction last November.
The post from KKR read, “Umran Malik has joined the squad in Kolkata to continue his rehab and “return to cricket” programme with KKR for the remainder of the season.He’s not joining as an official playing member of the squad, but will work with the team and support staff to get back to his best! Welcome to the family, Umran.”
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KKR bowlers have so far taken 48 wickets in IPL 2025, out of which 28 wickets have come for pacers. On the other hand, the spin triad of Sunil Narine (7), Varun Chakravarthy (10) and Moeen Ali (3) have picked a combined 20 scalps.
In the pace department, Harshit Rana and Vaibhav Arora have been the pick of the lot with Andre Russell contributing with meaningful breakthroughs as well. However, KKR’s overseas pacers Anrich Nortje and Spencer Johnson have failed to impress in their limited chances and having a pacer like Umran Malik would have allowed KKR to experiment with the lineup which would have also given them an extra option to use an overseas player in another role.
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