After the auction, Nitish Rana's wife Saachi Marwah went to social media and made a comment towards KKR as they did not retain him.

Nitish Rana leaves Kolkata Knight Riders for Rajasthan Royals at the IPL 2025 auction. His wife sparks loyalty debates over snub from Kolkata Knight Riders.

Nitish Rana enjoyed a brilliant run with the Kolkata-based franchise in the IPL. He was roped in by the franchise in 2018 for ₹3.40 crore. He was re-signed by the team for ₹8 crore at the IPL 2022 mega auction.

Rajasthan Royals (RR) secured Nitish Rana’s services for INR 4.2 crores at the IPL 2025 mega auction. A total of three teams expressed interest in acquiring Rana. In the final stages, RR battled it out with Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) to win the bid.

Defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) prioritised retaining their championship core, splashing Rs 23.75 crore on Venkatesh Iyer. Unable to keep Nitish Rana, KKR brought in Manish Pandey and Ajinkya Rahane to bolster their batting line-up.

There has been a lot of conversation surrounding the captaincy situation in Kolkata Knight Riders following the IPL 2025 auction.

Ahead of the IPL 2025 Mega Auction, the defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) have retained six players but they were not able to retain their skipper Shreyas Iyer. KKR think tank will have to be smart with their decisions in the mega auction in Jeddah,

Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), aiming for a fourth IPL title, retained key players like Rinku Singh and Sunil Narine. They made a record-breaking purcha

Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) will have a new captain in IPL 2025. Shreyas Iyer, who captained them to a title win in IPL 2024, moved to Punjab Kings in the mega-auction. They did not re-sign Nitish Rana either.