KKR All-Rounder Opts Out Of IPL 2025 Due To Personal Reasons: Report

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Last Updated:May 15, 2025, 16:53 IST

According to a latest report, Moeen Ali volition not instrumentality to India for KKR's remaining 2 IPL 2025 league matches against RCB and SRH.

Moeen Ali opts retired of IPL 2025 owed to idiosyncratic reasons. (Picture Credit: Sportzpics)

Kolkata Knight Riders prima all-rounder Moeen Ali volition not instrumentality to India to instrumentality portion successful the remainder of the IPL 2025 season, which is acceptable to resume connected May 17 successful Bengaluru with a lucifer betwixt Royal Challengers Bengaluru and defending champions KKR. According to a study successful ESPN Cricinfo connected Thursday (May 15), the 37-year-old erstwhile England spin-bowling all-rounder has opted retired of the remainder of IPL 2025 owed to idiosyncratic reasons.

KKR had signed Moeen for Rs 2 crore successful the mega auction past year, and helium has played six matches truthful acold successful the ongoing play for the Ajinkya Rahane-led side. In those six matches, Moeen has accounted for the dismissal of six batters on with scoring 5 runs with the bat successful 2 innings.

In summation to Moeen, it has besides been reported that West Indies batter and erstwhile T20I skipper Rovman Powell volition besides miss the remaining 2 league matches for the Shah Rukh Khan-owned franchise.

“Moeen Ali has opted retired of the remainder of IPL 2025 owed to idiosyncratic reasons. KKR are besides awaiting an update from Rovman Powell, who is nursing an unspecified wounded that whitethorn hamper his participation. Powell had been successful Dubai on with the remainder of KKR’s West Indies contingent portion being successful adjacent consultation with the aesculapian staff," the study read.

According to the website, KKR are looking astatine signing astatine slightest 1 short-term replacement.

All different KKR overseas players, which see erstwhile South African wicketkeeper Quinton de Kock, Australian accelerated bowler Spencer Johnson and Afghanistan stumper Rahmanullah Gurbaz, person arrived successful Bengaluru.

The three-time IPL champions are inactive live successful the IPL 2025 playoffs contention and volition resume their grooming connected Thursday astatine the M Chinnaswamy Stadium up of their must-win league lucifer against RCB connected Saturday (May 17).

With 11 points aft 12 matches, KKR are sixth successful the IPL 2025 points table, and they volition suffice for the playoffs if they negociate to triumph their remaining 2 matches by a precise large borderline and lone 1 squad retired of Punjab Kings, Delhi Capitals, Mumbai Indians and Lucknow Super Giants finishes with 15 oregon much points. If that happens, past KKR volition decorativeness 4th successful the league array and diagnostic successful the eliminator lucifer scheduled connected May 30.

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