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{{Short description|Indian Premier League team season}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2015}}
{{Infobox cricket club season
| image = Kuldeep Yadav.jpg
| caption = [[Kuldeep Yadav]] with [[Kolkata Knight Riders]] in 2014
| club =[[Kolkata Knight Riders]]
| season =2014
| coach = [[Trevor Bayliss]]
| captain = [[Gautam Gambhir]]
| ground = [[Eden Gardens]], [[Kolkata]]
| comp1 = [[2014 Indian Premier League|IPL]]
| comp1 result = Winners
| comp2 = [[2014 Champions League Twenty20|CLT20]]
| comp2 result = Runners-up
| most runs = [[Robin Uthappa]] (660)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/indian-premier-league-2014/engine/records/batting/most_runs_career.html?id=8827;type=tournament|title=Indian Premier League, 2014/ Records / Most runs |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=20 June 2015}}</ref>
| most wickets =[[Sunil Narine]] (21)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/indian-t20-league-2014/engine/records/bowling/most_wickets_career.html?id=8827;type=tournament |title=Indian Premier League, 2014/ Records / Most runs |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=20 June 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150515015645/http://stats.espncricinfo.com/indian-t20-league-2014/engine/records/bowling/most_wickets_career.html?id=8827%3Btype%3Dtournament |archivedate=15 May 2015}}</ref>
| prevseason = [[Kolkata Knight Riders in 2013|2013]]
| nextseason = [[Kolkata Knight Riders in 2015|2015]]
}}

[[Kolkata Knight Riders]] (KKR) is a franchise cricket team based in [[Kolkata]], India, which plays in the [[Indian Premier League]] (IPL). They were one of the eight teams that competed in the [[2014 Indian Premier League|2014 IPL]]. They were captained by [[Gautam Gambhir]]. Kolkata Knight Riders won the 2014 IPL and qualified for the Champions League T20.

== Background ==
As the 2014 IPL auctions began, Knight Riders only kept their skipper Gambhir and the spinner Sunil Narine. They bought back Jacques Kallis, Yusuf Pathan, Shakib Al Hasan, Manvinder Bisla and Ryan Ten Doeschate. New additions to the team were [[Robin Uthappa]], [[Manish Pandey]], [[Suryakumar Yadav]], [[Morne Morkel]], [[Umesh Yadav]], [[Piyush Chawla]], [[Vinay Kumar]], [[Chris Lynn]] along with some other uncapped and foreign players. KKR had a good start to the seventh edition in [[UAE]], defeating defending champions Mumbai Indians in the inaugural match. However, their performance dipped and they won only 1 out of their next 4 games played there, including a super over tie against Rajasthan Royals, which they ultimately lost on a boundary count. Their poor form continued as they lost two more matches after they were back in India, making it five losses in seven games. The team changed their batting order, promoting Robin Uthappa as an opener which worked very well as he became the highest run scorer in the tournament with 660 runs. He also scored 40+ runs in 10 consecutive matches. Sunil Narine continued his great run, being the second highest wicket taker. Knight Riders recovered from the losing streak, winning each of their next 7 games. In their last group game against the Sunrisers Hyderabad, Yusuf Pathan blitzed his way to a half century off just 15 balls, which is a record in the IPL. After the group stage, they were tied at 18 points with Chennai Super Kings but beat them to the second place in points table by a better net run rate.

They played the first Qualifier at their home ground [[Eden Gardens]] against Kings XI Punjab which they won by 28 runs and entered the final for the second time in their history. In the final at [[Bengaluru]], they met Kings XI Punjab again and defeated them by 3 wickets in a thrilling match chasing a mammoth 200, with local boy [[Manish Pandey]] delivering his best knock of the season with a brilliant 94 in 50 balls, to win their second title in 3 years. The victory was celebrated grandly in a similar fashion to their 2012 Indian Premier League title win.

== Squad ==
* Players with international caps prior to the start of the 2014 season are listed in '''bold'''.
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; width:90%;"
|-
! style="background:#6600CC; color:#f1c500; text-align:center;"| No.
! style="background:#6600CC; color:#f1c500; text-align:center;"| Name
! style="background:#6600CC; color:#f1c500; text-align:center;"| Nationality
! style="background:#6600CC; color:#f1c500; text-align:center;"| Birth date
! style="background:#6600CC; color:#f1c500; text-align:center;"| Batting style
! style="background:#6600CC; color:#f1c500; text-align:center;"| Bowling style
! style="background:#6600CC; color:#f1c500; text-align:center;"| Notes
|-
! colspan="7" style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center;"| Batsmen
|-
|1|| [[Manish Pandey]] || style="text-align:center"|{{flagicon|India}} || {{birth date and age2|2014|04|16|1989|9|10|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[off break]] ||
|-
|23|| '''[[Gautam Gambhir]]''' || style="text-align:center"|{{flagicon|IND}} || {{birth date and age2|2014|04|16|1981|10|14|df=y}} || Left-handed || Right-arm [[leg break]] || [[Captain (cricket)|Captain]]
|-
|37|| '''[[Robin Uthappa]]''' || style="text-align:center"|{{flagicon|India}} || {{birth date and age2|2014|04|16|1985|9|11|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[fast bowling|medium]] || Occasional wicketkeeper
|-
|50|| '''[[Chris Lynn]]''' || style="text-align:center"|{{flagicon|Australia}} || {{birth date and age2|2014|04|16|1990|4|10|df=y}} || Right-handed || [[Slow left-arm orthodox]] || Overseas
|-
|63|| [[Debabrata Das]] || style="text-align:center"|{{flagicon|India}} || {{birth date and age2|2014|04|16|1986|9|22|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[leg break]] || Occasional wicketkeeper
|-
|212|| [[Suryakumar Yadav]] || style="text-align:center"|{{flagicon|India}} || {{birth date and age2|2014|04|16|1990|9|14|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[fast bowling|medium]] ||
|-
! colspan="7" style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center;"| All-rounders
|-
|3|| '''[[Jacques Kallis]]''' || style="text-align:center"|{{flagicon|South Africa}} || {{birth date and age2|2014|04|16|1975|10|16|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[fast bowling|fast-medium]] || Overseas
|-
|9|| '''[[Yusuf Pathan]]''' || style="text-align:center"|{{flagicon|India}} || {{birth date and age2|2014|04|16|1982|11|17|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[off break]] ||
|-
|12|| '''[[Andre Russell]]''' || style="text-align:center"|{{flagicon|Jamaica}} || {{birth date and age2|2014|04|16|1988|4|29|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[fast bowling|fast-medium]] || Overseas
|-
|27|| '''[[Ryan ten Doeschate]]''' || style="text-align:center"|{{flagicon|Netherlands}} || {{birth date and age2|2014|04|16|1980|6|30|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[fast bowling|medium-fast]] || Overseas
|-
|75|| '''[[Shakib Al Hasan]]''' || style="text-align:center"|{{flagicon|Bangladesh}} || {{birth date and age2|2014|04|16|1987|3|24|df=y}} || Left-handed || [[Slow left-arm orthodox]] || Overseas
|-
! colspan="7" style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center;"| Wicket-keepers
|-
|36|| [[Manvinder Bisla]] || style="text-align:center"|{{flagicon|India}} || {{birth date and age2|2014|04|16|1984|12|27|df=y}} || Right-handed || ||
|-
! colspan="7" style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center;"| Bowlers
|-
|19|| '''[[Umesh Yadav]]''' || style="text-align:center"|{{flagicon|India}} || {{birth date and age2|2014|04|16|1987|10|25|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[fast bowling|fast]] ||
|-
|21|| '''[[Piyush Chawla]]''' || style="text-align:center"|{{flagicon|India}} || {{birth date and age2|2014|04|16|1988|12|24|df=y}} || Left-handed || Right-arm [[leg break]] ||
|-
|23|| '''[[Vinay Kumar]]''' || style="text-align:center"|{{flagicon|India}} || {{birth date and age2|2014|04|16|1984|2|12|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[fast bowling|medium-fast]] ||
|-
|30|| '''[[Pat Cummins]]''' || style="text-align:center"|{{flagicon|Australia}} || {{birth date and age2|2014|04|16|1993|5|8|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[fast bowling|fast]] ||Overseas
|-
|65|| '''[[Morne Morkel]]''' || style="text-align:center"|{{flagicon|South Africa}} || {{birth date and age2|2014|04|16|1984|10|6|df=y}} || Left-handed || Right-arm [[fast bowling|fast]] ||Overseas
|-
|74|| '''[[Sunil Narine]]''' || style="text-align:center"|{{flagicon|Trinidad}} || {{birth date and age2|2014|04|16|1988|5|26|df=y}} || Left-handed || Right-arm [[off break]] || Overseas
|-
||| [[Sayan Mondal]] || style="text-align:center"|{{flagicon|India}} || {{birth date and age2|2014|04|16|1989|11|10|df=y}} || Left-handed || Right-arm [[fast bowling|medium-fast]] ||
|-
||| [[Veer Pratap Singh]] || style="text-align:center"|{{flagicon|India}} || {{birth date and age2|2014|04|16|1992|5|3|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[fast bowling|medium-fast]] ||
|-
||| [[Kuldeep Yadav]] || style="text-align:center"|{{flagicon|India}} || {{birth date and age2|2014|04|16|1994|12|14|df=y}} || Left-handed || [[Left-arm unorthodox spin|Slow left-arm chinaman]] ||
|}

==Indian Premier League==
===Season standings===
Kolkata Knight Riders finished winners in the league stage of IPL 2014.
{{2014 Indian Premier League Points table|team=KKR}}

=== Match log ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!No.
!Date
!Opponent
!Venue
!Result
!Scorecard
|- style="background:#c3fdb8;"
| 1 || {{dts|1=2014|2=4|3=17|format=mdy}} || [[Mumbai Indians]] || [[Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium|Abu Dhabi]]|| Won by 41 Runs, MoM - [[Jacques Kallis]] 72(46) || [http://www.espncricinfo.com/indian-premier-league-2014/engine/match/729279.html Score Card]
|- style="background:#fbb;"
| 2 || {{dts|1=2014|2=4|3=19|format=mdy}} || [[Delhi Daredevils]] || [[Dubai International Cricket Stadium|Dubai]] || Lost by 4 Wickets || [http://www.espncricinfo.com/indian-premier-league-2014/engine/match/729289.html Score Card ]
|- style="background:#c3fdb8;"
| 3 || {{dts|1=2014|2=4|3=24|format=mdy}} || [[Royal Challengers Bangalore]] || [[Sharjah Cricket Stadium|Sharjah]] || Won by 2 Runs, MoM - [[Chris Lynn]] 45(31) || [http://www.espncricinfo.com/indian-premier-league-2014/engine/match/729299.html Score Card]
|- style="background:#fbb;"
| 4 || {{dts|1=2014|2=4|3=26|format=mdy}} || [[Kings XI Punjab]] || [[Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium|Abu Dhabi]] || Lost by 24 Runs || [http://www.espncricinfo.com/indian-premier-league-2014/engine/match/729307.html Score Card]
|- style="background:#fbb;"
| 5 || {{dts|1=2014|2=4|3=29|format=mdy}} || [[Rajasthan Royals]] || [[Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium|Abu Dhabi]] || Match Tied; Super Over Tied; Lost by Boundary Count || [http://www.espncricinfo.com/indian-premier-league-2014/engine/match/729315.html Score Card]
|- style="background:#fbb;"
| 6 || {{dts|1=2014|2=5|3=2|format=mdy}} || [[Chennai Super Kings]] || [[JSCA International Cricket Stadium|Ranchi]] || Lost by 35 Runs || [http://www.espncricinfo.com/indian-premier-league-2014/engine/current/match/733971.html Score Card]
|- style="background:#fbb;"
| 7 || {{dts|1=2014|2=5|3=5|format=mdy}} || [[Rajasthan Royals]] || [[Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera|Ahmedabad]] || Lost by 10 Runs || [http://www.espncricinfo.com/indian-premier-league-2014/engine/match/733979.html Score Card]
|- style="background:#c3fdb8;"
| 8 || {{dts|1=2014|2=5|3=7|format=mdy}} || [[Delhi Daredevils]] || [[Feroz Shah Kotla|New Delhi]] || Won by 8 Wickets, MoM - [[Gautam Gambhir]] 69(56) || [http://www.espncricinfo.com/indian-premier-league-2014/engine/match/733985.html Score Card]
|- style="background:#c3fdb8;"
| 9 || {{dts|1=2014|2=5|3=11|format=mdy}} || [[Kings XI Punjab]] || [[Barabati Stadium|Cuttack]] || Won by 9 Wickets, MoM - [[Gautam Gambhir]] 63(45) || [http://www.espncricinfo.com/indian-premier-league-2014/engine/match/733997.html Score Card]
|- style="background:#c3fdb8;"
| 10 || {{dts|1=2014|2=5|3=14|format=mdy}} || [[Mumbai Indians]] || [[Barabati Stadium|Cuttack]] || Won by 6 Wickets, MoM - [[Robin Uthappa]] 80(52) || [http://www.espncricinfo.com/indian-premier-league-2014/engine/match/734009.html Score Card]
|- style="background:#c3fdb8;"
| 11 || {{dts|1=2014|2=5|3=18|format=mdy}} || [[Sunrisers Hyderabad]] || [[Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium|Hyderabad]] || Won by 7 Wickets, MoM - [[Umesh Yadav]] 3/26 (4 Overs) || [http://www.espncricinfo.com/indian-premier-league-2014/engine/match/734015.html Score Card]
|- style="background:#c3fdb8;"
| 12 || {{dts|1=2014|2=5|3=20|format=mdy}} || [[Chennai Super Kings]] || [[Eden Gardens|Kolkata]] || Won by 8 Wickets, MoM - [[Robin Uthappa]] 67(39) || [http://www.espncricinfo.com/indian-premier-league-2014/engine/match/734023.html Score Card]
|- style="background:#c3fdb8;"
| 13 || {{dts|1=2014|2=5|3=22|format=mdy}} || [[Royal Challengers Bangalore]] || [[Eden Gardens|Kolkata]] || Won by 30 Runs, MoM - [[Robin Uthappa]] 83(51) || [http://www.espncricinfo.com/indian-premier-league-2014/engine/match/734027.html Score Card]
|- style="background:#c3fdb8;"
| 14 || {{dts|1=2014|2=5|3=24|format=mdy}} || [[Sunrisers Hyderabad]] || [[Eden Gardens|Kolkata]] || Won by 4 Wickets, MoM - [[Yusuf Pathan]] 72(22) || [http://www.espncricinfo.com/indian-premier-league-2014/engine/match/734037.html Score Card]
|- style="background:#c3fdb8;"
| 15 || {{dts|1=2014|2=5|3=28|format=mdy}} || [[Kings XI Punjab]] (Qualifier 1) || [[Eden Gardens|Kolkata]] || Won by 28 Runs, MoM - [[Umesh Yadav]] 3/13 (4 Overs) || [http://www.espncricinfo.com/indian-premier-league-2014/engine/match/734043.html Score Card]
|- style="background:#c3fdb8;"
| 16 || {{dts|1=2014|2=6|3=1|format=mdy}} || [[Kings XI Punjab]] (Final) || [[M. Chinnaswamy Stadium|Bangalore]] || Won by 3 Wickets, MoM – [[Manish Pandey]] 94(50)|| [http://www.espncricinfo.com/indian-premier-league-2014/engine/match/734049.html Score Card]
|- " class="sortbottom"
| colspan="6" style="text-align: center; "| Overall record: 11–5. Champions. Qualified for 2014 Champions League Twenty20.
|}

==Champions League Twenty20==
===Match log===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!No.
!Date
!Opponent
!Venue
!Result
!Scorecard
|- style="background:#c3fdb8; "
| 1 || 17 September || [[Chennai Super Kings]] || [[Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium|Hyderabad]] ||Won by 3 wickets, MoM - [[Andre Russell]] 58 (25) and 0/12 (1 over) || [http://www.espncricinfo.com/champions-league-twenty20-2014/engine/match/763589.html Scorecard]
|- style="background:#c3fdb8; "
| 2 || 21 September || [[Lahore Lions]]|| [[Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium|Hyderabad]] ||Won by 4 wickets, MoM - [[Sunil Narine]] 3/9 (4 overs) || [http://www.espncricinfo.com/champions-league-twenty20-2014/engine/match/763601.html Scorecard]
|- style="background:#c3fdb8; "
| 3 || 24 September || [[Perth Scorchers]]|| [[Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium|Hyderabad]] ||Won by 3 wickets, MoM - [[Kuldeep Yadav]] 3/24 (4 overs), 1 catch || [http://www.espncricinfo.com/champions-league-twenty20-2014/engine/match/763607.html Scorecard]
|- style="background:#c3fdb8; "
| 4 || 29 September || [[Dolphins cricket team|Dolphinss]]|| [[Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium|Hyderabad]] ||Won by 36 runs, MoM - [[Robin Uthappa]] 85 (55) || [http://www.espncricinfo.com/champions-league-twenty20-2014/engine/match/763623.html Scorecard]
|- style="background:#c3fdb8; "
| 5 || 2 October (Semifinal) || [[Hobart Hurricanes]]|| [[Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium|Hyderabad]] ||Won by 7 wickets, MoM - [[Jacques Kallis]] 54* (40) || [http://www.espncricinfo.com/champions-league-twenty20-2014/engine/match/763629.html Scorecard]
|- style="background:#fbb; "
| 6 || 4 October (Final) || [[Chennai Super Kings]]|| [[M. Chinnaswamy Stadium|Bangalore]] || Lost By 8 Wickets || [http://www.espncricinfo.com/champions-league-twenty20-2014/engine/match/763633.html Scorecard]
|-
| colspan="6" style="text-align: center; "|Overall record: 5–1. Runners-up.
|}

==References==
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[[Category:2014 Indian Premier League]]
[[Category:Kolkata Knight Riders seasons]]

2014 Kolkata Knight Riders season - Revision history

Nuel ID at 16:53, 16 February 2026