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{{Short description|Kolkata Knight Riders in 2021}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2021}}
{{Infobox cricket club season
| club = Kolkata Knight Riders
| season = [[2021 Indian Premier League|2021]]
| coach = [[Brendon McCullum]]
| captain =[[Eoin Morgan]]
| ground = [[Eden Gardens]]
| comp1 = [[2021 Indian Premier League]]
| comp1 result = Runner up
| most runs = [[Shubman Gill]] (478)
| most wickets = [[Varun Chakravarthy]] (18)
| prevseason = [[Kolkata Knight Riders in 2020|2020]]
| nextseason = [[Kolkata Knight Riders in 2022|2022]]
}}

The 2021 season was the 14th season for the [[Indian Premier League]] (IPL) franchise [[Kolkata Knight Riders]] (KKR). They were one of the eight teams that competed in the [[2021 Indian Premier League|2021 IPL]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=IPL 2021 Auction: VIVO Remains The Title Sponsor As BCCI Releases The Player Auction List|url=https://cricket.yahoo.net/news/ipl-2021-auction-vivo-remains-175508420|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=12 February 2021|website=Yahoo! Cricket}}</ref> The franchise won the tournament in [[2012 Indian Premier League|2012]] and [[2014 Indian Premier League|2014]].<ref name="IPl-Schedule. net">{{cite web|url = http://www.ipl-schedule.net/ipl-2012-final-kolkata-knight-riders-win-ipl-5-beat-chennai-super-kings/|title = Kolkata Knight Riders win IPL 5, beat Chennai Super Kings|access-date = 13 October 2012|archive-date = 2 June 2012|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120602070808/http://www.ipl-schedule.net/ipl-2012-final-kolkata-knight-riders-win-ipl-5-beat-chennai-super-kings/|url-status = dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Records / Twenty20 matches / Team records / Most consecutive wins|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/305308.html|work=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=2 October 2014}}</ref> The team was captained by [[Eoin Morgan]] with [[Brendon McCullum]] as the team coach. They finished their 2021 IPL campaign as runners-up.

==Background==
=== Player retention and transfers ===
{{Main|List of 2021 Indian Premier League personnel changes}}
The franchise retained 17 players and released six players.<ref>{{cite web|last=|first=|title=IPL 2021 PLAYER RETENTIONS LIST|url=https://www.iplt20.com/news/228284/ipl-2021-player-retentions-list|access-date=20 January 2021|date=20 January 2021|publisher=IPLt20}}</ref>

;Retained: [[Eoin Morgan]], [[Andre Russell]], [[Dinesh Karthik]], [[Kamlesh Nagarkoti]], [[Kuldeep Yadav]], [[Lockie Ferguson]], [[Nitish Rana]], [[Prasidh Krishna]], [[Rinku Singh (cricketer)|Rinku Singh]], [[Sandeep Warrier]], [[Shivam Mavi]], [[Shubman Gill]], [[Sunil Narine]], [[Pat Cummins]], [[Rahul Tripathi]], [[Varun Chakravarthy]], [[Tim Seifert]]

;Released: [[Chris Green (cricketer)|Chris Green]], [[Harry Gurney]], [[M Siddharth]], [[Nikhil Naik]], [[Siddhesh Lad]], [[Tom Banton]]

;Added: [[Harbhajan Singh]], [[Shakib Al Hasan]], [[Sheldon Jackson (cricketer)|Sheldon Jackson]], [[Vaibhav Arora]], [[Venkatesh Iyer]], [[Karun Nair]], [[Ben Cutting]]

== Squad ==
* Players with international caps are listed in '''bold'''.
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:85%;"
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| No.
! style="text-align:center;"| Name
! style="text-align:center;"| Nationality
! style="text-align:center;"| Birth date
! style="text-align:center;"| Batting style
! style="text-align:center;"| Bowling style
! style="text-align:center;"| Year signed
! style="text-align:center;"| Salary
! style="text-align:center;"| Notes
|-
! colspan="9" style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center;"|Batsmen
|-
|16|| '''[[Eoin Morgan]]''' || {{cr|ENG}} || {{birth date and age2|2021|04|11|1986|9|10|df=y}} || Left-handed || Right-arm medium || style="text-align:center;"| 2020 || style="text-align:right;"| {{INRConvert|5.25|c|-3}} || Overseas; [[Captain (cricket)|Captain]]
|-
|18|| '''[[Gurkeerat Singh]]''' || {{cr|IND}} || {{birth date and age2|2021|04|11|1990|06|29|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[off break]] || style="text-align:center;"| 2021 || style="text-align:right;" | {{INRConvert|50|l|-3}} || Replacement for Rinku Singh<ref>{{Cite web|title=KKR sign Gurkeerat as replacement for injured Rinku|url=https://www.cricbuzz.com/cricket-news/116912/kkr-sign-gurkeerat-as-replacement-for-injured-rinku|access-date=2021-04-04|website=Cricbuzz|language=en}}</ref>
|-
|27|| '''[[Nitish Rana]]''' || {{cr|IND}} || {{birth date and age2|2021|04|11|1993|12|27|df=y}} || Left-handed || Right-arm [[off break]] || style="text-align:center;"| 2018 || style="text-align:right;"| {{INRConvert|3.4|c|-3}} ||
|-
|35|| [[Rinku Singh (cricketer)|Rinku Singh]] || {{cr|IND}} || {{birth date and age2|2021|04|11|1997|10|12|df=y}} || Left-handed || Right-arm [[off break]] || style="text-align:center;"| 2018 || style="text-align:right;"| {{INRConvert|80|l|-3}} || Unavailable due to knee injury<ref>{{Cite web|title=Gurkeerat Singh Mann signs up with Kolkata Knight Riders as replacement for Rinku Singh|url=https://www.iplt20.com/news/228485/gurkeerat-singh-mann-signs-up-with-kolkata-knight-riders-as-replacement-for-rinku-singh|access-date=2021-04-04|website=www.iplt20.com|language=en}}</ref>
|-
|52|| [[Rahul Tripathi]] || {{cr|IND}} || {{birth date and age2|2021|04|11|1991|3|2|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[fast bowling|fast medium]] || style="text-align:center;"| 2020 || style="text-align:right;"| {{INRConvert|60|l|-3}} ||
|-
|66|| '''[[Karun Nair]]''' || {{cr|IND}} || {{birth date and age2|2021|04|11|1991|12|6|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[off break]] || style="text-align:center;"| 2021 || style="text-align:right;"| {{INRConvert|50|l|-3}} ||
|-
|77|| '''[[Shubman Gill]]''' || {{cr|IND}} || {{birth date and age2|2021|04|11|1999|9|8|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[off break]] || style="text-align:center;"| 2018 || style="text-align:right;"| {{INRConvert|1.8|c|-3}} ||
|-! colspan="9" style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center;"| All-Rounders
|-
! colspan="9" style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center;"| All-Rounder
|-
|12|| '''[[Andre Russell]]''' || {{cr|Jamaica}} || {{birth date and age2|2021|04|11|1988|4|29|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[fast bowling|fast-medium]] || style="text-align:center;"| 2018 || style="text-align:right;"| {{INRConvert|7|c|1}} || Overseas, Injured
|-
|15|| '''[[Pawan Negi]]''' || {{cr|IND}} || {{birth date and age2|2021|04|11|1993|1|6|df=y}} || Left-handed || Left-arm [[Left-arm orthodox|orthodox]] || style="text-align:center;"| 2021 || style="text-align:right;"| {{INRConvert|50|l|-3}} ||
|-
|25|| [[Venkatesh Iyer]] || {{cr|IND}} || {{birth date and age2|2021|04|11|1994|12|25|df=y}} || Left-handed || Right-arm [[Fast bowling|medium]] || style="text-align:center;"| 2021 || style="text-align:right;"| {{INRConvert|20|l|-3}} ||
|-
|31|| '''[[Ben Cutting]]''' || {{cr|Australia}} || {{birth date and age2|2021|04|11|1987|1|30|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[fast-medium]] || style="text-align:center;"| 2021 || style="text-align:right;"| {{INRConvert|75|l|-3}} || Overseas
|-
|75|| '''[[Shakib Al Hasan]]''' || {{cr|Bangladesh}} || {{birth date and age2|2021|04|11|1987|3|24|df=y}} || Left-handed || Left-arm [[Left-arm orthodox|orthodox]] || style="text-align:center;"| 2021 || style="text-align:right;"| {{INRConvert|3.2|c|-3}} || Overseas
|-
! colspan="9" style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center;"| Wicket-Keepers
|-
|19|| '''[[Dinesh Karthik]]''' || {{cr|IND}} || {{birth date and age2|2021|04|11|1985|6|1|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[off break]] || style="text-align:center;"| 2018 || style="text-align:right;"| {{INRConvert|7.4|c|1}} || Vice-captain
|-
|21|| [[Sheldon Jackson (cricketer)|Sheldon Jackson]] || {{cr|IND}} || {{birth date and age2|2021|04|11|1986|9|27|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[off break]] || style="text-align:center;"| 2021 || style="text-align:right;"| {{INRConvert|20|l|-3}} ||
|-
|43|| '''[[Tim Seifert]]''' || {{cr|New Zealand}} || {{birth date and age2|2021|04|11|1994|12|14|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[fast bowling|fast-medium]] || style="text-align:center;"| 2020 || style="text-align:right;"| {{INRConvert|20|l|-3}} || Overseas
|-
! colspan="9" style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center;"| Spin-Bowlers
|-
|3|| '''[[Harbhajan Singh]]''' || {{cr|IND}} || {{birth date and age2|2021|04|11|1980|7|3|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[off break]] || style="text-align:center;"| 2021 || style="text-align:right;"| {{INRConvert|2|c}} ||
|-
|23|| '''[[Kuldeep Yadav]]''' || {{cr|India}} || {{birth date and age2|2021|04|11|1994|12|14|df=y}} || Left-handed || Left-arm [[Slow left-arm wrist-spin|unorthodox]] || style="text-align:center;"| 2018 || style="text-align:right;"| {{INRConvert|5.8|c|-3}}||
|-
|29|| '''[[Varun Chakravarthy]]''' || {{cr|IND}} || {{birth date and age2|2021|04|11|1991|8|29|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[leg break]] || style="text-align:center;"| 2020 || style="text-align:right;"| {{INRConvert|4|c}} ||
|-
|74|| '''[[Sunil Narine]]''' || {{cr|Trinidad}} || {{birth date and age2|2021|04|11|1988|5|26|df=y}} || Left-handed || Right-arm [[off break]] || style="text-align:center;"| 2018 || style="text-align:right;"| {{INRConvert|8.5|c|1}} || Overseas
|-
! colspan="9" style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center;"| Pace Bowlers
|-
|5|| [[Kamlesh Nagarkoti]] || {{cr|India}} || {{birth date and age2|2021|04|11|1999|12|28|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[fast bowling|fast]] || style="text-align:center;"| 2018 || style="text-align:right;"| {{INRConvert|3.2|c|-3}} ||
|-
|14|| [[Vaibhav Arora]] || {{cr|India}} || {{birth date and age2|2021|04|11|1997|12|14|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[fast bowling|fast-medium]] || style="text-align:center;"| 2021 || style="text-align:right;"| {{INRConvert|20|l|-3}} ||
|-
|24|| '''[[Prasidh Krishna]]''' || {{cr|India}} || {{birth date and age2|2021|04|11|1996|02|19|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[fast bowling|fast-medium]] || style="text-align:center;"| 2018 || style="text-align:right;"| {{INRConvert|20|l|-3}} ||
|-
|26|| [[Shivam Mavi]] || {{cr|India}} || {{birth date and age2|2021|04|11|1998|11|26|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[fast bowling|fast-medium]] || style="text-align:center;"| 2018 || style="text-align:right;"| {{INRConvert|3|c|-3}} ||
|-
|30|| '''[[Pat Cummins]]''' || {{cr|AUS}} || {{birth date and age2|2021|04|11|1993|5|8|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[fast bowling|fast]] || style="text-align:center;"| 2020 || style="text-align:right;"| {{INRConvert|15.5|c}} || Overseas, Unavailable due to Personal reasons<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.timesnownews.com/sports/cricket/article/pat-cummins-to-jos-buttler-list-of-players-who-have-pulled-out-of-ipl-2021s-2nd-leg-in-uae/802042|title=Pat Cummins to Jos Buttler: List of players who have pulled out of IPL 2021's 2nd leg in UAE|work=Times Now News|access-date=22 August 2021}}</ref>
|-
|43|| '''[[Tim Southee]]''' || {{cr|New Zealand}} || {{birth date and age2|2021|04|11|1988|12|11|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[fast bowling|fast-medium]] || style="text-align:center;"| 2021 || style="text-align:right;"| {{INRConvert|75|l|-3}} || Overseas, Replacement for Pat Cummins<ref>{{Cite web|title=KKR sign Tim Southee for remainder of IPL 2021|url=https://www.cricbuzz.com/amp/cricket-news/118740/kkr-sign-tim-southee-for-remainder-of-ipl-2021-cricbuzzcom|access-date=26 August 2021|website=CricBuzz|language=en}}</ref>
|-
|63|| '''[[Sandeep Warrier]]''' || {{cr|India}} || {{birth date and age2|2021|04|11|1991|04|04|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[fast bowling|medium-fast]] || style="text-align:center;"| 2019 || style="text-align:right;"| {{INRConvert|20|l|-3}} ||
|-
|69|| '''[[Lockie Ferguson]]''' || {{cr|New Zealand}} ||{{birth date and age2|2021|04|11|1991|06|13|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[Fast bowling|fast]] || style="text-align:center;"| 2019 || style="text-align:right;"| {{INRConvert|1.6|c}} || Overseas
|-! colspan="9" style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center;"|
|-
! colspan="9" style="text-align: center;"| Source: [https://www.kkr.in/players KKR Players]
|}

==Administration and support staff==
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:85%;"
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| Position
! style="text-align:center;"| Name
|-
| Owner|| [[Shah Rukh Khan]] ([[Red Chillies Entertainment]]), [[Jay Mehta]] ([[Mehta Group]])
|-
|CEO and Managing Director|| [[Venky Mysore]]
|-
|Team manager|| Wayne Bentley
|-
|Head coach|| [[Brendon McCullum]]
|-
|Assistant coach|| [[Abhishek Nayar]]
|-
|Mentor|| [[David Hussey]]
|-
|Bowling coach|| [[Kyle Mills]]
|-
|Fielding coach|| [[James Foster (cricketer, born 1980)|James Foster]]
|-
|Head Physiotherapist|| Kamlesh Jain
|-
|Strength and Conditioning coach|| [[Chris Donaldson]]
|-
|-
! colspan="2" style="text-align: center;"| Source: [https://www.kkr.in/players KKR Staff]
|}

==Kit manufacturers and sponsors==

{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:85%;"
|-
!Kit manufacturer
!Shirt sponsor (chest)
!Shirt sponsor (back)
!Chest Branding
|-
|[[Wrogn|Wrogn Active]]
|MPL
|Unacademy
|[[Lux Cozi]]
|-
! colspan="4" style="text-align:right;"|Source :[https://www.kkr.in/ kkr.in] 
|}
{{col-2}}
|{{Cricket uniform
| pattern_la =
| pattern_b = _yellowshoulders
| pattern_ra =
| pattern_sh =
| pattern_so =
| leftarm = 4B0082
| body = 4B0082
| rightarm = 4B0082
| pants = 4B0082
| title = T20 uniform
}}
{{col-end}}

==Teams and standings==
=== Results by match ===
{{#invoke:sports rbr table|table|legendpos=b
|header=Round
|label2= Result
| res2=
W/L/L/L/L/W/L/W/W/L/W/L/W/W

|label3= Position
| pos3=
2/5/6/6/8/5/7/5/4/4/4/4/4/4

| color_W = green2|text_W=Win
| color_NR = yellow2|text_NR=No Result
| color_L = red2|text_L=Loss
| color_1-2=green1| color_3-4=#ffc
| source = Fixtures
}}

===League table===
{{2021 Indian Premier League Points table|showteam=KKR}}

==League stage==
{{hatnote|All times are in [[Indian Standard Time]] ([[UTC+05:30]])}}
The full schedule was published on the IPL website on 7 March 2021.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.iplt20.com/news/228478/bcci-announces-schedule-for-vivo-ipl-2021|title=IPL schedule|access-date=7 March 2021}}</ref>

{{main|2021 Indian Premier League #League stage}}

=== Matches ===
{{#section:2021 Indian Premier League|match3}}
----
{{#section:2021 Indian Premier League|match5}}
----
{{#section:2021 Indian Premier League|match10}}
----
{{#section:2021 Indian Premier League|match15}}
----
{{#section:2021 Indian Premier League|match18}}
----
{{#section:2021 Indian Premier League|match21}}
----
{{#section:2021 Indian Premier League|match25}}
----
{{#section:2021 Indian Premier League|match31}}
----
{{#section:2021 Indian Premier League|match34}}
----
{{#section:2021 Indian Premier League|match38}}
----
{{#section:2021 Indian Premier League|match41}}
----
{{#section:2021 Indian Premier League|match45}}
----
{{#section:2021 Indian Premier League|match49}}
----
{{#section:2021 Indian Premier League|match54}}

==Playoffs==
{{main|2021 Indian Premier League #Playoffs}}
;Eliminator
{{#section:2021 Indian Premier League|match58}}
----
;Qualifier 2
{{#section:2021 Indian Premier League|match59}}
----
;Final
{{#section:2021 Indian Premier League|match60}}

==Statistics==

===Most runs===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
! No.
! Name
! Match
! Inns
! NO
! Runs
! HS
! Ave.
! BF
! SR
! 100s
! 50s
! 0s
! 4s
! 6s
|-
| 1 ||[[Shubman Gill]]|| 17 || 17 || 0
! 478
|| 94 || 45.11 || 402 || 118.90 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 39 || 11
|-
| 2 ||[[Rahul Tripathi]] || 17 || 16 || 2
! 397
|| 74[[Not out|*]] || 28.35 || 283 || 140.28 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 41 || 11
|-
| 3 ||[[Nitish Rana]]|| 17 || 16 || 3
! 383
|| 80 || 29.46 || 314 || 121.97 || 0 || 2 || 2 || 34 || 17
|-
| 4 ||[[Venkatesh Iyer]] || 10 || 10 || 1
! 370
|| 67 || 41.11 || 288 || 128.47 || 0 || 4|| 0 || 37 || 14
|-
| 5 ||[[Dinesh Karthik]] || 17 || 15 || 5
! 223
|| 40 || 22.30 || 170 || 131.17 || 0 || 0|| 1 || 22 || 7
|-
| 6 ||[[Andre Russell]] || 10 || 9 || 2
! 183
|| 54 || 26.14 || 120 || 152.50 || 0 || 1|| 0 || 14 || 14
|-
| 7 ||[[Eoin Morgan]] || 17 || 16 ||4
! 133
|| 47[[Not out|*]] || 11.08 || 139 || 95.68 || 0 || 0|| 4 || 8 || 6
|-
| 8 ||[[Pat Cummins]] || 7 || 5 || 2
! 93
|| 66[[Not out|*]] || 31.00 || 56 || 166.07 || 0 || 1|| 1 || 5 || 8
|-
| 9 ||[[Sunil Narine]] || 14 || 10 || 2
! 62
|| 26 || 7.75 || 47 || 113.91 || 0 || 0|| 3 || 3 || 5
|-
| 10 ||[[Shakib Al Hasan]] || 8 || 6 || 1
! 47
|| 26 || 9.40 || 48 || 97.91 || 0 || 0|| 2 || 3 || 1
|-
|11
|[[Shivam Mavi]]
|9
|2
|0
!25
|20
|12.50
|20
|125.00
|0
|0
|0
|2
|2
|-
|}
* '''Source:''' ESPNcricinfo<ref>{{Cite web|title=KKR Most runs in IPL 2021|url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/batting/most_runs_career.html?class=6&id=2021&team=4341&type=year|access-date=4 October 2021|work=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref>

===Most wickets===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
! No.
! Name
! Match
! Inns
! Overs
! Maidens
! Runs
! Wickets
! BBI
! Avg.
! Econ.
! SR
! 4W
! 5W
|-
| 1 || [[Varun Chakravarthy]] || 17 || 17 || 68.0 || 0 || 448
! 18
|| 3/13 || 24.88 || 6.58 || 22.66 || 0 || 0
|-
| 2 || [[Sunil Narine]] || 14 || 14 || 56.0 || 0 || 361
! 16
|| 4/21 || 22.56 || 6.44 || 21.0 || 1 || 0
|-
| 3 || [[Lockie Ferguson]] || 8 || 8 || 30.0 || 0 || 224
! 13
|| 3/18 || 17.23 || 7.46 || 13.84 || 0 || 0
|-
| 4 || [[Prasidh Krishna]] || 10 || 10 || 38.3 || 0 || 351
! 12
|| 3/30 || 29.25 || 9.11 || 19.25 || 0 || 0
|-
| 5 || [[Shivam Mavi]] || 9 || 9 || 32.1 || 0 || 233
! 11
|| 4/21 || 21.18 || 7.24 || 17.54 || 1 || 0
|-
| 6 || [[Andre Russell]] || 10 || 8 || 19.0 || 0 || 188
! 11
|| 5/15 || 17.09 || 9.89 || 10.36 || 0 || 1
|-
| 7 || [[Pat Cummins]]|| 7 || 7 || 26.5 || 0 || 237
! 9
|| 3/24 || 26.33 || 8.83 || 17.88 || 0 || 0
|-
| 8 || [[Shakib Al Hasan]] || 8 || 8 || 26.0 || 0 || 187
! 4
|| 1/1 || 46.75 || 7.19 || 39.0 || 0 || 0
|-
| 9 || [[Venkatesh Iyer]]|| 10 || 4 || 8.3 || 0 || 69
! 3
|| 2/29 || 20.00 || 8.11 || 17.00 || 0 || 0
|-
| 10 || [[Tim Southee]]|| 3 || 3 || 12.0 || 0 || 95
! 3
|| 2/26 || 31.66 || 7.91 || 24.00 || 0 || 0
|-
|}
* '''Source:''' ESPNcricinfo<ref>{{Cite web|title=KKR Most wickets in IPL 2021|url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/bowling/most_wickets_career.html?class=6&id=2021&team=4341&type=year|access-date=4 October 2021|work=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref>

==Player of the match awards==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
! No.
! Date
! Player
! Opponent
! Result
! Contribution
! Ref.
|-
| 1 || {{dts|1=2021|2=4|3=11|format=dmy}} ||[[Nitish Rana]] || [[Sunrisers Hyderabad]] ||Won by 10 runs || 80 (56) ||<ref>{{Cite web|title=Rana, Tripathi, Prasidh star in KKR's opening win|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/ipl-2021-1249214/sunrisers-hyderabad-vs-kolkata-knight-riders-3rd-match-1254060/match-report|access-date=11 April 2021|work=ESPNcricinfo|language=en}}</ref>
|-
| 2 || {{dts|1=2021|2=4|3=26|format=dmy}} ||[[Eoin Morgan]] || [[Punjab Kings]] ||Won by 5 Wickets || 47[[not out|*]] (40) ||<ref>{{Cite web|title=Morgan, bowlers lift Kolkata Knight Riders off bottom of IPL points table |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/ipl-2021-1249214/punjab-kings-vs-kolkata-knight-riders-21st-match-1254078/match-report |access-date=26 April 2021|work=ESPNcricinfo|language=en}}</ref>
|-
| 3 || {{dts|1=2021|2=9|3=20|format=dmy}} ||[[Varun Chakravarthy]] || [[Royal Challengers Bangalore]] ||Won by 9 Wickets || 3/13 (4) ||<ref>{{Cite web|title=Varun Chakravarthy, Andre Russell rout Royal Challengers Bangalore for 92 to set up big win |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/ipl-2021-1249214/kolkata-knight-riders-vs-royal-challengers-bangalore-31st-match-1254087/match-report |access-date=20 September 2021|work=ESPNcricinfo|language=en}}</ref>
|-
| 4 || {{dts|1=2021|2=9|3=23|format=dmy}} ||[[Sunil Narine]] || [[Mumbai Indians]] ||Won by 7 Wickets || 1/20 (4) ||<ref>{{Cite web|title=Iyer, Tripathi put KKR in top four after bowlers rein Mumbai in |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/ipl-2021-1249214/mumbai-indians-vs-kolkata-knight-riders-34th-match-1254096/match-report|access-date=24 September 2021|work=ESPNcricinfo|language=en}}</ref>
|-
| 5 || {{dts|1=2021|2=9|3=28|format=dmy}} ||[[Sunil Narine]] || [[Delhi Capitals]] ||Won by 3 Wickets || 2/18 (4) and 21 (10) ||<ref>{{Cite web|title=All-star bowling, key blows from Narine and Rana give Knight Riders win |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/ipl-2021-1249214/kolkata-knight-riders-vs-delhi-capitals-41st-match-1254092/match-report |access-date=28 September 2021|work=ESPNcricinfo|language=en}}</ref>
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| 6 || {{dts|1=2021|2=10|3=3|format=dmy}} ||[[Shubman Gill]] || [[Sunrisers Hyderabad]] ||Won by 6 Wickets || 57 (51) ||<ref>{{Cite web|title= Shubman Gill, bowlers boost KKR's playoffs chances |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/ipl-2021-1249214/kolkata-knight-riders-vs-sunrisers-hyderabad-49th-match-1254109/match-report |access-date=3 October 2021 |work=ESPNcricinfo|language=en}}</ref>
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| 7 || {{dts|1=2021|2=10|3=7|format=dmy}} ||[[Shivam Mavi]] || [[Rajasthan Royals]] ||Won by 86 runs || 4/21 (4 overs) ||<ref>{{Cite web|title= Clinical Knight Riders in line for final playoff spot after Royals demolition job |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/ipl-2021-1249214/kolkata-knight-riders-vs-rajasthan-royals-54th-match-1254106/match-report |access-date=7 October 2021 |work=ESPNcricinfo|language=en}}</ref>
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| 8 || {{dts|1=2021|2=10|3=11|format=dmy}}: Eliminator ||[[Sunil Narine]] || [[Royal Challengers Bangalore]] || Won by 4 wickets || 4/21 (4 overs) and 26 (15) ||<ref>{{Cite web|title=Narine stars with bat and ball, puts KKR in Qualifier 2, ends Kohli's tenure as RCB captain with defeat |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/ipl-2021-1249214/royal-challengers-bangalore-vs-kolkata-knight-riders-eliminator-1254115/match-report |access-date=11 October 2021|work=ESPNcricinfo|language=en}}</ref>
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| 9 || {{dts|1=2021|2=10|3=13|format=dmy}}: Qualifier 2 ||[[Venkatesh Iyer]] || [[Delhi Capitals]] || Won by 3 wickets || 55 (41) ||<ref>{{Cite web|title=Rahul Tripathi's dramatic six takes nervy Knight Riders into final |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/ipl-2021-1249214/delhi-capitals-vs-kolkata-knight-riders-qualifier-2-1254116/match-report |access-date=13 October 2021|work=ESPNcricinfo|language=en}}</ref>
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==References==
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2021 Kolkata Knight Riders season - Revision history

Igurushivamy at 03:47, 30 October 2025