2016 Kolkata Knight Riders season

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Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) are a franchise cricket team based in Kolkata, India, which plays in the Indian Premier League (IPL). They are one of the eight teams that competed in the 2016 Indian Premier League. They were captained by Gautam Gambhir, and had new coaching staff for the season. Jacques Kallis was head coach in the place of Trevor Bayliss, while Wasim Akram became the new bowling coach. The KKR were placed fourth at the end of the season.

Squad

• Players with international caps before the start of 2016 IPL are listed in bold.

No.	Name	Nationality	Birth date	Batting style	Bowling style	Year signed	Salary	Notes
Batsmen
1	Manish Pandey	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2014	Template:INRConvert
10	Robin Uthappa	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	2014	Template:INRConvert	Occasional wicket-keeper
23	Gautam Gambhir	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Left-handed	Right-arm leg break	2014	Template:INRConvert	Captain
50	Chris Lynn	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	2014	Template:INRConvert	Overseas
82	Colin Munro	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Left-handed	Right-arm medium	2016	Template:INRConvert	Overseas
212	Suryakumar Yadav	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	2014	Template:INRConvert	Vice-captain
All-rounders
7	Rajagopal Sathish	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	2016	Template:INRConvert
9	Manan Sharma	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	2016	Template:INRConvert
12	Andre Russell	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2014	Template:INRConvert	Overseas
24	Yusuf Pathan	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2014	Template:INRConvert
41	John HastingsTemplate:Refn	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2016	Template:INRConvert	Overseas
75	Shakib Al Hasan	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	2014	Template:INRConvert	Overseas
98	Jason Holder	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2016	Template:INRConvert	Overseas
Wicket-keepers
27	Sheldon Jackson	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed		2015	Template:INRConvert
Bowlers
3	Ankit Rajpoot	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2016	Template:INRConvert
18	Kuldeep Yadav	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Left-handed	Left-arm unorthodox spin	2014	Template:INRConvert
19	Umesh Yadav	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm fast	2014	Template:INRConvert
21	Piyush Chawla	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Left-handed	Right-arm leg break	2014	Template:INRConvert
31	Brad Hogg	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Left-handed	Left-arm unorthodox spin	2015	Template:INRConvert	Overseas
32	Shaun Tait	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm fast	2016	Template:INRConvert	Overseas
65	Morne Morkel	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Left-handed	Right-arm fast	2014	Template:INRConvert	Overseas
74	Sunil Narine	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Left-handed	Right-arm off break	2014	Template:INRConvert	Overseas
77	Jaydev Unadkat	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Left-arm medium-fast	2016	Template:INRConvert

Indian Premier League

Match log

No.	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorecard
1	Template:Dts	Delhi Daredevils	Kolkata	Won by 9 wickets, MoM - Andre Russell 3/24 (3 Overs)	Scorecard
2	Template:Dts	Mumbai Indians	Kolkata	Lost by 6 wickets	Scorecard
3	Template:Dts	Sunrisers Hyderabad	Hyderabad	Won by 8 wickets, MoM - Gautam Gambhir 90*(60)	Scorecard
4	Template:Dts	Kings XI Punjab	Mohali	Won by 6 wickets, MoM - Robin Uthappa 53(28)	Scorecard
5	Template:Dts	Rising Pune Supergiant	Pune	Won by 2 wickets, MoM - Suryakumar Yadav 60(49)	Scorecard
6	Template:Dts	Mumbai Indians	Mumbai	Lost by 6 wickets	Scorecard
7	Template:Dts	Delhi Daredevils	Delhi	Lost by 27 runs	Scorecard
8	Template:Dts	Royal Challengers Bangalore	Bengaluru	Won by 5 wickets, MoM - Andre Russell 39(24) & 1/24 (4 Overs)	Scorecard
9	Template:Dts	Kings XI Punjab	Kolkata	Won by 7 runs, MoM - Andre Russell 16(10) & 4/20 (4 Overs)	Scorecard
10	Template:Dts	Gujarat Lions	Kolkata	Lost by 5 wickets	Scorecard
11	Template:Dts	Rising Pune Supergiant	Kolkata	Won by 8 wickets (D/L), MoM - Yusuf Pathan 37*(18)	Scorecard
12	Template:Dts	Royal Challengers Bangalore	Kolkata	Lost by 9 wickets	Scorecard
13	Template:Dts	Gujarat Lions	Kanpur	Lost by 6 wickets	Scorecard
14	Template:Dts	Sunrisers Hyderabad	Kolkata	Won by 22 runs, MoM - Yusuf Pathan 52*(34)	Scorecard
Play-offs
15	Template:Dts	Sunrisers Hyderabad (Eliminator)	Delhi	Lost by 22 runs	Scorecard
Overall record: 8–7. Eliminated in the first stage of the playoffs.