2013 Kolkata Knight Riders season

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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 nine teams that competed in the 2013 IPL. They were captained by Gautam Gambhir. Kolkata Knight Riders finished 7th in the IPL and did not qualify for the Champions League T20.

Background

KKR were the defending champions but they had a disappointing IPL season in 2013, as they failed to make the play-offs, losing ten and winning only six out of their sixteen matches. Although the overall performance was disappointing, a few individual performances gained attention, like Sunil Narine who took 22 wickets in 16 matches and Gautam Gambhir who made some good runs. But due to lack of rhythm and perfect combination of players, and bad form of a few players, the KKR could not win a few easy matches and ended up 7/9.

Squad

• Players with international caps prior to the 2013 season are listed in bold.

No.	Name	Nationality	Birth date	Batting Style	Bowling Style	Notes
Batters
05	Gautam Gambhir	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Left-handed	Right-arm leg break	Captain
07	Paras Dogra	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break
09	Manoj Tiwary	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break
16	Eoin Morgan	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Left-handed	Right-arm medium	Overseas
63	Debabrata Das	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break
All-rounders
03	Jacques Kallis	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	Vice-captain, Overseas
06	Laxmi Ratan Shukla	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
22	Rajat Bhatia	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast
23	Ryan McLaren	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Left-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	Overseas
27	Ryan ten Doeschate	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right arm medium-fast	Overseas
75	Shakib Al Hasan	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Left-handed	Slow left arm orthodox	Overseas
999	Yusuf Pathan	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
–	Sumit Narwal	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Left-handed	Right-arm medium-fast
Wicket-keepers
24	Brad Haddin	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	–	Overseas
36	Manvinder Bisla	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	–
42	Brendon McCullum	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	Overseas
Bowlers
01	Sarabjit Ladda	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break
04	James Pattinson	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Left-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	Overseas
08	Pradeep Sangwan	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Left-arm medium-fast
14	Shami Ahmed	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast
18	Sachithra Senanayake	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	Overseas
21	Iqbal Abdulla	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Left-handed	Slow left arm orthodox
55	Lakshmipathy Balaji	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right arm medium-fast
58	Brett Lee	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm fast	Overseas
74	Sunil Narine	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Left-handed	Right-arm off break	Overseas

Indian Premier League

Season standings

Kolkata Knight Riders finished 7th in the league stage of IPL 2013. ("C" refers to the "Champions" of the Tournament. 'R'(2nd Position), '3' and '4' are the positions of the respective teams in the tournament.)

Match log

No.	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorecard
1	Template:Dts	Delhi Daredevils	Kolkata	Won by 6 wickets, MoM - Sunil Narine 4/13
2	Template:Dts	Rajasthan Royals	Jaipur	Lost by 19 runs
3	Template:Dts	Royal Challengers Bangalore	Bengaluru	Lost by 8 wickets
4	Template:Dts	Sunrisers Hyderabad	Kolkata	Won by 48 runs, MoM – Gautam Gambhir 53(45)	Score Card
5	Template:Dts	Kings XI Punjab	Mohali	Lost by 4 runs
6	Template:Dts	Chennai Super Kings	Kolkata	Lost by 4 wickets
7	Template:Dts	Mumbai Indians	Kolkata	Lost by 5 wickets
8	Template:Dts	Kings XI Punjab	Kolkata	Won by 6 wickets, MoM – Jacques Kallis 2/14 (4 overs) and 44
9	Template:Dts	Chennai Super Kings	Chennai	Lost by 14 runs
10	Template:Dts	Delhi Daredevils	Raipur	Lost by 7 wickets
11	Template:Dts	Rajasthan Royals	Kolkata	Won by 8 wickets; MoM – Yusuf Pathan 49* (35)
12	Template:Dts	Mumbai Indians	Mumbai	Lost by 65 runs
13	Template:Dts	Pune Warriors India	Pune	Won By 46 runs; MoM – Gautam Gambhir 50(44)
14	Template:Dts	Royal Challengers Bangalore	Ranchi	Won By 5 wickets; MoM – Jacques Kallis 2/17 (4 overs) and 41(45)
15	Template:Dts	Pune Warriors India	Ranchi	Lost by 7 runs
16	Template:Dts	Sunrisers Hyderabad	Hyderabad	Lost by 5 wickets
Overall record: 6–10. Failed to advance.