Kolkata Knight Riders in 2013

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The 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 Indian Premier League. 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 few easy matches and ended up 7/9.

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 link
1	Template:Dts	Delhi Daredevils	Kolkata	Won by 6 wickets, MoM - Template:Flagicon 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 – Template:Flagicon 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 – Template:Flagicon 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 – Template:Flagicon 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 – Template:Flagicon Gautam Gambhir 50(44)
14	Template:Dts	Royal Challengers Bangalore	Ranchi	Won By 5 Wickets; MoM – Template:Flagicon 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 of 6 - 10 Failed to make Play-offs, ended 7/9