2017 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 2017 IPL edition. They were captained by Gautam Gambhir, while former Knight Riders all-rounder Jacques Kallis was in his third season as the team's head coach.

Pre-season

In December 2016, Wasim Akram stepped down as the bowling coach and mentor, citing "professional commitments and time constraints."^[1]

Player auction

Template:Main The player auction for the 2017 Indian Premier League was held on 20 February in Bangalore.^[2]

The Knight Riders bought the following players at the auction:

In April the side signed New Zealander Colin de Grandhomme as a replacement for Andre Russell who was banned for one year in January 2017 for a violation of doping codes.

Squad

Players with international caps are listed in bold.

No.	Name	Nationality	Birth date	Batting style	Bowling style	Year signed	Salary	Notes
Batsmen
9	Manish Pandey	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2014	Template:INRConvert
23	Gautam Gambhir	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Left-handed	Right-arm leg break	2014 (since 2011)	Template:INRConvert	Captain
37	Robin Uthappa	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	2014	Template:INRConvert	Occasional wicketkeeper
46	Darren Bravo	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Left-handed	Right-arm medium	2017	Template:INRConvert	Overseas
50	Chris Lynn	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	2014	Template:INRConvert	Overseas
72	Ishank Jaggi	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	2017	Template:INRConvert
212	Suryakumar Yadav	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	2014	Template:INRConvert	Vice-captain
All-rounders
01	Rishi Dhawan	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2017	Template:INRConvert
8	Chris Woakes	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	2017	Template:INRConvert	Overseas
12	Andre Russell	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	2014	Template:INRConvert	Overseas
24	Yusuf Pathan	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2014 (since 2011)	Template:INRConvert
52	Rovman Powell	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	2017	Template:INRConvert	Overseas
75	Shakib Al Hasan	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	2014 (since 2011)	Template:INRConvert	Overseas
77	Colin de Grandhomme	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	2017	Replacement signing	Overseas
	Sanjay Yadav	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	2017	Template:INRConvert
Wicket-keepers
21	Sheldon Jackson	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed		2015	Template:INRConvert
Bowlers
03	Ankit Rajpoot	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2016	Template:INRConvert
10	Trent Boult	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Left-arm fast	2017	Template:INRConvert	Overseas
11	Piyush Chawla	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Left-handed	Right-arm leg break	2014	Template:INRConvert
13	Nathan Coulter-Nile	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm fast	2017	Template:INRConvert	Overseas
18	Kuldeep Yadav	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Left-handed	Slow left-arm wrist-spin	2014	Template:INRConvert
19	Umesh Yadav	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm fast	2014	Template:INRConvert
74	Sunil Narine	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Left-handed	Right-arm off break	2012	Template:INRConvert	Overseas
	Sayan Ghosh	Template:Cr	Template:Birth date and age2	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	2017	Template:INRConvert