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The 2021 season will be the 14th season for the Indian Premier League franchise Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR). They are one of the eight teams that compete in the 2021 Indian Premier League.[1] The franchise qualified for the IPL playoffs for the first time in 2011 and won the tournament in 2012 and 2014.[2][3] Post this, the franchise also qualified for the playoffs in the three consecutive years of 2016, 2017 and 2018. The team is being captained by Eoin Morgan with Brendon McCullum as the new team coach.
Background
Player retention and transfers
Template:Main The Kolkata Knight Riders retained 17 players and released six players.[4]
Retained Players: Eoin Morgan, Andre Russell, Dinesh Karthik, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Kuldeep Yadav, Lockie Ferguson, Nitish Rana, Prasidh Krishna, Rinku Singh, Sandeep Warrier, Shivam Mavi, Shubman Gill, Sunil Narine, Pat Cummins, Rahul Tripathi, Varun Chakravarthy, Tim Seifert
Released Players: Chris Green, Harry Gurney, M Siddharth, Nikhil Naik, Siddhesh Lad, Tom Banton
Added Players: Harbhajan Singh, Shakib Al Hasan, Sheldon Jackson, Vaibhav Arora, Venkatesh Iyer, Karun Nair, Ben Cutting
Supportive Players :
Squad
- Players with international caps are listed in bold.
- Template:Color box denotes a player who is currently unavailable for selection.
- Template:Color box denotes a player who is unavailable for rest of the season.
| No. | Name | Nat | Birth date | Batting style | Bowling style | Signed year | Salary | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batsmen | ||||||||||
| 16 | Eoin Morgan | Template:Flagicon | 1986-9-10 (age 40) | Left-handed | Right-arm medium | 2020 | Template:INRConvert | Overseas; Captain | ||
| 18 | Gurkeerat Singh | Template:Flagicon | 1990-06-29 (age 36) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | 2021 | Template:INRConvert | Replacement for Rinku Singh[5] | ||
| 52 | Rahul Tripathi | Template:Flagicon | 1991-3-2 (age 35) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast medium | 2020 | Template:INRConvert | |||
| 66 | Karun Nair | Template:Flagicon | 1991-12-6 (age 35) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | 2021 | Template:INRConvert | |||
| 27 | Nitish Rana | Template:Flagicon | 1993-12-27 (age 33) | Left-handed | Right-arm off break | 2018 | Template:INRConvert | |||
| 35 | Rinku Singh | Template:Flagicon | 1997-10-12 (age 29) | Left-handed | Right-arm off break | 2018 | Template:INRConvert | Unavailable due to knee injury[6] | ||
| 77 | Shubman Gill | Template:Flagicon | 1999-9-8 (age 27) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | 2018 | Template:INRConvert | |||
| All-Rounder | ||||||||||
| 31 | Ben Cutting | Template:Flagicon | 1987-1-30 (age 39) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | 2021 | Template:INRConvert | Overseas | ||
| 75 | Shakib Al Hasan | Template:Flagicon | 1987-3-24 (age 39) | Left-handed | Left-arm orthodox | 2021 | Template:INRConvert | Overseas | ||
| 12 | Andre Russell | Template:Flagicon | 1988-4-29 (age 38) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | 2018 | Template:INRConvert | Overseas | ||
| 15 | Pawan Negi | Template:Flagicon | 1993-1-6 (age 33) | Left-handed | Left-arm orthodox | 2021 | Template:INRConvert | |||
| 25 | Venkatesh Iyer | Template:Flagicon | 1994-12-25 (age 32) | Left-handed | Right-arm medium | 2021 | Template:INRConvert | |||
| 26 | Shivam Mavi | Template:Flagicon | 1998-11-26 (age 28) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | 2018 | Template:INRConvert | |||
| Wicket-Keepers | ||||||||||
| 19 | Dinesh Karthik | Template:Flagicon | 1985-6-1 (age 41) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | 2018 | Template:INRConvert | Vice-captain | ||
| 21 | Sheldon Jackson | Template:Flagicon | 1986-9-27 (age 40) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | 2021 | Template:INRConvert | |||
| 43 | Tim Seifert | Template:Flagicon | 1994-12-14 (age 32) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | 2020 | Template:INRConvert | Overseas | ||
| Spin-Bowlers | ||||||||||
| 3 | Harbhajan Singh | Template:Flagicon | 1980-7-3 (age 46) | Right-handed | Right-arm Off break | 2021 | Template:INRConvert | |||
| 74 | Sunil Narine | Template:Flagicon | 1988-5-26 (age 38) | Left-handed | Right-arm off break | 2018 | Template:INRConvert | Overseas | ||
| 29 | Varun Chakravarthy | Template:Flagicon | 1991-8-29 (age 35) | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | 2020 | Template:INRConvert | |||
| 23 | Kuldeep Yadav | Template:Flagicon | 1994-12-14 (age 32) | Left-handed | Left-arm unorthodox | 2018 | Template:INRConvert | |||
| Pace Bowlers | ||||||||||
| 63 | Sandeep Warrier | Template:Flagicon | 1991-04-04 (age 35) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2019 | Template:INRConvert | |||
| 69 | Lockie Ferguson | Template:Flagicon | 1991-06-13 (age 35) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast | 2019 | Template:INRConvert | Overseas | ||
| 30 | Pat Cummins | Template:Flagicon | 1993-5-8 (age 33) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast | 2020 | Template:INRConvert | Overseas, Unavailable due to Personal reasons[7] | ||
| 24 | Prasidh Krishna | Template:Flagicon | 1996-02-19 (age 30) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | 2018 | Template:INRConvert | |||
| 14 | Vaibhav Arora | Template:Flagicon | 1997-12-14 (age 29) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | 2021 | Template:INRConvert | |||
| 5 | Kamlesh Nagarkoti | Template:Flagicon | 1999-12-28 (age 27) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast | 2018 | Template:INRConvert | |||
| 43 | Tim Southee | Template:Flagicon | 1994-12-14 (age 32) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | 2020 | Template:INRConvert | Overseas, Replacement for Pat Cummins[8] | ||
| Source:KKR Players | ||||||||||
Administration and support staff
| Position | Name | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Owner | Template:Flagicon Shah Rukh Khan (Red Chillies Entertainment), Jay Mehta (Mehta Group) | |||||||||
| CEO and Managing Director | Template:Flagicon Venky Mysore | |||||||||
| Team manager | Template:Flagicon Wayne Bentley | |||||||||
| Head coach | Template:Flagicon Brendon McCullum | |||||||||
| Assistant coach | Template:Flagicon Abhishek Nayar | |||||||||
| Mentor | Template:Flagicon David Hussey | |||||||||
| Bowling coach | Template:Flagicon Kyle Mills | |||||||||
| Assistant bowling coach | Template:Flagicon Omkar Salvi | |||||||||
| Fielding coach | Template:Flagicon James Foster | |||||||||
| Head Physiotherapist | Template:Flagicon Kamlesh Jain | |||||||||
| Assistant physio | ||||||||||
| Strength and Conditioning coach | Template:Flagicon Chris Donaldson | |||||||||
| Assistant trainer | ||||||||||
| Performance Analyst | Template:Flagicon AR Srikanth | |||||||||
| Strategic consultant | Template:Flagicon Nathan Leamon | |||||||||
| Source:KKR Staff | ||||||||||
Kit manufacturers and sponsors
Template:Col-begin Template:Col-2
| Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor (front) | Shirt sponsor (back) | Chest Branding |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wrogn Active | MPL | Unacademy | Lux Cozi |
| Source :kkr.in | |||
Template:Col-2 |Template:Cricket uniform Template:Col-end
Teams and standings
Results by match
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League table
Template:2021 Indian Premier League Points table
League Stage
Template:Hatnote The full schedule was published on the IPL website on 7 March 2021.[9]
Matches
Statistics
Most runs
| No. | Name | Match | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave. | BF | SR | 100s | 50s | 0s | 4s | 6s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nitish Rana | 7 | 7 | 0 | 201 | 80 | 28.71 | 164 | 122.56 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 9 |
| 2 | Rahul Tripathi | 7 | 7 | 0 | 187 | 53 | 26.71 | 138 | 135.50 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 4 |
| 3 | Andre Russell | 7 | 7 | 0 | 163 | 54 | 27.16 | 105 | 155.23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 13 |
| 4 | Shubman Gill | 7 | 7 | 0 | 132 | 43 | 18.85 | 112 | 117.85 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 5 |
| 5 | Dinesh Karthik | 7 | 7 | 3 | 123 | 40 | 30.75 | 89 | 138.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 4 |
| 6 | Pat Cummins | 7 | 5 | 2 | 93 | 66* | 31.00 | 56 | 166.07 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 8 |
| 7 | Eoin Morgan | 7 | 7 | 1 | 92 | 47* | 15.33 | 82 | 112.19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 |
| 8 | Shakib Al Hasan | 3 | 3 | 0 | 38 | 26 | 12.66 | 39 | 97.43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
- Last updated: 30 April 2021
- Source: ESPN Cricinfo[10]
Most wickets
| No. | Name | Match | Inns | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | BBI | Ave. | Econ. | SR | 4W | 5W |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pat Cummins | 7 | 7 | 26.5 | 0 | 237 | 9 | 3/24 | 26.33 | 8.83 | 17.88 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Prasidh Krishna | 7 | 7 | 26.3 | 0 | 243 | 8 | 3/30 | 30.37 | 9.16 | 19.87 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Varun Chakravarthy | 7 | 7 | 28.0 | 0 | 219 | 7 | 2/32 | 31.28 | 7.82 | 24.00 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Andre Russell | 6 | 5 | 10.0 | 0 | 114 | 7 | 5/15 | 16.28 | 11.40 | 8.57 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Sunil Narine | 4 | 4 | 16.0 | 0 | 112 | 3 | 2/22 | 37.33 | 7.00 | 32.00 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Shivam Mavi | 3 | 3 | 9.0 | 0 | 57 | 2 | 1/13 | 28.50 | 6.33 | 27.00 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Shakib Al Hasan | 3 | 3 | 10.0 | 0 | 81 | 2 | 1/23 | 40.50 | 8.10 | 30.00 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Harbhajan Singh | 3 | 3 | 7.0 | 0 | 63 | 0 | 0/8 | - | 9.00 | - | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Kamlesh Nagarkoti | 1 | 1 | 2.0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0/25 | - | 12.50 | - | 0 | 0 |
- Last updated: 30 April 2021
- Source: ESPN Cricinfo[11]
Awards and achievements
Awards
- Man of the Match
| No. | Date | Player | Opponent | Result | Contribution | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Template:Dts | Nitish Rana | Sunrisers Hyderabad | Won by 10 runs | 80 (56) | [12] |
| 2 | Template:Dts | Eoin Morgan | Punjab Kings | Won by 5 Wickets | 47* (40) | [13] |
References
- ↑ IPL 2021 Auction: VIVO Remains The Title Sponsor As BCCI Releases The Player Auction List. Yahoo! Cricket. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
- ↑ Kolkata Knight Riders win IPL 5, beat Chennai Super Kings. Retrieved 13 October 2012.
- ↑ Records / Twenty20 matches / Team records / Most consecutive wins. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 October 2014.
- ↑ IPL 2021 PLAYER RETENTIONS LIST. IPLt20(20 January 2021). Retrieved 20 January 2021.
- ↑ KKR sign Gurkeerat as replacement for injured Rinku. Cricbuzz. Retrieved 2021-04-04.
- ↑ Gurkeerat Singh Mann signs up with Kolkata Knight Riders as replacement for Rinku Singh. www.iplt20.com. Retrieved 2021-04-04.
- ↑ Pat Cummins to Jos Buttler: List of players who have pulled out of IPL 2021's 2nd leg in UAE. Times Now News. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
- ↑ KKR sign Tim Southee for remainder of IPL 2021. CricBuzz. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
- ↑ IPL schedule. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
- ↑ KKR Most runs in IPL 2021. Cricinfo. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
- ↑ KKR Most wickets in IPL 2021. Cricinfo. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
- ↑ Rana, Tripathi, Prasidh star in KKR's opening win. ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
- ↑ Mavi, Prasidh, Tripathi, Morgan star in KKR's second win. ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
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