Editing Kolkata Knight Riders in 2021

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2021}}
{{Infobox cricket club season
| club = Kolkata Knight Riders
| season = [[2021 Indian Premier League|2021]]
| coach = [[Brendon McCullum]]
| captain =[[Eoin Morgan]]
| ground   = [[Eden Gardens]]
| most runs =
| most wickets = 
| comp1 =
| comp1 result =
| prevseason = [[Kolkata Knight Riders in 2020|2020]]
| nextseason = 
}}

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]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=IPL 2021 Auction: VIVO Remains The Title Sponsor As BCCI Releases The Player Auction List|url=https://cricket.yahoo.net/news/ipl-2021-auction-vivo-remains-175508420|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=12 February 2021|website=Yahoo! Cricket}}</ref> The franchise qualified for the IPL playoffs for the first time in [[2011 Indian Premier League|2011]] and won the tournament in [[2012 Indian Premier League|2012]] and [[2014 Indian Premier League|2014]].<ref name="IPl-Schedule. net">{{cite web |url = http://www.ipl-schedule.net/ipl-2012-final-kolkata-knight-riders-win-ipl-5-beat-chennai-super-kings/|title = Kolkata Knight Riders win IPL 5, beat Chennai Super Kings|access-date = 13 October 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Records / Twenty20 matches / Team records / Most consecutive wins|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/305308.html|work=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=2 October 2014}}</ref> Post this, the franchise also qualified for the playoffs in the three consecutive years of [[2016 Indian Premier League|2016]], [[2017 Indian Premier League|2017]] and [[2018 Indian Premier League|2018]]. The team is being captained by [[Eoin Morgan]] with [[Brendon McCullum]] as the new team coach.

==Background==
=== Player retention and transfers ===
{{Main|List of 2021 Indian Premier League personnel changes}}
The Kolkata Knight Riders retained 17 players and released six players.<ref>{{cite web|last=|first=|title=IPL 2021 PLAYER RETENTIONS LIST|url=https://www.iplt20.com/news/228284/ipl-2021-player-retentions-list|access-date=20 January 2021|date=20 January 2021|publisher=IPLt20}}</ref>

'''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 (cricketer)|Chris Green]], [[Harry Gurney]], [[M Siddharth]], [[Nikhil Naik]], [[Siddhesh Lad]], [[Tom Banton]]

'''Added Players:''' [[Harbhajan Singh]], [[Shakib Al Hasan]], [[Sheldon Jackson (cricketer)|Sheldon Jackson]], [[Vaibhav Arora]], [[Venkatesh Iyer]], [[Karun Nair]], [[Ben Cutting]]

''' Supportive Players : '''

== Squad ==
* Players with international caps are listed in '''bold'''.
* {{color box|border=darkgray|#EEE8AA|<nowiki>*</nowiki>}} denotes a player who is currently unavailable for selection.
* {{color box|border=darkgray|#FFCCCC|<nowiki>*</nowiki>}} denotes a player who is unavailable for rest of the season.
{| class="wikitable"  style="font-size:85%; width:95%;"
|-
! style="background:indigo; color:gold; text-align:center;"| No.
! style="background:indigo; color:gold; text-align:center;"| Name
! style="background:indigo; color:gold; text-align:center;"| Nat
! style="background:indigo; color:gold; text-align:center;"| Birth date
! style="background:indigo; color:gold; text-align:center;"| Batting style
! style="background:indigo; color:gold; text-align:center;"| Bowling style
! style="background:indigo; color:gold; text-align:center;"| Signed year
! style="background:indigo; color:gold; text-align:center;"| Salary
! style="background:indigo; color:gold; text-align:center;"| Notes
|-
! colspan="9"  style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center;"|Batsmen
|-
|16|| '''[[Eoin Morgan]]''' || style="text-align:center"|{{flagicon|ENG}} || {{birth date and age|1986|9|10|df=y}} || Left-handed || Right-arm medium || style="text-align:center;"| 2020 || style="text-align:right;"| {{INRConvert|5.25|c|-3}} || Overseas; [[Captain (cricket)|Captain]]
|-
|18|| '''[[Gurkeerat Singh]]''' || style="text-align:center"|{{flagicon|IND}} || {{birth date and age|1990|06|29|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[off break]] || style="text-align:center;"| 2021 || style="text-align:right;" |  {{INRConvert|50|l|-3}} || Replacement for Rinku Singh<ref>{{Cite web|title=KKR sign Gurkeerat as replacement for injured Rinku|url=https://www.cricbuzz.com/cricket-news/116912/kkr-sign-gurkeerat-as-replacement-for-injured-rinku|access-date=2021-04-04|website=Cricbuzz|language=en}}</ref>
|-
|52|| [[Rahul Tripathi]] || style="text-align:center"|{{flagicon|IND}} || {{birth date and age|1991|3|2|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[fast bowling|fast medium]] || style="text-align:center;"| 2020 || style="text-align:right;"| {{INRConvert|60|l|-3}} || 
|-
|66|| '''[[Karun Nair]]''' || style="text-align:center"|{{flagicon|IND}} || {{birth date and age|1991|12|6|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[off break]] || style="text-align:center;"| 2021 || style="text-align:right;"| {{INRConvert|50|l|-3}} || 
|-
|27|| '''[[Nitish Rana]]''' || style="text-align:center"|{{flagicon|IND}} || {{birth date and age|1993|12|27|df=y}} || Left-handed || Right-arm [[off break]] || style="text-align:center;"| 2018 || style="text-align:right;"| {{INRConvert|3.4|c|-3}} || 
|-style="background-color:#FFCCCC"
|35|| [[Rinku Singh (cricketer)|Rinku Singh]] || style="text-align:center"|{{flagicon|IND}} || {{birth date and age|1997|10|12|df=y}} || Left-handed || Right-arm [[off break]] || style="text-align:center;"| 2018 || style="text-align:right;"| {{INRConvert|80|l|-3}} || Unavailable due to knee injury<ref>{{Cite web|title=Gurkeerat Singh Mann signs up with Kolkata Knight Riders as replacement for Rinku Singh|url=https://www.iplt20.com/news/228485/gurkeerat-singh-mann-signs-up-with-kolkata-knight-riders-as-replacement-for-rinku-singh|access-date=2021-04-04|website=www.iplt20.com|language=en}}</ref>
|-
|77|| '''[[Shubman Gill]]''' || style="text-align:center"|{{flagicon|IND}} || {{birth date and age|1999|9|8|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[off break]] || style="text-align:center;"| 2018 || style="text-align:right;"| {{INRConvert|1.8|c|-3}} ||
|-! colspan="9"  style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center;"| All-Rounders
|-
! colspan="9"  style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center;"| All-Rounder
|-
|31|| '''[[Ben Cutting]]''' || style="text-align:center"|{{flagicon|Australia}} || {{birth date and age|1987|1|30|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[fast-medium]] || style="text-align:center;"| 2021 || style="text-align:right;"| {{INRConvert|75|l|-3}} || Overseas
|-
|75|| '''[[Shakib Al Hasan]]''' || style="text-align:center"|{{flagicon|Bangladesh}} || {{birth date and age|1987|3|24|df=y}} || Left-handed || Left-arm [[Left-arm orthodox|orthodox]] || style="text-align:center;"| 2021 || style="text-align:right;"| {{INRConvert|3.2|c|-3}} || Overseas
|-
|12|| '''[[Andre Russell]]''' || style="text-align:center"|{{flagicon|Jamaica}} || {{birth date and age|1988|4|29|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[fast bowling|fast-medium]] || style="text-align:center;"| 2018 || style="text-align:right;"| {{INRConvert|7|c|1}} || Overseas
|-
|15|| '''[[Pawan Negi]]''' || style="text-align:center"|{{flagicon|IND}} || {{birth date and age|1993|1|6|df=y}} || Left-handed || Left-arm [[Left-arm orthodox|orthodox]] || style="text-align:center;"| 2021 || style="text-align:right;"| {{INRConvert|50|l|-3}} ||
|-
|25|| [[Venkatesh Iyer]] || style="text-align:center"|{{flagicon|IND}} || {{birth date and age|1994|12|25|df=y}} || Left-handed || Right-arm [[Fast bowling|medium]] || style="text-align:center;"| 2021 || style="text-align:right;"| {{INRConvert|20|l|-3}} || 
|-
|26|| [[Shivam Mavi]] || style="text-align:center"|{{flagicon|India}} || {{birth date and age|1998|11|26|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[fast bowling|fast-medium]] || style="text-align:center;"| 2018 || style="text-align:right;"| {{INRConvert|3|c|-3}} || 
|-! colspan="9"  style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center;"| Wicket-Keepers
|-
! colspan="9"  style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center;"| Wicket-Keepers
|-
|19|| '''[[Dinesh Karthik]]''' || style="text-align:center"|{{flagicon|IND}} || {{birth date and age|1985|6|1|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[off break]] || style="text-align:center;"| 2018 || style="text-align:right;"| {{INRConvert|7.4|c|1}} || Vice-captain
|-
|21|| [[Sheldon Jackson (cricketer)|Sheldon Jackson]] || style="text-align:center"|{{flagicon|IND}} || {{birth date and age|1986|9|27|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[off break]] || style="text-align:center;"| 2021 || style="text-align:right;"| {{INRConvert|20|l|-3}} ||
|-
|43|| '''[[Tim Seifert]]''' || style="text-align:center"|{{flagicon|New Zealand}} || {{birth date and age|1994|12|14|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[fast bowling|fast-medium]] || style="text-align:center;"| 2020 || style="text-align:right;"| {{INRConvert|20|l|-3}} || Overseas
|-! colspan="9"  style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center;"| Spin-Bowlers
|-
! colspan="9"  style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center;"| Spin-Bowlers
|-
|3|| '''[[Harbhajan Singh]]''' || style="text-align:center"|{{flagicon|IND}} || {{birth date and age|1980|7|3|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[Off break]] || style="text-align:center;"| 2021 || style="text-align:right;"| {{INRConvert|2|c}}  ||
|-
|74|| '''[[Sunil Narine]]''' || style="text-align:center"|{{flagicon|Trinidad}} || {{birth date and age|1988|5|26|df=y}} || Left-handed || Right-arm [[off break]] || style="text-align:center;"| 2018 || style="text-align:right;"| {{INRConvert|8.5|c|1}} || Overseas
|-
|29|| '''[[Varun Chakravarthy]]''' || style="text-align:center"|{{flagicon|IND}} || {{birth date and age|1991|8|29|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[leg break]] || style="text-align:center;"| 2020 || style="text-align:right;"| {{INRConvert|4|c}}  ||
|-
|23|| '''[[Kuldeep Yadav]]''' || style="text-align:center"|{{flagicon|India}} || {{birth date and age|1994|12|14|df=y}} || Left-handed || Left-arm [[Slow left-arm wrist-spin|unorthodox]] || style="text-align:center;"| 2018 || style="text-align:right;"| {{INRConvert|5.8|c|-3}}||
|-
! colspan="9"  style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center;"| Pace Bowlers
|-
|63|| '''[[Sandeep Warrier]]''' || style="text-align:center"|{{flagicon|India}} || {{birth date and age|1991|04|04|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[fast bowling|medium-fast]] || style="text-align:center;"| 2019 || style="text-align:right;"| {{INRConvert|20|l|-3}} ||
|-
|69|| '''[[Lockie Ferguson]]''' || style="text-align:center"| {{flagicon|New Zealand}} ||{{birth date and age|1991|06|13|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[Fast bowling|fast]] || style="text-align:center;"| 2019 || style="text-align:right;"| {{INRConvert|1.6|c}} || Overseas 
|-style="background-color:#FFCCCC"
|30|| '''[[Pat Cummins]]''' || style="text-align:center"|{{flagicon|AUS}} || {{birth date and age|1993|5|8|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[fast bowling|fast]] || style="text-align:center;"| 2020 || style="text-align:right;"| {{INRConvert|15.5|c}} || Overseas, Unavailable due to Personal reasons<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.timesnownews.com/amp/sports/cricket/article/pat-cummins-to-jos-buttler-list-of-players-who-have-pulled-out-of-ipl-2021s-2nd-leg-in-uae/802042|title=Pat Cummins to Jos Buttler: List of players who have pulled out of IPL 2021's 2nd leg in UAE|work=Times Now News|access-date=22 August 2021}}</ref>
|-
|24|| '''[[Prasidh Krishna]]''' || style="text-align:center"|{{flagicon|India}} || {{birth date and age|1996|02|19|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[fast bowling|fast-medium]] || style="text-align:center;"| 2018 || style="text-align:right;"| {{INRConvert|20|l|-3}} ||
|-
|14|| [[Vaibhav Arora]] || style="text-align:center"|{{flagicon|India}} || {{birth date and age|1997|12|14|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[fast bowling|fast-medium]] || style="text-align:center;"| 2021 || style="text-align:right;"| {{INRConvert|20|l|-3}} ||
|-
|5|| [[Kamlesh Nagarkoti]] || style="text-align:center"|{{flagicon|India}} || {{birth date and age|1999|12|28|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[fast bowling|fast]] || style="text-align:center;"| 2018 || style="text-align:right;"| {{INRConvert|3.2|c|-3}} || 
|-
|43|| '''[[Tim Southee]]''' || style="text-align:center"|{{flagicon|New Zealand}} || {{birth date and age|1994|12|14|df=y}} || Right-handed || Right-arm [[fast bowling|fast-medium]] || style="text-align:center;"| 2020 || style="text-align:right;"| {{INRConvert|75|l|-3}} || Overseas, Replacement for Pat Cummins<ref>{{Cite web|title=KKR sign Tim Southee for remainder of IPL 2021|url=https://www.cricbuzz.com/amp/cricket-news/118740/kkr-sign-tim-southee-for-remainder-of-ipl-2021-cricbuzzcom|access-date=26 August 2021|website=CricBuzz|language=en}}</ref>
|-! colspan="9"  style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center;"|
|-
! colspan="11" style="text-align: center;"| <small>Source:[https://www.kkr.in/players KKR Players]</small>
|}

{{notelist}}

==Administration and support staff==
{| class="wikitable"  style="font-size:85%; width:55%;"
|-
! style="background:indigo; color:gold; text-align:center;"| Position
! style="background:indigo; color:gold; text-align:center;"| Name
|-
| Owner||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Shah Rukh Khan]] ([[Red Chillies Entertainment]]), [[Jay Mehta]] ([[Mehta Group]])
|-
|CEO and Managing Director||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Venky Mysore]]
|-
|Team manager||{{flagicon|UK}} Wayne Bentley 
|-
|Head coach|| {{flagicon|NZL}} [[Brendon McCullum]]
|-
|Assistant coach||{{flagicon|IND}} [[Abhishek Nayar]]
|-
|Mentor|| {{flagicon|AUS}} [[David Hussey]]
|-
|Bowling coach|| {{flagicon|NZL}} [[Kyle Mills]]
|-
|Assistant bowling coach||{{flagicon|IND}} Omkar Salvi
|-
|Fielding coach|| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[James Foster (cricketer, born 1980)|James Foster]]
|-
|Head Physiotherapist||{{flagicon|IND}} Kamlesh Jain
|-
|Assistant physio||
|-
|Strength and Conditioning coach|| {{flagicon|NZL}} [[Chris Donaldson]]
|-
|Assistant trainer||
|-
|Performance Analyst||{{flagicon|IND}} AR Srikanth
|-
|Strategic consultant||{{flagicon|ENG}} Nathan Leamon
|-
! colspan="11" style="text-align: center;"| <small>Source:[https://www.kkr.in/players KKR Staff]</small>
|}

==Kit manufacturers and sponsors==

{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}
{| class="wikitable"  style="font-size:85%; width:55%;"
|- 
! style="width:55%;background:indigo; color:gold;"|Kit manufacturer
! style="width:55%;background:indigo; color:gold;"|Shirt sponsor (front)
! style="width:55%;background:indigo; color:gold;"|Shirt sponsor (back)
! style="width:55%;background:indigo; color:gold;"|Chest Branding
|-
|[[Wrogn|Wrogn Active]]
|MPL
|[[Unacademy]]
|[[Lux Cozi]]
|-
! colspan="4" style="text-align:right;"|<small>Source :[https://www.kkr.in/ kkr.in] </small>
|}
{{col-2}}
|{{Cricket uniform
| pattern_la        = _goldborder
| pattern_b         = _yellowshoulders
| pattern_ra        = _goldborder
| pattern_sh        =
| pattern_so        =
| leftarm           = 4B0082
| body              = 4B0082
| rightarm          = 4B0082
| pants             = 4B0082
| title             = T20 uniform
}}
{{col-end}}

==Teams and standings==
=== Results by match ===
{{#invoke:sports rbr table|table|legendpos=b
|header=Round
|label2= Result
| res2= 
W/L/L/L/L/W/L///////

|label3= Position
| pos3= 
2/5/6/6/8/5/5///////

| color_W = green2|text_W=Win
| color_NR = yellow2|text_NR=No Result
| color_L = red2|text_L=Loss
| color_1-2=green1| color_3-4=#ffc
| source = Fixtures
}}

===League table===
{{2021 Indian Premier League Points table|showteam=KKR}}

==League Stage==
{{hatnote|All times are in [[Indian Standard Time]] ([[UTC+05:30]])}}
The full schedule was published on the IPL website on 7 March 2021.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.iplt20.com/news/228478/bcci-announces-schedule-for-vivo-ipl-2021|title=IPL schedule|access-date=7 March 2021}}</ref>

{{main|2021 Indian Premier League #League stage}}

=== Matches ===
{{2021 IPL match 3}}
----
{{2021 IPL match 5}}
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{{2021 IPL match 10}}
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{{2021 IPL match 15}}
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{{2021 IPL match 18}}
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{{2021 IPL match 21}}
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{{2021 IPL match 25}}
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{{2021 IPL match 30}}
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{{2021 IPL match 35}}
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{{2021 IPL match 39}}
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{{2021 IPL match 41}}
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{{2021 IPL match 45}}
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{{2021 IPL match 49}}
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{{2021 IPL match 52}}

==Statistics==

===Most runs===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"
|- 
! style="width:1%;background:indigo; color:gold;"|No.
! style="width:19%;background:indigo; color:gold;"|Name
! style="width:2%;background:indigo; color:gold;"|Match
! style="width:2%;background:indigo; color:gold;"|Inns
! style="width:3%;background:indigo; color:gold;"|NO
! style="width:6%;background:indigo; color:gold;"|Runs
! style="width:5%;background:indigo; color:gold;"|HS
! style="width:6%;background:indigo; color:gold;"|Ave.
! style="width:5%;background:indigo; color:gold;"|BF
! style="width:5%;background:indigo; color:gold;"|SR
! style="width:3%;background:indigo; color:gold;"|100s
! style="width:3%;background:indigo; color:gold;"|50s
! style="width:3%;background:indigo; color:gold;"|0s
! style="width:3%;background:indigo; color:gold;"|4s
! style="width:3%;background:indigo; color:gold;"|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[[Not out|*]]  || 31.00 || 56 || 166.07 || 0 || 1|| 0 || 5 || 8 
|-
| 7 ||[[Eoin Morgan]] || 7 || 7 ||1 
! 92 
|| 47[[Not out|*]]  || 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 
|-
|}

*<small> Last updated: 30 April 2021 </small>
* '''Source:''' ESPN Cricinfo<ref>{{Cite web|title=KKR Most runs in IPL 2021|url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/batting/most_runs_career.html?class=6&id=2021&team=4341&type=year|access-date=11 April 2021|website=Cricinfo}}</ref>

===Most wickets===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"
|- 
! style="width:1%;background:indigo; color:gold;"|No.
! style="width:19%;background:indigo; color:gold;"|Name
! style="width:2%;background:indigo; color:gold;"|Match
! style="width:2%;background:indigo; color:gold;"|Inns
! style="width:4%;background:indigo; color:gold;"|Overs
! style="width:3%;background:indigo; color:gold;"|Maidens
! style="width:4%;background:indigo; color:gold;"|Runs
! style="width:4%;background:indigo; color:gold;"|Wickets
! style="width:5%;background:indigo; color:gold;"|BBI
! style="width:5%;background:indigo; color:gold;"|Ave.
! style="width:3%;background:indigo; color:gold;"|Econ.
! style="width:3%;background:indigo; color:gold;"|SR
! style="width:3%;background:indigo; color:gold;"|4W
! style="width:3%;background:indigo; color:gold;"|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
|-
|}
*<small> Last updated: 30 April 2021</small>
* '''Source:''' ESPN Cricinfo<ref>{{Cite web|title=KKR Most wickets in IPL 2021|url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/bowling/most_wickets_career.html?class=6&id=2021&team=4341&type=year|access-date=11 April 2021|website=Cricinfo}}</ref>

==Awards and achievements==
===Awards===
; Man of the Match
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"
|- 
! style="width:1%;background:indigo; color:gold;"|No.
! style="width:2%;background:indigo; color:gold;"|Date
! style="width:8%;background:indigo; color:gold;"|Player
! style="width:8%;background:indigo; color:gold;"|Opponent
! style="width:8%;background:indigo; color:gold;"|Result
! style="width:5%;background:indigo; color:gold;"|Contribution
! style="width:5%;background:indigo; color:gold;"|Ref.
|- 
| 1 || {{dts|1=2021|2=4|3=11|format=dmy}} ||[[Nitish Rana]] || [[Sunrisers Hyderabad]] ||Won by 10 runs || 80 (56) ||<ref>{{Cite web|title=Rana, Tripathi, Prasidh star in KKR's opening win|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/ipl-2021-1249214/sunrisers-hyderabad-vs-kolkata-knight-riders-3rd-match-1254060/match-report|access-date=11 April 2021|website=ESPN Cricinfo|language=en}}</ref>
|- 
| 2 || {{dts|1=2021|2=4|3=26|format=dmy}} ||[[Eoin Morgan]] || [[Punjab Kings]] ||Won by 5 Wickets || 47[[not out|*]] (40) ||<ref>{{Cite web|title=Mavi, Prasidh, Tripathi, Morgan star in KKR's second win|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/ipl-2021-1249214/sunrisers-hyderabad-vs-kolkata-knight-riders-3rd-match-1254060/match-report|access-date=26 April 2021|website=ESPN Cricinfo|language=en}}</ref>
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==References==
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{{2021 Indian Premier League}}
{{Kolkata Knight Riders}}
{{Kolkata Knight Riders squad}}

[[Category:Kolkata Knight Riders seasons]]
[[Category:2021 Indian Premier League]]