2021 Kolkata Knight Riders season

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Kolkata Knight Riders
2021 season
CoachBrendon McCullum
CaptainEoin Morgan
Ground(s)Eden Gardens
2021 Indian Premier LeagueRunner up
Most runsShubman Gill (478)
Most wicketsVarun Chakravarthy (18)
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The 2021 season was the 14th season for the Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR). They were one of the eight teams that competed in the 2021 IPL.[1] The franchise won the tournament in 2012 and 2014.[2][3] The team was captained by Eoin Morgan with Brendon McCullum as the team coach. They finished their 2021 IPL campaign as runners-up.

Background[edit | edit source]

Player retention and transfers[edit | edit source]

Main article: List of 2021 Indian Premier League personnel changes

The franchise retained 17 players and released six players.[4]

Retained
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
Chris Green, Harry Gurney, M Siddharth, Nikhil Naik, Siddhesh Lad, Tom Banton
Added
Harbhajan Singh, Shakib Al Hasan, Sheldon Jackson, Vaibhav Arora, Venkatesh Iyer, Karun Nair, Ben Cutting

Squad[edit | edit source]

  • Players with international caps are listed in bold.
No. Name Nationality Birth date Batting style Bowling style Year signed Salary Notes
Batsmen
16 Eoin Morgan  England (1986-09-10)10 September 1986 (aged 34) Left-handed Right-arm medium 2020 ₹5.25 crore (US$736,000) Overseas; Captain
18 Gurkeerat Singh  India (1990-06-29)29 June 1990 (aged 30) Right-handed Right-arm off break 2021 ₹50 lakh (US$70,000) Replacement for Rinku Singh[5]
27 Nitish Rana  India (1993-12-27)27 December 1993 (aged 27) Left-handed Right-arm off break 2018 ₹3.4 crore (US$477,000)
35 Rinku Singh  India (1997-10-12)12 October 1997 (aged 23) Left-handed Right-arm off break 2018 ₹80 lakh (US$112,000) Unavailable due to knee injury[6]
52 Rahul Tripathi  India (1991-03-02)2 March 1991 (aged 30) Right-handed Right-arm fast medium 2020 ₹60 lakh (US$84,000)
66 Karun Nair  India (1991-12-06)6 December 1991 (aged 29) Right-handed Right-arm off break 2021 ₹50 lakh (US$70,000)
77 Shubman Gill  India (1999-09-08)8 September 1999 (aged 21) Right-handed Right-arm off break 2018 ₹1.8 crore (US$252,000)
All-Rounder
12 Andre Russell  Jamaica (1988-04-29)29 April 1988 (aged 32) Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium 2018 ₹7 crore (US$981,400.00) Overseas, Injured
15 Pawan Negi  India (1993-01-06)6 January 1993 (aged 28) Left-handed Left-arm orthodox 2021 ₹50 lakh (US$70,000)
25 Venkatesh Iyer  India (1994-12-25)25 December 1994 (aged 26) Left-handed Right-arm medium 2021 ₹20 lakh (US$28,000)
31 Ben Cutting  Australia (1987-01-30)30 January 1987 (aged 34) Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium 2021 ₹75 lakh (US$105,000) Overseas
75 Shakib Al Hasan  Bangladesh (1987-03-24)24 March 1987 (aged 34) Left-handed Left-arm orthodox 2021 ₹3.2 crore (US$449,000) Overseas
Wicket-Keepers
19 Dinesh Karthik  India (1985-06-01)1 June 1985 (aged 35) Right-handed Right-arm off break 2018 ₹7.4 crore (US$1.0 million) Vice-captain
21 Sheldon Jackson  India (1986-09-27)27 September 1986 (aged 34) Right-handed Right-arm off break 2021 ₹20 lakh (US$28,000)
43 Tim Seifert  New Zealand (1994-12-14)14 December 1994 (aged 26) Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium 2020 ₹20 lakh (US$28,000) Overseas
Spin-Bowlers
3 Harbhajan Singh  India (1980-07-03)3 July 1980 (aged 40) Right-handed Right-arm off break 2021 ₹2 crore (US$280,000)
23 Kuldeep Yadav  India (1994-12-14)14 December 1994 (aged 26) Left-handed Left-arm unorthodox 2018 ₹5.8 crore (US$813,000)
29 Varun Chakravarthy  India (1991-08-29)29 August 1991 (aged 29) Right-handed Right-arm leg break 2020 ₹4 crore (US$560,000)
74 Sunil Narine  Trinidad and Tobago (1988-05-26)26 May 1988 (aged 32) Left-handed Right-arm off break 2018 ₹8.5 crore (US$1.2 million) Overseas
Pace Bowlers
5 Kamlesh Nagarkoti  India (1999-12-28)28 December 1999 (aged 21) Right-handed Right-arm fast 2018 ₹3.2 crore (US$449,000)
14 Vaibhav Arora  India (1997-12-14)14 December 1997 (aged 23) Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium 2021 ₹20 lakh (US$28,000)
24 Prasidh Krishna  India (1996-02-19)19 February 1996 (aged 25) Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium 2018 ₹20 lakh (US$28,000)
26 Shivam Mavi  India (1998-11-26)26 November 1998 (aged 22) Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium 2018 ₹3 crore (US$421,000)
30 Pat Cummins  Australia (1993-05-08)8 May 1993 (aged 27) Right-handed Right-arm fast 2020 ₹15.5 crore (US$2.2 million) Overseas, Unavailable due to Personal reasons[7]
43 Tim Southee  New Zealand (1988-12-11)11 December 1988 (aged 32) Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium 2021 ₹75 lakh (US$105,000) Overseas, Replacement for Pat Cummins[8]
63 Sandeep Warrier  India (1991-04-04)4 April 1991 (aged 30) Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2019 ₹20 lakh (US$28,000)
69 Lockie Ferguson  New Zealand (1991-06-13)13 June 1991 (aged 29) Right-handed Right-arm fast 2019 ₹1.6 crore (US$220,000) Overseas
Source: KKR Players

Administration and support staff[edit | edit source]

Position Name
Owner Shah Rukh Khan (Red Chillies Entertainment), Jay Mehta (Mehta Group)
CEO and Managing Director Venky Mysore
Team manager Wayne Bentley
Head coach Brendon McCullum
Assistant coach Abhishek Nayar
Mentor David Hussey
Bowling coach Kyle Mills
Fielding coach James Foster
Head Physiotherapist Kamlesh Jain
Strength and Conditioning coach Chris Donaldson
Source: KKR Staff

Kit manufacturers and sponsors[edit | edit source]

Teams and standings[edit | edit source]

Results by match[edit | edit source]

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League table[edit | edit source]

Pos Team
 Pld W L NR Pts NRR
1 Royal Challengers Bangalore 3 3 0 0 6 0.750
2 Delhi Capitals 4 3 1 0 6 0.426
3 Chennai Super Kings 3 2 1 0 4 1.194
4 Mumbai Indians 4 2 2 0 4 0.187
5 Kolkata Knight Riders 3 1 2 0 2 −0.633
6 Rajasthan Royals 3 1 2 0 2 −0.719
7 Punjab Kings 3 1 2 0 2 −0.967
8 Sunrisers Hyderabad 3 0 3 0 0 −0.483
Updated to match(es) played on 20 April 2021. Source: IPLT20.com
  • The four top-ranked teams qualify for the playoffs
  •   advance to Qualifier 1
  •   advance to the Eliminator


League stage[edit | edit source]

All times are in Indian Standard Time (UTC+05:30)

The full schedule was published on the IPL website on 7 March 2021.[9]

Main article: 2021 Indian Premier League § League stage

Matches[edit | edit source]


Playoffs[edit | edit source]

Main article: 2021 Indian Premier League § Playoffs
Eliminator
Qualifier 2
Final


Statistics[edit | edit source]

Most runs[edit | edit source]

No. Name Match Inns NO Runs HS Ave. BF SR 100s 50s 0s 4s 6s
1 Shubman Gill 17 17 0 478 94 45.11 402 118.90 0 2 0 39 11
2 Rahul Tripathi 17 16 2 397 74* 28.35 283 140.28 0 2 0 41 11
3 Nitish Rana 17 16 3 383 80 29.46 314 121.97 0 2 2 34 17
4 Venkatesh Iyer 10 10 1 370 67 41.11 288 128.47 0 4 0 37 14
5 Dinesh Karthik 17 15 5 223 40 22.30 170 131.17 0 0 1 22 7
6 Andre Russell 10 9 2 183 54 26.14 120 152.50 0 1 0 14 14
7 Eoin Morgan 17 16 4 133 47* 11.08 139 95.68 0 0 4 8 6
8 Pat Cummins 7 5 2 93 66* 31.00 56 166.07 0 1 1 5 8
9 Sunil Narine 14 10 2 62 26 7.75 47 113.91 0 0 3 3 5
10 Shakib Al Hasan 8 6 1 47 26 9.40 48 97.91 0 0 2 3 1
11 Shivam Mavi 9 2 0 25 20 12.50 20 125.00 0 0 0 2 2
  • Source: ESPNcricinfo[10]

Most wickets[edit | edit source]

No. Name Match Inns Overs Maidens Runs Wickets BBI Avg. Econ. SR 4W 5W
1 Varun Chakravarthy 17 17 68.0 0 448 18 3/13 24.88 6.58 22.66 0 0
2 Sunil Narine 14 14 56.0 0 361 16 4/21 22.56 6.44 21.0 1 0
3 Lockie Ferguson 8 8 30.0 0 224 13 3/18 17.23 7.46 13.84 0 0
4 Prasidh Krishna 10 10 38.3 0 351 12 3/30 29.25 9.11 19.25 0 0
5 Shivam Mavi 9 9 32.1 0 233 11 4/21 21.18 7.24 17.54 1 0
6 Andre Russell 10 8 19.0 0 188 11 5/15 17.09 9.89 10.36 0 1
7 Pat Cummins 7 7 26.5 0 237 9 3/24 26.33 8.83 17.88 0 0
8 Shakib Al Hasan 8 8 26.0 0 187 4 1/1 46.75 7.19 39.0 0 0
9 Venkatesh Iyer 10 4 8.3 0 69 3 2/29 20.00 8.11 17.00 0 0
10 Tim Southee 3 3 12.0 0 95 3 2/26 31.66 7.91 24.00 0 0
  • Source: ESPNcricinfo[11]

Player of the match awards[edit | edit source]

No. Date Player Opponent Result Contribution Ref.
1 11 April 2021 Nitish Rana Sunrisers Hyderabad Won by 10 runs 80 (56) [12]
2 26 April 2021 Eoin Morgan Punjab Kings Won by 5 Wickets 47* (40) [13]
3 20 September 2021 Varun Chakravarthy Royal Challengers Bangalore Won by 9 Wickets 3/13 (4) [14]
4 23 September 2021 Sunil Narine Mumbai Indians Won by 7 Wickets 1/20 (4) [15]
5 28 September 2021 Sunil Narine Delhi Capitals Won by 3 Wickets 2/18 (4) and 21 (10) [16]
6 3 October 2021 Shubman Gill Sunrisers Hyderabad Won by 6 Wickets 57 (51) [17]
7 7 October 2021 Shivam Mavi Rajasthan Royals Won by 86 runs 4/21 (4 overs) [18]
8 11 October 2021: Eliminator Sunil Narine Royal Challengers Bangalore Won by 4 wickets 4/21 (4 overs) and 26 (15) [19]
9 13 October 2021: Qualifier 2 Venkatesh Iyer Delhi Capitals Won by 3 wickets 55 (41) [20]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "IPL 2021 Auction: VIVO Remains The Title Sponsor As BCCI Releases The Player Auction List". Yahoo! Cricket. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
  2. ↑ "Kolkata Knight Riders win IPL 5, beat Chennai Super Kings". Archived from the original on 2 June 2012. Retrieved 13 October 2012.
  3. ↑ "Records / Twenty20 matches / Team records / Most consecutive wins". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 October 2014.
  4. ↑ "IPL 2021 PLAYER RETENTIONS LIST". IPLt20. 20 January 2021. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  5. ↑ "KKR sign Gurkeerat as replacement for injured Rinku". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
  6. ↑ "Gurkeerat Singh Mann signs up with Kolkata Knight Riders as replacement for Rinku Singh". www.iplt20.com. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
  7. ↑ "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.
  8. ↑ "KKR sign Tim Southee for remainder of IPL 2021". CricBuzz. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
  9. ↑ "IPL schedule". Retrieved 7 March 2021.
  10. ↑ "KKR Most runs in IPL 2021". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
  11. ↑ "KKR Most wickets in IPL 2021". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
  12. ↑ "Rana, Tripathi, Prasidh star in KKR's opening win". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
  13. ↑ "Morgan, bowlers lift Kolkata Knight Riders off bottom of IPL points table". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
  14. ↑ "Varun Chakravarthy, Andre Russell rout Royal Challengers Bangalore for 92 to set up big win". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  15. ↑ "Iyer, Tripathi put KKR in top four after bowlers rein Mumbai in". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 September 2021.
  16. ↑ "All-star bowling, key blows from Narine and Rana give Knight Riders win". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
  17. ↑ "Shubman Gill, bowlers boost KKR's playoffs chances". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
  18. ↑ "Clinical Knight Riders in line for final playoff spot after Royals demolition job". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
  19. ↑ "Narine stars with bat and ball, puts KKR in Qualifier 2, ends Kohli's tenure as RCB captain with defeat". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
  20. ↑ "Rahul Tripathi's dramatic six takes nervy Knight Riders into final". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
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