Kolkata Knight Riders in 2021

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Kolkata Knight Riders
2021 season
CoachBrendon McCullum
CaptainEoin Morgan
Ground(s)Eden Gardens
← 2020

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[edit]

Player retention and transfers[edit]

Main article: List of 2021 Indian Premier League personnel changes

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[edit]

  • Players with international caps are listed in bold.
  •  *  denotes a player who is currently unavailable for selection.
  •  *  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 England (1986-09-10) 10 September 1986 (age 37) Left-handed Right-arm medium 2020 ₹5.25 crore (US$736,000) Overseas; Captain
18 Gurkeerat Singh India (1990-06-29) 29 June 1990 (age 33) Right-handed Right-arm off break 2021 ₹50 lakh (US$70,000) Replacement for Rinku Singh[5]
52 Rahul Tripathi India (1991-03-02) 2 March 1991 (age 32) Right-handed Right-arm fast medium 2020 ₹60 lakh (US$84,000)
66 Karun Nair India (1991-12-06) 6 December 1991 (age 32) Right-handed Right-arm off break 2021 ₹50 lakh (US$70,000)
27 Nitish Rana India (1993-12-27) 27 December 1993 (age 30) Left-handed Right-arm off break 2018 ₹3.4 crore (US$477,000)
35 Rinku Singh India (1997-10-12) 12 October 1997 (age 26) Left-handed Right-arm off break 2018 ₹80 lakh (US$112,000) Unavailable due to knee injury[6]
77 Shubman Gill India (1999-09-08) 8 September 1999 (age 24) Right-handed Right-arm off break 2018 ₹1.8 crore (US$252,000)
All-Rounder
31 Ben Cutting Australia (1987-01-30) 30 January 1987 (age 37) Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium 2021 ₹75 lakh (US$105,000) Overseas
75 Shakib Al Hasan Bangladesh (1987-03-24) 24 March 1987 (age 36) Left-handed Left-arm orthodox 2021 ₹3.2 crore (US$449,000) Overseas
12 Andre Russell Jamaica (1988-04-29) 29 April 1988 (age 35) Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium 2018 ₹7 crore (US$981,400.00) Overseas
15 Pawan Negi India (1993-01-06) 6 January 1993 (age 31) Left-handed Left-arm orthodox 2021 ₹50 lakh (US$70,000)
25 Venkatesh Iyer India (1994-12-25) 25 December 1994 (age 29) Left-handed Right-arm medium 2021 ₹20 lakh (US$28,000)
26 Shivam Mavi India (1998-11-26) 26 November 1998 (age 25) Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium 2018 ₹3 crore (US$421,000)
Wicket-Keepers
19 Dinesh Karthik India (1985-06-01) 1 June 1985 (age 38) 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 (age 37) Right-handed Right-arm off break 2021 ₹20 lakh (US$28,000)
43 Tim Seifert New Zealand (1994-12-14) 14 December 1994 (age 29) 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 (age 43) Right-handed Right-arm Off break 2021 ₹2 crore (US$280,000)
74 Sunil Narine Trinidad and Tobago (1988-05-26) 26 May 1988 (age 35) Left-handed Right-arm off break 2018 ₹8.5 crore (US$1.2 million) Overseas
29 Varun Chakravarthy India (1991-08-29) 29 August 1991 (age 32) Right-handed Right-arm leg break 2020 ₹4 crore (US$560,000)
23 Kuldeep Yadav India (1994-12-14) 14 December 1994 (age 29) Left-handed Left-arm unorthodox 2018 ₹5.8 crore (US$813,000)
Pace Bowlers
63 Sandeep Warrier India (1991-04-04) 4 April 1991 (age 32) Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2019 ₹20 lakh (US$28,000)
69 Lockie Ferguson New Zealand (1991-06-13) 13 June 1991 (age 32) Right-handed Right-arm fast 2019 ₹1.6 crore (US$220,000) Overseas
30 Pat Cummins Australia (1993-05-08) 8 May 1993 (age 30) Right-handed Right-arm fast 2020 ₹15.5 crore (US$2.2 million) Overseas, Unavailable due to Personal reasons[7]
24 Prasidh Krishna India (1996-02-19) 19 February 1996 (age 27) Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium 2018 ₹20 lakh (US$28,000)
14 Vaibhav Arora India (1997-12-14) 14 December 1997 (age 26) Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium 2021 ₹20 lakh (US$28,000)
5 Kamlesh Nagarkoti India (1999-12-28) 28 December 1999 (age 24) Right-handed Right-arm fast 2018 ₹3.2 crore (US$449,000)
43 Tim Southee New Zealand (1994-12-14) 14 December 1994 (age 29) Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium 2020 ₹75 lakh (US$105,000) Overseas, Replacement for Pat Cummins[8]
Source:KKR Players

Administration and support staff[edit]

Position Name
Owner India Shah Rukh Khan (Red Chillies Entertainment), Jay Mehta (Mehta Group)
CEO and Managing Director India Venky Mysore
Team manager United Kingdom Wayne Bentley
Head coach New Zealand Brendon McCullum
Assistant coach India Abhishek Nayar
Mentor Australia David Hussey
Bowling coach New Zealand Kyle Mills
Assistant bowling coach India Omkar Salvi
Fielding coach England James Foster
Head Physiotherapist India Kamlesh Jain
Assistant physio
Strength and Conditioning coach New Zealand Chris Donaldson
Assistant trainer
Performance Analyst India AR Srikanth
Strategic consultant England Nathan Leamon
Source:KKR Staff

Kit manufacturers and sponsors[edit]

Teams and standings[edit]

Results by match[edit]

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League table[edit]

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


League Stage[edit]

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]

11 April 2021
19:30
Scorecard
Kolkata Knight Riders
187/6 (20 overs)
v
Sunrisers Hyderabad
177/5 (20 overs)
Nitish Rana 80 (56)
Rashid Khan 2/24 (4 overs)
Manish Pandey 61* (44)
Prasidh Krishna 2/35 (4 overs)
Kolkata Knight Riders won by 10 runs
M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
Umpires: K. N. Ananthapadmanabhan (Ind) and Nitin Menon (Ind)
Player of the match: Nitish Rana (Kolkata Knight Riders)
  • Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and elected to field.
  • This was Kolkata Knight Riders' 100th win in the IPL.[10]
13 April 2021
19:30
Scorecard
Mumbai Indians
152 (20 overs)
v
Kolkata Knight Riders
142/7 (20 overs)
Suryakumar Yadav 56 (36)
Andre Russell 5/15 (2 overs)
Nitish Rana 57 (47)
Rahul Chahar 4/27 (4 overs)
Mumbai Indians won by 10 runs
M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
Umpires: Chris Gaffaney (NZ) and Chettithody Shamshuddin (Ind)
Player of the match: Rahul Chahar (Mumbai Indians)
  • Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field.
18 April 2021
15:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
v
Kolkata Knight Riders
166/8 (20 overs)
Glenn Maxwell 78 (49)
Varun Chakravarthy 2/39 (4 overs)
Andre Russell 31 (20)
Kyle Jamieson 3/41 (3 overs)
Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 38 runs
M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
Umpires: Nitin Menon (Ind) and Chettithody Shamshuddin (Ind)
Player of the match: AB de Villiers (Royal Challengers Bangalore)
  • Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to bat.

Statistics[edit]

Most runs[edit]

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[11]

Most wickets[edit]

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[12]

Awards and achievements[edit]

Awards[edit]

Man of the Match
No. Date Player Opponent Result Contribution Ref.
1 11 April 2021 Nitish Rana Sunrisers Hyderabad Won by 10 runs 80 (56) [13]
2 26 April 2021 Eoin Morgan Punjab Kings Won by 5 Wickets 47* (40) [14]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ "IPL 2021 Auction: VIVO Remains The Title Sponsor As BCCI Releases The Player Auction List". Yahoo! Cricket. Retrieved 12 February 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ↑ "Kolkata Knight Riders win IPL 5, beat Chennai Super Kings". 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. ↑ "SRK congratulates KKR for 100th IPL win". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
  11. ↑ "KKR Most runs in IPL 2021". Cricinfo. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
  12. ↑ "KKR Most wickets in IPL 2021". Cricinfo. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
  13. ↑ "Rana, Tripathi, Prasidh star in KKR's opening win". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
  14. ↑ "Mavi, Prasidh, Tripathi, Morgan star in KKR's second win". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
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