Kolkata Knight Riders in 2024
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2024 season | |||
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Coach | Chandrakant Pandit | ||
Captain | Shreyas Iyer | ||
Ground(s) | Eden Gardens, Kolkata | ||
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2024 Indian Premier League Teams |
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Group A |
Group B |
Note: Teams are listed per the playing order. |
The 2024 season is the 17th season for the Indian Premier League franchise Kolkata Knight Riders. They are one of the ten teams competing in the 2024 Indian Premier League. They finished at the 7th place in previous season's League stage.[1]
Ahead of the 2024 season, Shreyas Iyer returned as the captain after missing out the 2023 season due to back injury.[2][3]
Squad[edit]
- Source: ESPNcricinfo[4]
- 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.
Kolkata Knight Riders squad for the 2024 Indian Premier League | ||||||||
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No. | Name | Nat | Birth date | Batting style | Bowling style | Signed year | Salary | Notes |
Captain | ||||||||
96 | Shreyas Iyer | 6 December 1994 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | 2022 | ₹12.5 crore (US$1.6 million) | ||
Batters | ||||||||
9 | Manish Pandey | 10 September 1989 | Right-handed | Right arm-medium | 2024 | ₹50 lakh (US$63,000) | ||
20 | Jason Roy | 21 July 1990 | Right-handed | Right arm-medium | 2023 | ₹2.8 crore (US$350,000) | Overseas; Withdrawn[a] | |
27 | Nitish Rana | 27 December 1993 | Left-handed | Right-arm off break | 2018 | ₹8 crore (US$1.0 million) | Vice-captain | |
35 | Rinku Singh | 12 October 1997 | Left-handed | Right-arm off break | 2018 | ₹55 lakh (US$69,000) | ||
18 | Angkrish Raghuvanshi | 5 June 2005 | Right-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox spin | 2024 | ₹20 lakh (US$25,000) | ||
Wicket-keepers | ||||||||
28 | Phil Salt | 28 August 1996 | Right-handed | Right arm off spin | 2024 | ₹1.5 crore (US$190,000) | Overseas; Replacement[a] | |
— | K. S. Bharat | 3 October 1993 | Right-handed | Right-arm off spin | 2024 | ₹50 lakh (US$63,000) | ||
21 | Rahmanullah Gurbaz | 28 November 2001 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium fast | 2023 | ₹50 lakh (US$63,000) | Overseas | |
All-rounders | ||||||||
12 | Andre Russell | 29 April 1988 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium (Pace) | 2014 | ₹12 crore (US$1.5 million) | Overseas | |
74 | Sunil Narine | 26 May 1988 | Left-handed | Right-arm off break (Spin) | 2012 | ₹6 crore (US$750,000) | Overseas | |
25 | Venkatesh Iyer | 25 December 1994 | Left-handed | Right-arm medium (Pace) | 2021 | ₹8 crore (US$1.0 million) | ||
19 | Ramandeep Singh | 13 April 1997 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium (Pace) | 2024 | ₹20 lakh (US$25,000) | ||
50 | Sherfane Rutherford | 15 August 1998 | Left-handed | Right-arm fast-medium (Pace) | 2024 | ₹1.5 crore (US$190,000) | Overseas | |
6 | Anukul Roy | 30 November 1998 | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox spin | 2022 | ₹20 lakh (US$25,000) | ||
Pace bowlers | ||||||||
56 | Mitchell Starc | 30 January 1990 | Left-handed | Left-arm fast | 2024 | ₹24.75 crore (US$3.1 million) | Overseas | |
14 | Vaibhav Arora | 14 December 1997 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast medium | 2023 | ₹60 lakh (US$75,000) | ||
— | Gus Atkinson | 19 January 1998 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast | 2024 | ₹1 crore (US$130,000) | Overseas; Withdrawn[b] | |
79 | Dushmantha Chameera | 11 January 1992 | Right-handed | Right arm fast | 2024 | ₹50 lakh (US$63,000) | Overseas; Replacement[b] | |
55 | Chetan Sakariya | 25 February 1998 | Left-handed | Left-arm fast medium | 2024 | ₹50 lakh (US$63,000) | ||
22 | Harshit Rana | 22 December 2001 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast medium | 2022 | ₹20 lakh (US$25,000) | ||
45 | Sakib Hussain | 14 December 2004 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast medium | 2024 | ₹20 lakh (US$25,000) | ||
Spin bowlers | ||||||||
— | Mujeeb Ur Rahman | 28 March 2001 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | 2024 | ₹2 crore (US$250,000) | Overseas; Withdrawn[c] | |
05 | Suyash Sharma | 15 May 2003 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | 2023 | ₹20 lakh (US$25,000) | ||
— | Allah Ghazanfar | 15 July 2007 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | 2024 | ₹20 lakh (US$25,000) | Overseas; Replacement[c] |
Administration and support staff[edit]
Position | Name |
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CEO | Venky Mysore |
Team manager | Wayne Bentley |
Head coach | Chandrakant Pandit |
Batting coach | Abhishek Nayar |
Bowling coach | Bharat Arun |
Fielding coach | Ryan ten Doeschate |
Source: [citation needed]
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Sponsors[edit]
League stage[edit]
Points table[edit]
Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | |
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1 | A | Kolkata Knight Riders | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 1.453 | Advance to Qualifier 1 |
2 | A | Rajasthan Royals | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 0.476 | |
3 | B | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 0.406 | Advance to Eliminator |
4 | B | Chennai Super Kings | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 0.491 | |
5 | A | Delhi Capitals | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 12 | −0.316 | |
6 | A | Lucknow Super Giants | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 12 | −0.769 | |
7 | B | Royal Challengers Bengaluru | 12 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 0.217 | |
8 | B | Gujarat Titans | 12 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 10 | −1.063 | |
9 | A | Mumbai Indians (E) | 12 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 8 | −0.212 | |
10 | B | Punjab Kings (E) | 12 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 8 | −0.423 |
League progression[edit]
Team | Group matches | Playoffs | |||||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Q1/E | Q2 | F | |
Kolkata Knight Riders | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 16 |
Win | Loss | No result |
- Note: The total points at the end of each group match are listed.
- Note: Click on the points (group matches) or W/L (playoffs) to see the match summary.
Fixtures and results[edit]
(H) Kolkata Knight Riders
208/7 (20 overs) |
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Sunrisers Hyderabad
204/7 (20 overs) |
- Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and elected to field.
- Andre Russell (Kolkata Knight Riders) became the fastest cricketer to hit 200 sixes in the IPL, in terms of balls (1,322).[9] He also holds the record for most 50-plus scores and wicket instances in an IPL match (9 times).[10]
- Heinrich Klassen (Sunrisers Hyderabad) scored his 4,000th run in T20s,[11] and broke the record for most sixes (8) in an IPL innings without registering a four.[10]
(H) Royal Challengers Bengaluru
182/6 (20 overs) |
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Kolkata Knight Riders
186/3 (16.5 overs) |
- Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field.
- Sunil Narine (Kolkata Knight Riders) became the fourth player to play 500 T20 matches.[12]
- Andre Russell (Kolkata Knight Riders) took his 100th wicket in the IPL.[13]
- Venkatesh Iyer (Kolkata Knight Riders) scored his 1000th run in IPL.[14]
Kolkata Knight Riders
272/7 (20 overs) |
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Delhi Capitals (H)
166 (17.2 overs) |
- Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to bat.
- Kolkata Knight Riders scored their highest total and the third-highest innings total in IPL history (272).[15]
- Andre Russell (Kolkata Knight Riders) hit his 200th six in the IPL for the Kolkata Knight Riders franchise.[16]
Kolkata Knight Riders
137/9 (20 overs) |
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Chennai Super Kings (H)
141/3 (17.4 overs) |
- Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to field.
- Ravindra Jadeja (Chennai Super Kings) became the fifth player to take 100 catches in the IPL.[17]
Lucknow Super Giants
161/7 (20 overs) |
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Kolkata Knight Riders (H)
162/2 (15.4 overs) |
- Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field.
(H) Kolkata Knight Riders
223/6 (20 overs) |
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Rajasthan Royals
224/8 (20 overs) |
- Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to field.
- Sunil Narine (Kolkata Knight Riders) scored his first century in T20s.[18]
- Rajasthan Royals recorded the joint highest successful run chase in IPL history.[19]
(H) Kolkata Knight Riders
222/6 (20 overs) |
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Royal Challengers Bengaluru
221 (20 overs) |
- Royal Challengers Bengaluru won the toss and elected to field.
- Dinesh Karthik (Royal Challengers Bengaluru) became only the 3rd player to play 250 IPL matches.[20]
- Sunil Narine (Kolkata Knight Riders) surpasses Lasith Malinga to become the highest wicket-taker for a single franchise in IPL history with 172 wickets.[21]
- Royal Challengers Bengaluru broke the record of Middlesex for conceding most 200+ scores in T20s (29 times).[22]
- This was 50th win for Kolkata Knight Riders at home in the IPL.[23]
(H) Kolkata Knight Riders
261/6 (20 overs) |
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Punjab Kings
262/2 (18.4 overs) |
- Punjab Kings won the toss and elected to field.
- Punjab Kings made the highest successful run-chase in Indian Premier League history, thus breaking the record of Rajasthan Royals (223).[24]
- Punjab Kings also made the highest successful run-chase in T20 cricket, thus breaking the record of South Africa (259).[25]
- Punjab Kings made 24 sixes, marking the most ever in an IPL innings, surpassing Sunrisers Hyderabad's previous record of 22 set against Royal Challengers Bengaluru in 2024.[26]
- The number of sixes hit in this match was the most in any T20 match (Total – 42, Kolkata – 18, Punjab – 24).[27]
Delhi Capitals
153/9 (20 overs) |
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Kolkata Knight Riders (H)
157/3 (16.3 overs) |
- Delhi Capitals won the toss and elected to bat.
- Shreyas Iyer (Kolkata Knight Riders) scored his 3,000th run in the IPL.[28]
Kolkata Knight Riders
169 (19.5 overs) |
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Mumbai Indians (H)
145 (18.5 overs) |
- Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to field.
Kolkata Knight Riders
235/6 (20 overs) |
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Lucknow Super Giants (H)
137 (16.1 overs) |
- Lucknow Super Giants won the toss and elected to field.
Statistics[edit]
Most runs[edit]
Runs | Player | Inns | HS | Ave | SR | 100/50 | 4s | 6s |
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461 | Sunil Narine | 11 | 109 | 41.91 | 183.66 | 1/3 | 46 | 32 |
429 | Phil Salt | 11 | 89* | 42.90 | 183.33 | 0/4 | 50 | 23 |
280 | Shreyas Iyer | 11 | 50 | 35.00 | 138.61 | 0/1 | 27 | 10 |
225 | Venkatesh Iyer | 10 | 70 | 32.14 | 142.40 | 0/2 | 20 | 10 |
198 | Andre Russell | 8 | 64* | 33.00 | 186.79 | 0/1 | 18 | 14 |
Last updated: 5 May 2024, Source: ESPNcricinfo[29]
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Most wickets[edit]
Wkts. | Player | Inns | Ov | Runs | BBI | Ave | Econ | SR | 4W | 5W |
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16 | Varun Chakravarthy | 11 | 40.0 | 350 | 3/16 | 21.87 | 8.75 | 15.00 | 0 | 0 |
14 | Sunil Narine | 11 | 44.0 | 291 | 2/22 | 20.78 | 6.61 | 18.85 | 0 | 0 |
14 | Harshit Rana | 8 | 31.0 | 298 | 3/24 | 21.28 | 9.56 | 13.35 | 0 | 0 |
13 | Andre Russell | 11 | 22.2 | 227 | 3/25 | 17.46 | 10.16 | 10.30 | 0 | 0 |
12 | Mitchell Starc | 10 | 33.5 | 386 | 4/33 | 32.08 | 11.37 | 16.91 | 1 | 0 |
Last updated: 9 May 2024, Source: ESPNcricinfo[30]
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Notes[edit]
- ^ a b Phil Salt replaced Jason Roy, after the latter withdrew due to Personal reasons.[5]
- ^ a b Dushmantha Chameera replaced Gus Atkinson, after the latter withdrew due to Workload management.[6]
- ^ a b Allah Ghazanfar replaced Mujeeb Ur Rahman, after the latter withdrew due to Injury.[7]
References[edit]
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- ^ "Kolkata Knight Riders name Dushmantha Chameera as replacement for Gus Atkinson". Indian Premier League. Retrieved 6 May 2024.
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- ^ a b "Comparing Russell's 64 vs Klaasen's 63 in KKR vs SRH IPL thriller; feat 15 sixes". India TV. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
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- ^ "KKR batter Venkatesh Iyer completes 1,000 runs in IPL career". ANI. Retrieved 30 March 2024.
- ^ "Sunil Narine carnage helps KKR post 2nd-highest total in IPL history". India Today. 3 April 2024. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
- ^ "KKR all-rounder Andre Russell completes 200 sixes in IPL". The Economic Times. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
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- ^ "Dinesh Karthik becomes 3rd player after Dhoni, Rohit to play 250 IPL matches". India Today. 21 April 2024. Retrieved 21 April 2024.
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- ^ "Highest successful IPL, T20 run-chases: Punjab Kings break world record in 262 chase vs Kolkata Knight Riders Bairstow hundred". The Indian Express. 26 April 2024. Retrieved 26 April 2024.
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