2013 Kolkata Knight Riders season

Kolkata Knight Riders

2013 season
Coach	Trevor Bayliss
Captain	Gautam Gambhir
Ground(s)	Eden Gardens, Kolkata
IPL	7th
Most runs	Gautam Gambhir (406) [1]
Most wickets	Sunil Narine (22) [2]
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Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) is a franchise cricket team based in Kolkata, India, which plays in the Indian Premier League (IPL). They were one of the nine teams that competed in the 2013 IPL. They were captained by Gautam Gambhir. Kolkata Knight Riders finished 7th in the IPL and did not qualify for the Champions League T20.

Background

KKR were the defending champions but they had a disappointing IPL season in 2013, as they failed to make the play-offs, losing ten and winning only six out of their sixteen matches. Although the overall performance was disappointing, a few individual performances gained attention, like Sunil Narine who took 22 wickets in 16 matches and Gautam Gambhir who made some good runs. But due to lack of rhythm and perfect combination of players, and bad form of a few players, the KKR could not win a few easy matches and ended up 7/9.

Squad

• Players with international caps prior to the 2013 season are listed in bold.

No.	Name	Nationality	Birth date	Batting Style	Bowling Style	Notes
Batters
05	Gautam Gambhir	India	(1981-10-14)14 October 1981 (aged 31)	Left-handed	Right-arm leg break	Captain
07	Paras Dogra	India	(1984-11-19)19 November 1984 (aged 28)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break
09	Manoj Tiwary	India	(1985-11-14)14 November 1985 (aged 27)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break
16	Eoin Morgan	England	(1986-09-10)10 September 1986 (aged 26)	Left-handed	Right-arm medium	Overseas
63	Debabrata Das	India	(1986-09-22)22 September 1986 (aged 26)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break
All-rounders
03	Jacques Kallis	South Africa	(1975-10-16)16 October 1975 (aged 37)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	Vice-captain, Overseas
06	Laxmi Ratan Shukla	India	(1981-05-06)6 May 1981 (aged 31)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
22	Rajat Bhatia	India	(1979-10-22)22 October 1979 (aged 33)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast
23	Ryan McLaren	South Africa	(1983-02-09)9 February 1983 (aged 30)	Left-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	Overseas
27	Ryan ten Doeschate	Netherlands	(1980-06-30)30 June 1980 (aged 32)	Right-handed	Right arm medium-fast	Overseas
75	Shakib Al Hasan	Bangladesh	(1987-03-24)24 March 1987 (aged 26)	Left-handed	Slow left arm orthodox	Overseas
999	Yusuf Pathan	India	(1982-11-17)17 November 1982 (aged 30)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
–	Sumit Narwal	India	(1982-04-16)16 April 1982 (aged 30)	Left-handed	Right-arm medium-fast
Wicket-keepers
24	Brad Haddin	Australia	(1977-10-23)23 October 1977 (aged 35)	Right-handed	–	Overseas
36	Manvinder Bisla	India	(1984-12-28)28 December 1984 (aged 28)	Right-handed	–
42	Brendon McCullum	New Zealand	(1981-09-27)27 September 1981 (aged 31)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	Overseas
Bowlers
01	Sarabjit Ladda	India	(1986-07-10)10 July 1986 (aged 26)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break
04	James Pattinson	Australia	(1990-05-03)3 May 1990 (aged 22)	Left-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	Overseas
08	Pradeep Sangwan	India	(1990-11-05)5 November 1990 (aged 22)	Right-handed	Left-arm medium-fast
14	Shami Ahmed	India	(1990-03-09)9 March 1990 (aged 23)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast
18	Sachithra Senanayake	Sri Lanka	(1985-02-09)9 February 1985 (aged 28)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	Overseas
21	Iqbal Abdulla	India	(1989-12-02)2 December 1989 (aged 23)	Left-handed	Slow left arm orthodox
55	Lakshmipathy Balaji	India	(1981-09-27)27 September 1981 (aged 31)	Right-handed	Right arm medium-fast
58	Brett Lee	Australia	(1976-11-08)8 November 1976 (aged 36)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast	Overseas
74	Sunil Narine	West Indies	(1988-05-26)26 May 1988 (aged 24)	Left-handed	Right-arm off break	Overseas

Indian Premier League

Season standings

Kolkata Knight Riders finished 7th in the league stage of IPL 2013.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR
1	Chennai Super Kings (R)	16	11	5	0	22	0.530
2	Mumbai Indians (C)	16	11	5	0	22	0.441
3	Rajasthan Royals (3rd)	16	10	6	0	20	0.322
4	Sunrisers Hyderabad (4th)	16	10	6	0	20	0.003
5	Royal Challengers Bangalore	16	9	7	0	18	0.457
6	Kings XI Punjab	16	8	8	0	16	0.226
7	Kolkata Knight Riders	16	6	10	0	12	−0.095
8	Pune Warriors India	16	4	12	0	8	−1.006
9	Delhi Daredevils	16	3	13	0	6	−0.848

Source: ^[3]

"C" refers to the champions of the tournament, R to the runners-up.

Match log

No.	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorecard
1	April 3, 2013	Delhi Daredevils	Kolkata	Won by 6 wickets, MoM - Sunil Narine 4/13
2	April 8, 2013	Rajasthan Royals	Jaipur	Lost by 19 runs
3	April 11, 2013	Royal Challengers Bangalore	Bengaluru	Lost by 8 wickets
4	April 14, 2013	Sunrisers Hyderabad	Kolkata	Won by 48 runs, MoM – Gautam Gambhir 53(45)	Score Card
5	April 16, 2013	Kings XI Punjab	Mohali	Lost by 4 runs
6	April 20, 2013	Chennai Super Kings	Kolkata	Lost by 4 wickets
7	April 24, 2013	Mumbai Indians	Kolkata	Lost by 5 wickets
8	April 26, 2013	Kings XI Punjab	Kolkata	Won by 6 wickets, MoM – Jacques Kallis 2/14 (4 overs) and 44
9	April 28, 2013	Chennai Super Kings	Chennai	Lost by 14 runs	[4]
10	May 1, 2013	Delhi Daredevils	Raipur	Lost by 7 wickets	[5]
11	May 3, 2013	Rajasthan Royals	Kolkata	Won by 8 wickets; MoM – Yusuf Pathan 49* (35)
12	May 7, 2013	Mumbai Indians	Mumbai	Lost by 65 runs
13	May 9, 2013	Pune Warriors India	Pune	Won By 46 runs; MoM – Gautam Gambhir 50(44)
14	May 12, 2013	Royal Challengers Bangalore	Ranchi	Won By 5 wickets; MoM – Jacques Kallis 2/17 (4 overs) and 41(45)
15	May 14, 2013	Pune Warriors India	Ranchi	Lost by 7 runs
16	May 19, 2013	Sunrisers Hyderabad	Hyderabad	Lost by 5 wickets
Overall record: 6–10. Failed to advance.

References

1. "Indian Premier League, 2013/ Records / Most runs". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 12 June 2014. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
2. "Indian Premier League, 2013/ Records / Most runs". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 19 September 2015. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
3. "Points Table; Indian Premier League 2013". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 21 December 2012.
4. 38th match: Chennai Super Kings v Kolkata Knight Riders at Chennai, Apr 28, 2013 | Cricket Scorecard. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved on 23 December 2013.
5. 44th match: Delhi Daredevils v Kolkata Knight Riders at Raipur, May 1, 2013 | Cricket Scorecard. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved on 23 December 2013.