2017 Kolkata Knight Riders season

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Kolkata Knight Riders
2017 season
Coach Jacques Kallis
Captain Gautam Gambhir
Ground(s) Eden Gardens, Kolkata
IPL 3rd
Most runs Gautam Gambhir (498)
Most wickets Chris Woakes (17)

Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) are a franchise cricket team based in Kolkata, India, which plays in the Indian Premier League (IPL). They are one of the eight teams that competed in the 2017 IPL edition. They were captained by Gautam Gambhir, while former Knight Riders all-rounder Jacques Kallis was in his third season as the team's head coach.

Contents

Pre-season

Player auction

The player auction for the 2017 Indian Premier League was held on 20 February in Bangalore. [2]

The Knight Riders bought the following players at the auction:

In April the side signed New Zealander Colin de Grandhomme as a replacement for Andre Russell who was banned for one year in January 2017 for a violation of doping codes.

Squad

No.NameNationalityBirth dateBatting styleBowling styleYear signedSalaryNotes
Batsmen
9 Manish Pandey Flag of India.svg  India 10 September 1989 (age 34)Right-handedRight-arm off break 201417 million (US$200,000)
23 Gautam Gambhir Flag of India.svg  India 14 October 1981 (age 42)Left-handedRight-arm leg break 2014 (since 2011)100 million (US$1.2 million) Captain
37 Robin Uthappa Flag of India.svg  India 11 September 1985 (age 38)Right-handedRight-arm medium 201450 million (US$600,000)Occasional wicketkeeper
46 Darren Bravo Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago 6 February 1989 (age 35)Left-handedRight-arm medium 20175 million (US$60,000)Overseas
50 Chris Lynn Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 10 April 1990 (age 34)Right-handed Slow left-arm orthodox 201413 million (US$160,000)Overseas
72 Ishank Jaggi Flag of India.svg  India 27 January 1989 (age 35)Right-handedRight-arm leg break 20171 million (US$12,000)
212 Suryakumar Yadav Flag of India.svg  India 14 September 1990 (age 33)Right-handedRight-arm medium 20147 million (US$84,000) Vice-captain
All-rounders
01 Rishi Dhawan Flag of India.svg  India 19 February 1990 (age 34)Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast 20175.5 million (US$66,000)
8 Chris Woakes Flag of England.svg  England 2 March 1989 (age 35)Right-handedRight-arm fast-medium 201742 million (US$500,000)Overseas
12 Andre Russell Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 29 April 1988 (age 36)Right-handedRight-arm fast-medium 20146 million (US$72,000)Overseas
24 Yusuf Pathan Flag of India.svg  India 17 November 1982 (age 41)Right-handedRight-arm off break 2014 (since 2011)32.5 million (US$390,000)
52 Rovman Powell Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 23 July 1993 (age 31)Right-handedRight-arm fast-medium 20173 million (US$36,000)Overseas
75 Shakib Al Hasan Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh 24 March 1987 (age 37)Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox 2014 (since 2011)28 million (US$340,000)Overseas
77 Colin de Grandhomme Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 22 July 1986 (age 38)Right-handedRight-arm fast-medium 2017Replacement signingOverseas
Sanjay Yadav Flag of India.svg  India 10 May 1995 (age 29)Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox 20171 million (US$12,000)
Wicket-keepers
21 Sheldon Jackson Flag of India.svg  India 27 September 1986 (age 37)Right-handed20151.5 million (US$18,000)
Bowlers
03 Ankit Rajpoot Flag of India.svg  India 4 December 1993 (age 30)Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast 201615 million (US$180,000)
10 Trent Boult Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 22 July 1989 (age 35)Right-handedLeft-arm fast 201750 million (US$600,000)Overseas
11 Piyush Chawla Flag of India.svg  India 24 December 1988 (age 35)Left-handedRight-arm leg break 201442.5 million (US$510,000)
13 Nathan Coulter-Nile Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 11 October 1987 (age 36)Right-handedRight-arm fast 201735 million (US$420,000)Overseas
18 Kuldeep Yadav Flag of India.svg  India 14 December 1994 (age 29)Left-handed Slow left-arm wrist-spin 20144 million (US$48,000)
19 Umesh Yadav Flag of India.svg  India 25 October 1987 (age 36)Right-handedRight-arm fast 201426 million (US$310,000)
74 Sunil Narine Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago 26 May 1988 (age 36)Left-handedRight-arm off break 201280 million (US$960,000)Overseas
Sayan Ghosh Flag of India.svg  India 16 September 1992 (age 31)Right-handedRight-arm medium 20171 million (US$12,000)

Season standings

PosTeamPldWLNRPts NRR
1 Mumbai Indians (C)141040200.784Advanced to Qualifier 1
2 Rising Pune Supergiant (R)14950180.176
3 Sunrisers Hyderabad (4)14851170.599Advanced to the Eliminator
4 Kolkata Knight Riders (3)14860160.641
5 Kings XI Punjab 1477014−0.009
6 Delhi Daredevils 1468012−0.512
7 Gujarat Lions 1441008−0.412
8 Royal Challengers Bangalore 1431017−1.299
Source: ESPNcricinfo [3]
The four top ranked teams qualified for the playoffs

Matches

7 April
(H) Gujarat Lions
183/4 (20 overs)
v
Kolkata Knight Riders
184/0 (14.5 overs)
Kolkata Knight Riders won by 10 wickets
 
 
Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Rajkot
Umpires: Nitin Menon (India) and C. K. Nandan (India)
Player of the match: Chris Lynn (Kolkata Knight Riders)
Suresh Raina 68* (51)
Kuldeep Yadav 2/25 (4 overs)
Chris Lynn 93* (41)
Praveen Kumar 0/13 (2 overs)
  • Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field.
  • This was the highest total successfully chased without losing a wicket in a T20 match. [4]
9 April
Kolkata Knight Riders
178/7 (20 overs)
v
Mumbai Indians (H)
180/6 (19.5 overs)
Mumbai Indians won by 4 wickets
 
 
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Umpires: Nitin Menon (India) and C. K. Nandan (India)
Player of the match: Nitish Rana (Mumbai Indians)
Manish Pandey 81* (47)
Krunal Pandya 3/24 (4 overs)
Nitish Rana 50 (29)
Ankit Rajpoot 3/37 (4 overs)
  • Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to field.
13 April
Kings XI Punjab
170/9 (20 overs)
v
Kolkata Knight Riders (H)
171/2 (16.3 overs)
Kolkata Knight Riders won by 8 wickets
 
 
Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Umpires: Abhijit Deshmukh (India) and Nigel Llong (England)
Player of the match: Sunil Narine (Kolkata Knight Riders)
Manan Vohra 28 (19)
David Miller 28 (19)
Umesh Yadav 4/33 (4 overs)
Gautam Gambhir 72* (49)
Varun Aaron 1/23 (2 overs)
  • Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field.
15 April
(H) Kolkata Knight Riders
172/6 (20 overs)
v
Sunrisers Hyderabad
155/6 (20 overs)
Kolkata Knight Riders won by 17 runs
 
 
Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Umpires: Anil Dandekar (India) and Nigel Llong (England)
Player of the match: Robin Uthappa (Kolkata Knight Riders)
Robin Uthappa 68 (39)
Bhuvneshwar Kumar 3/20 (4 overs)
Yuvraj Singh 26 (16)
Chris Woakes 2/49 (4 overs)
  • Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and elected to field.
17 April
(H) Delhi Daredevils
168/7 (20 overs)
v
Kolkata Knight Riders
169/6 (19.5 overs)
Kolkata Knight Riders won by 4 wickets
 
 
16:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
Umpires: Nitin Menon (India) and C. K. Nandan (India)
Player of the match: Manish Pandey (Kolkata Knight Riders)
Sanju Samson 39 (25)
Nathan Coulter-Nile 3/22 (4 overs)
Manish Pandey 69* (49)
Zaheer Khan 2/28 (4 overs)
  • Delhi Daredevils won the toss and elected to bat.
21 April
(H) Kolkata Knight Riders
187/5 (20)
v
Gujarat Lions
188/6 (18.2)
Gujarat Lions won by 4 wickets.
 
 
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Umpires: Nitin Menon (India) and Chris Gaffaney (New Zealand)
Player of the match: Suresh Raina (Gujarat Lions)
Robin Uthappa 72 (48)
Suresh Raina 1/11 (2 overs)
Suresh Raina 84 (46)
Kuldeep Yadav 2/33 (4 overs)
  • Gujarat Lions won the toss and elected to field.
23 April
(H) Kolkata Knight Riders
131/10 (19.3)
v
Kolkata Knight Riders won by 82 runs.
 
 
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Umpires: Chris Gaffaney (New Zealand) and C. K. Nandan (India)
Player of the match: Nathan Coulter-Nile (Kolkata Knight Riders)
Sunil Narine 34 (17)
Yuzvendra Chahal 3/16 (4 overs)
Kedar Jadhav 9 (7)
Colin de Grandhomme 3/4 (1.4 overs)
Chris Woakes 3/6 (2 overs)
Nathan Coulter-Nile 3/21 (3 overs)
  • Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to field.
  • Royal Challengers Bangalore's 49 runs was the lowest ever total in the IPL. [5]
    Royal Challengers Bangalore's innings of 9.4 overs was the shortest ever in the IPL. [5]
    This was the first match in the IPL where none of the batmen in a side were able to get in to double digits. [5]
    This was only the second time both sides in an IPL match were all out. [5]
26 April
(H) Rising Pune Supergiant
182/5 (20)
v
Kolkata Knight Riders
184/3 (18.1)
Kolkata Knight Riders won by 7 wickets.
 
 
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune
Umpires: Anil Dandekar (India) and Nigel Llong (England)
Player of the match: Robin Uthappa (Kolkata Knight Riders)
Steve Smith 51 (37)
Kuldeep Yadav 2/31 (4 overs)
Robin Uthappa 87 (47)
Dan Christian 1/31 (4 overs)
  • Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field.
28 April
(H) Kolkata Knight Riders
161/3 (16.2)
v
Delhi Daredevils
160/6 (20)
Kolkata Knight Riders won by 7 wickets.
 
 
16:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Umpires: Nigel Llong (England) and Sundaram Ravi (India)
Player of the match: Gautam Gambhir (Kolkata Knight Riders)
Gautam Gambhir 71 (52)
Kagiso Rabada 2/20 (3.2 overs)
Sanju Samson 60 (38)
Nathan Coulter-Nile 3/34 (4 overs)
  • Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field.
30 April
(H) Sunrisers Hyderabad
209/3 (20)
v
Sunrisers Hyderabad won by 48 runs.
 
 
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Hyderabad
Umpires: Anil Dandekar (India) and Sundaram Ravi (India)
Player of the match: David Warner (Sunrisers Hyderabad)
David Warner 126 (59)
Chris Woakes 1/46 (4 overs)
Robin Uthappa 53 (28)
Mohammed Siraj 2/26 (4 overs)
  • Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field.
3 May
(H) Kolkata Knight Riders
155/8 (20)
v
Rising Pune Supergiant won by 4 wickets.
 
 
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Umpires: K.N. Ananthapadmanabhan (India) and Nand Kishore
Player of the match: Rahul Tripathi (Rising Pune Supergiant)
Manish Pandey 37 (32)
Jaydev Unadkat 2/28 (4 overs)
Rahul Tripathi 93 (52)
Chris Woakes 3/18 (4 overs)
  • Rising Pune Supergiant won the toss and elected to field.
7 May
v
Kolkata Knight Riders
159/4 (15.1)
Kolkata Knight Riders won by 6 wickets.
 
 
16:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
Umpires: Anil Dandekar (India) and Chettithody Shamshuddin (India)
Player of the match: Sunil Narine (Kolkata Knight Riders)
Travis Head 75 (47)
Umesh Yadav 3/36 (4 overs)
Sunil Narine 54 (17)
Pawan Negi 2/21 (3.1 overs)
  • Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field.
9 May
(H) Kings XI Punjab
167/6 (20 overs)
v
Kolkata Knight Riders
153/6 (20 overs)
Kings XI Punjab won by 14 runs
 
 
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali
Umpires: Nand Kishore (India) and Sundaram Ravi (India)
Player of the match: Mohit Sharma (Kings XI Punjab)
Glenn Maxwell 44 (25)
Chris Woakes 2/20 (4 overs)
Chris Lynn 84 (52)
Rahul Tewatia 2/18 (4 overs)
  • Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field.
13 May
Mumbai Indians
173/5 (20 overs)
v
Kolkata Knight Riders (H)
164/8 (20 overs)
Mumbai Indians won by 9 runs
 
 
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Umpires: Nand Kishore (India) and Sundaram Ravi (India)
Player of the match: Ambati Rayudu (Mumbai Indians)
Ambati Rayudu 63 (37)
Trent Boult 2/30 (4 overs)
Manish Pandey 33 (33)
Hardik Pandya 2/22 (4 overs)
  • Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field.

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