2021 Kolkata Knight Riders season

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Kolkata Knight Riders
2021 season
Coach Brendon McCullum
Captain Eoin Morgan
Ground(s) Eden Gardens
2021 Indian Premier League Runner up
Most runs Shubman Gill (478)
Most wickets Varun Chakravarthy (18)

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.

Contents

Background

Player retention and transfers

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

No.NameNationalityBirth dateBatting styleBowling styleYear signedSalaryNotes
Batsmen
16 Eoin Morgan Flag of England.svg  England 10 September 1986 (aged 34)Left-handedRight-arm medium20205.25 crore (US$613,000)Overseas; Captain
18 Gurkeerat Singh Flag of India.svg  India 29 June 1990 (aged 30)Right-handedRight-arm off break 202150 lakh (US$58,000)Replacement for Rinku Singh [5]
27 Nitish Rana Flag of India.svg  India 27 December 1993 (aged 27)Left-handedRight-arm off break 20183.4 crore (US$397,000)
35 Rinku Singh Flag of India.svg  India 12 October 1997 (aged 23)Left-handedRight-arm off break 201880 lakh (US$93,000)Unavailable due to knee injury [6]
52 Rahul Tripathi Flag of India.svg  India 2 March 1991 (aged 30)Right-handedRight-arm fast medium 202060 lakh (US$70,000)
66 Karun Nair Flag of India.svg  India 6 December 1991 (aged 29)Right-handedRight-arm off break 202150 lakh (US$58,000)
77 Shubman Gill Flag of India.svg  India 8 September 1999 (aged 21)Right-handedRight-arm off break 20181.8 crore (US$210,000)
All-Rounder
12 Andre Russell Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 29 April 1988 (aged 32)Right-handedRight-arm fast-medium 20187 crore (US$817,322.00)Overseas, Injured
15 Pawan Negi Flag of India.svg  India 6 January 1993 (aged 28)Left-handedLeft-arm orthodox 202150 lakh (US$58,000)
25 Venkatesh Iyer Flag of India.svg  India 25 December 1994 (aged 26)Left-handedRight-arm medium 202120 lakh (US$23,000)
31 Ben Cutting Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 30 January 1987 (aged 34)Right-handedRight-arm fast-medium 202175 lakh (US$88,000)Overseas
75 Shakib Al Hasan Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh 24 March 1987 (aged 34)Left-handedLeft-arm orthodox 20213.2 crore (US$374,000)Overseas
Wicket-Keepers
19 Dinesh Karthik Flag of India.svg  India 1 June 1985 (aged 35)Right-handedRight-arm off break 20187.4 crore (US$864,026.10)Vice-captain
21 Sheldon Jackson Flag of India.svg  India 27 September 1986 (aged 34)Right-handedRight-arm off break 202120 lakh (US$23,000)
43 Tim Seifert Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 14 December 1994 (aged 26)Right-handedRight-arm fast-medium 202020 lakh (US$23,000)Overseas
Spin-Bowlers
3 Harbhajan Singh Flag of India.svg  India 3 July 1980 (aged 40)Right-handedRight-arm off break 20212 crore (US$230,000)
23 Kuldeep Yadav Flag of India.svg  India 14 December 1994 (aged 26)Left-handedLeft-arm unorthodox 20185.8 crore (US$677,000)
29 Varun Chakravarthy Flag of India.svg  India 29 August 1991 (aged 29)Right-handedRight-arm leg break 20204 crore (US$470,000)
74 Sunil Narine Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago 26 May 1988 (aged 32)Left-handedRight-arm off break 20188.5 crore (US$992,462.40)Overseas
Pace Bowlers
5 Kamlesh Nagarkoti Flag of India.svg  India 28 December 1999 (aged 21)Right-handedRight-arm fast 20183.2 crore (US$374,000)
14 Vaibhav Arora Flag of India.svg  India 14 December 1997 (aged 23)Right-handedRight-arm fast-medium 202120 lakh (US$23,000)
24 Prasidh Krishna Flag of India.svg  India 19 February 1996 (aged 25)Right-handedRight-arm fast-medium 201820 lakh (US$23,000)
26 Shivam Mavi Flag of India.svg  India 26 November 1998 (aged 22)Right-handedRight-arm fast-medium 20183 crore (US$350,000)
30 Pat Cummins Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 8 May 1993 (aged 27)Right-handedRight-arm fast 202015.5 crore (US$1.8 million)Overseas, Unavailable due to Personal reasons [7]
43 Tim Southee Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 11 December 1988 (aged 32)Right-handedRight-arm fast-medium 202175 lakh (US$88,000)Overseas, Replacement for Pat Cummins [8]
63 Sandeep Warrier Flag of India.svg  India 4 April 1991 (aged 30)Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast 201920 lakh (US$23,000)
69 Lockie Ferguson Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 13 June 1991 (aged 29)Right-handedRight-arm fast 20191.6 crore (US$190,000)Overseas
Source: KKR Players

Administration and support staff

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

Kit manufacturers and sponsors

Teams and standings

Results by match

Round1234567891011121314
ResultWLLLLWLWWLWLWW
Position25668575444444
Source: Fixtures
W = Win; L = Loss; NR = No Result

League table

PosTeamPldWLNRPts NRR
1 Delhi Capitals (3rd)141040200.481Advanced to Qualifier 1
2 Chennai Super Kings (C)14950180.455
3 Royal Challengers Bangalore (4th)1495018−0.140Advanced to the Eliminator
4 Kolkata Knight Riders (R)14770140.587
5 Mumbai Indians 14770140.116
6 Punjab Kings 1468012−0.001
7 Rajasthan Royals 1459010−0.993
8 Sunrisers Hyderabad 1431106−0.545
Source: ESPNcricinfo
(C) Champions; (R) Runners-up
The four top-ranked teams qualified for the playoffs.

League stage

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

Matches

Match 3
11 April 2021
19:30 (N)
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 the 100th win in the IPL for Kolkata Knight Riders. [10]

Match 5
13 April 2021
19:30 (N)
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.

Match 10
18 April 2021
15:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
Royal Challengers Bangalore
204/4 (20 overs)
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.

Match 15
21 April 2021
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Chennai Super Kings
220/3 (20 overs)
v
Kolkata Knight Riders
202 (19.1 overs)
Faf du Plessis 95* (60)
Andre Russell 1/27 (2 overs)
Pat Cummins 66* (34)
Deepak Chahar 4/29 (4 overs)
Chennai Super Kings won by 18 runs
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Umpires: Anil Dandekar (Ind) and Paul Reiffel (Aus)
Player of the match: Faf du Plessis (Chennai Super Kings)
  • Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field.

Match 18
24 April 2021
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Kolkata Knight Riders
133/9 (20 overs)
v
Rajasthan Royals
134/4 (18.5 overs)
Rahul Tripathi 36 (26)
Chris Morris 4/23 (4 overs)
Sanju Samson 42* (41)
Varun Chakravarthy 2/32 (4 overs)
Rajasthan Royals won by 6 wickets
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Umpires: Sundaram Ravi (Ind) and Navdeep Singh (Ind)
Player of the match: Chris Morris (Rajasthan Royals)
  • Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to field.

Match 21
26 April 2021
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Punjab Kings
123/9 (20 overs)
v
Kolkata Knight Riders
126/5 (16.4 overs)
Mayank Agarwal 31 (34)
Prasidh Krishna 3/30 (4 overs)
Eoin Morgan 47* (40)
Moises Henriques 1/5 (1 over)
Kolkata Knight Riders won 5 wickets
Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad
Umpires: Yeshwant Barde (Ind) and Paul Reiffel (Aus)
Player of the match: Eoin Morgan (Kolkata Knight Riders)
  • Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field.

Match 25
29 April 2021
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Kolkata Knight Riders
154/6 (20 overs)
v
Delhi Capitals
156/3 (16.3 overs)
Andre Russell 45* (27)
Lalit Yadav 2/13 (3 overs)
Prithvi Shaw 82 (41)
Pat Cummins 3/24 (4 overs)
Delhi Capitals won by 7 wickets
Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad
Umpires: Yeshwant Barde (Ind) and Anil Chaudhary (Ind)
Player of the match: Prithvi Shaw (Delhi Capitals)
  • Delhi Capitals won the toss and elected to field.

Match 31
20 September 2021
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
v
Kolkata Knight Riders
94/1 (10 overs)
Devdutt Padikkal 22 (20)
Andre Russell 3/9 (3 overs)
Shubman Gill 48 (34)
Yuzvendra Chahal 1/23 (2 overs)
Kolkata Knight Riders won by 9 wickets
Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi
Umpires: Chris Gaffaney (NZ) and Sundaram Ravi (Ind)
Player of the match: Varun Chakravarthy (Kolkata Knight Riders)
  • Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Virat Kohli (Royal Challengers Bangalore) became the first player to play 200 matches for a single franchise. [11]

Match 34
23 September 2021
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Mumbai Indians
155/6 (20 overs)
v
Kolkata Knight Riders
159/3 (15.1 overs)
Quinton de Kock 55 (42)
Lockie Ferguson 2/27 (4 overs)
Rahul Tripathi 74* (42)
Jasprit Bumrah 3/43 (4 overs)
Kolkata Knight Riders won by 7 wickets
Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi
Umpires: Sundaram Ravi (Ind) and Virender Sharma (Ind)
Player of the match: Sunil Narine (Kolkata Knight Riders)
  • Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field.

Match 38
26 September 2021
15:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
Kolkata Knight Riders
171/6 (20 overs)
v
Chennai Super Kings
172/8 (20 overs)
Rahul Tripathi 45 (33)
Shardul Thakur 2/20 (4 overs)
Faf du Plessis 43 (30)
Sunil Narine 3/41 (4 overs)
Chennai Super Kings won by 2 wickets
Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi
Umpires: Chris Gaffaney (NZ) and Tapan Sharma (Ind)
Player of the match: Ravindra Jadeja (Chennai Super Kings)
  • Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to bat.

Match 41
28 September 2021
15:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
Delhi Capitals
127/9 (20 overs)
v
Kolkata Knight Riders
130/7 (18.2 overs)
Steve Smith 39 (34)
Lockie Ferguson 2/10 (2 overs)
Nitish Rana 36* (27)
Avesh Khan 3/13 (3 overs)
Kolkata Knight Riders won by 3 wickets
Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah
Umpires: Saiyed Khalid (Ind) and Nitin Menon (Ind)
Player of the match: Sunil Narine (Kolkata Knight Riders)
  • Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field.

Match 45
1 October 2021
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Kolkata Knight Riders
165/7 (20 overs)
v
Punjab Kings
168/5 (19.3 overs)
Venkatesh Iyer 67 (49)
Arshdeep Singh 3/32 (4 overs)
KL Rahul 67 (55)
Varun Chakravarthy 2/24 (4 overs)
Punjab Kings won by 5 wickets
Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai
Umpires: K. N. Ananthapadmanabhan (Ind) and Richard Illingworth (Eng)
Player of the match: KL Rahul (Punjab Kings)
  • Punjab Kings won the toss and elected to field.
  • Delhi Capitals qualified for the playoffs as a result of this match. [12]

Match 49
3 October 2021
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Sunrisers Hyderabad
115/8 (20 overs)
v
Kolkata Knight Riders
119/4 (19.4 overs)
Kane Williamson 26 (21)
Tim Southee 2/26 (4 overs)
Varun Chakravarthy 2/26 (4 overs)
Shubman Gill 57 (51)
Jason Holder 2/32 (4 overs)
Kolkata Knight Riders won by 6 wickets
Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai
Umpires: Michael Gough (Eng) and Jayaraman Madanagopal (Ind)
Player of the match: Shubman Gill (Kolkata Knight Riders)
  • Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and elected to bat.

Match 54
7 October 2021
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Kolkata Knight Riders
171/4 (20 overs)
v
Rajasthan Royals
85 (16.1 overs)
Shubman Gill 56 (44)
Rahul Tewatia 1/11 (1 over)
Rahul Tewatia 44 (36)
Shivam Mavi 4/21 (3.1 overs)
Kolkata Knight Riders won by 86 runs
Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah
Umpires: Michael Gough (Eng) and Saiyed Khalid (Ind)
Player of the match: Shivam Mavi (Kolkata Knight Riders)
  • Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to field.
  • Punjab Kings and Rajasthan Royals were eliminated as a result of this match. [13]

Playoffs

Eliminator

11 October 2021
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Royal Challengers Bangalore
138/7 (20 overs)
v
Kolkata Knight Riders
139/6 (19.4 overs)
Virat Kohli 39 (33)
Sunil Narine 4/21 (4 overs)
Shubman Gill 29 (18)
Yuzvendra Chahal 2/16 (4 overs)
Kolkata Knight Riders won by 4 wickets
Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah
Umpires: Chris Gaffaney (NZ) and Virender Sharma (Ind)
Player of the match: Sunil Narine (Kolkata Knight Riders)
  • Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to bat.

Qualifier 2

13 October 2021
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Delhi Capitals
135/5 (20 overs)
v
Kolkata Knight Riders
136/7 (19.5 overs)
Shikhar Dhawan 36 (39)
Varun Chakaravarthy 2/26 (4 overs)
Venkatesh Iyer 55 (41)
Kagiso Rabada 2/23 (4 overs)
Kolkata Knight Riders won by 3 wickets
Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah
Umpires: K. N. Ananthapadmanabhan (Ind) and Michael Gough (Eng)
Player of the match: Venkatesh Iyer (Kolkata Knight Riders)
  • Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field.

Final

15 October 2021
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Chennai Super Kings
192/3 (20 overs)
v
Kolkata Knight Riders
165/9 (20 overs)
Faf du Plessis 86 (59)
Sunil Narine 2/26 (4 overs)
Shubman Gill 51 (43)
Shardul Thakur 3/38 (4 overs)
Chennai Super Kings won by 27 runs
Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai
Umpires: Richard Illingworth (Eng) and Nitin Menon (Ind)
Player of the match: Faf du Plessis (Chennai Super Kings)
  • Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field.

Statistics

Most runs

No.NameMatchInnsNORunsHSAve.BFSR100s50s0s4s6s
1 Shubman Gill 171704789445.11402118.900203911
2 Rahul Tripathi 1716239774* 28.35283140.280204111
3 Nitish Rana 171633838029.46314121.970223417
4 Venkatesh Iyer 101013706741.11288128.470403714
5 Dinesh Karthik 171552234022.30170131.17001227
6 Andre Russell 10921835426.14120152.500101414
7 Eoin Morgan 1716413347* 11.0813995.6800486
8 Pat Cummins 7529366* 31.0056166.0701158
9 Sunil Narine 1410262267.7547113.9100335
10 Shakib Al Hasan 86147269.404897.9100231
11 Shivam Mavi 920252012.5020125.0000022

Most wickets

No.NameMatchInnsOversMaidensRunsWicketsBBIAvg.Econ.SR4W5W
1 Varun Chakravarthy 171768.00448183/1324.886.5822.6600
2 Sunil Narine 141456.00361164/2122.566.4421.010
3 Lockie Ferguson 8830.00224133/1817.237.4613.8400
4 Prasidh Krishna 101038.30351123/3029.259.1119.2500
5 Shivam Mavi 9932.10233114/2121.187.2417.5410
6 Andre Russell 10819.00188115/1517.099.8910.3601
7 Pat Cummins 7726.5023793/2426.338.8317.8800
8 Shakib Al Hasan 8826.0018741/146.757.1939.000
9 Venkatesh Iyer 1048.306932/2920.008.1117.0000
10 Tim Southee 3312.009532/2631.667.9124.0000

Player of the match awards

No.DatePlayerOpponentResultContributionRef.
111 April 2021 Nitish Rana Sunrisers Hyderabad Won by 10 runs80 (56) [16]
226 April 2021 Eoin Morgan Punjab Kings Won by 5 Wickets47* (40) [17]
320 September 2021 Varun Chakravarthy Royal Challengers Bangalore Won by 9 Wickets3/13 (4) [18]
423 September 2021 Sunil Narine Mumbai Indians Won by 7 Wickets1/20 (4) [19]
528 September 2021 Sunil Narine Delhi Capitals Won by 3 Wickets2/18 (4) and 21 (10) [20]
63 October 2021 Shubman Gill Sunrisers Hyderabad Won by 6 Wickets57 (51) [21]
77 October 2021 Shivam Mavi Rajasthan Royals Won by 86 runs4/21 (4 overs) [22]
811 October 2021: Eliminator Sunil Narine Royal Challengers Bangalore Won by 4 wickets4/21 (4 overs) and 26 (15) [23]
913 October 2021: Qualifier 2 Venkatesh Iyer Delhi Capitals Won by 3 wickets55 (41) [24]

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