2022 Kolkata Knight Riders season

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Kolkata Knight Riders
2022 season
Coach Brendon McCullum
Captain Shreyas Iyer
Ground(s) Eden Gardens, Kolkata
2022 Indian Premier League 7th
Most runs Shreyas Iyer (401)
Most wickets Andre Russell (17)

The 2022 season was the 15th season for the Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR). They were one of the ten teams that competed in the 2022 Indian Premier League. The franchise qualified for the IPL playoffs for the first time in 2011 and won the tournament in 2012 and 2014. [1] [2] The franchise also qualified for the playoffs in the three consecutive years of 2016, 2017 and 2018 [3] [4] as well as in 2021 when they were runners up.

Contents

Background

The team retained four players from the 2021 season ahead of the 2022 mega-auction. [5]

Retained
Andre Russell, Varun Chakaravarthy, Venkatesh Iyer, Sunil Narine
Acquired during the auction
Nitish Rana, Pat Cummins, Shreyas Iyer, Shivam Mavi, Sheldon Jackson, Ajinkya Rahane, Rinku Singh, Anukul Roy, Rasikh Dar, Baba Indrajith, Chamika Karunaratne, Abhijeet Tomar, Pratham Singh, Ashok Sharma, Sam Billings, Alex Hales, Tim Southee, Ramesh Kumar, Mohammad Nabi, Umesh Yadav, Aman Khan [6]

Squad

No.NameNationalityBirth dateBatting styleBowling styleYear signedSalaryNotes
Batters
3 Ajinkya Rahane Flag of India.svg  India 6 June 1988 (aged 33)Right-handedRight-arm medium 20221 crore (US$120,000)
5 Aaron Finch Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 17 November 1986 (aged 35)Right-handedRight-arm medium 20221.5 crore (US$180,000)Overseas Replacement for Alex Hales [7] [8]
24 Abhijeet Tomar Flag of India.svg  India 14 March 1995 (aged 27)Right-handedRight-arm off break 202240 lakh (US$47,000)
35 Rinku Singh Flag of India.svg  India 12 October 1997 (aged 24)Left-handedRight-arm off break 202255 lakh (US$65,000)
41 Shreyas Iyer Flag of India.svg  India 6 December 1994 (aged 27)Right-handedRight-arm leg break 202212.25 crore (US$1.4 million) Captain [9]
Alex Hales Flag of England.svg  England 3 January 1989 (aged 33)Right-handedRight-arm medium 20221.5 crore (US$180,000)Overseas
Pratham Singh Flag of India.svg  India 31 August 1992 (aged 29)Left-handedRight-arm off break 202220 lakh (US$24,000)
Baba Indrajith Flag of India.svg  India 8 July 1994 (aged 27)Right-handedRight-arm leg break 202220 lakh (US$24,000)
Paras Sharma Flag of India.svg  India 17 June 2002 (aged 19)Right-handedRight-arm medium 202255 lakh (US$65,000)
All-rounders
6 Anukul Roy Flag of India.svg  India 30 November 1998 (aged 23)Left-handedLeft-arm orthodox 202220 lakh (US$24,000)
7 Mohammad Nabi Flag of Afghanistan (2013-2021).svg  Afghanistan 1 January 1985 (aged 37)Right-handedRight-arm off break 20221 crore (US$120,000)Overseas
12 Andre Russell WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies 29 April 1988 (aged 33)Right-handedRight-arm fast-medium 201412 crore (US$1.4 million)Overseas
23 Aman Hakim Khan Flag of India.svg  India 23 November 1996 (aged 25)Right-handedRight-arm medium 202220 lakh (US$24,000)
25 Venkatesh Iyer Flag of India.svg  India 25 December 1994 (aged 27)Left-handedRight-arm medium 20218 crore (US$950,000)
27 Nitish Rana Flag of India.svg  India 27 December 1993 (aged 28)Left-handedRight-arm off break 20188 crore (US$950,000)
Chamika Karunaratne Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 29 May 1996 (aged 25)Right-handedRight-arm fast-medium 202250 lakh (US$59,000)Overseas
Wicket-Keepers
21 Sheldon Jackson Flag of India.svg  India 27 September 1986 (aged 35)Right-handedRight-arm off break 202160 lakh (US$71,000)
77 Sam Billings Flag of England.svg  England 15 June 1991 (aged 30)Right-handed20222 crore (US$240,000)Overseas
Spin bowlers
29 Varun Chakravarthy Flag of India.svg  India 29 August 1991 (aged 30)Right-handedRight-arm leg break 20208 crore (US$950,000)
74 Sunil Narine WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies 26 May 1988 (aged 33)Left-handedRight-arm off break 20126 crore (US$710,000)Overseas
Ramesh Kumar Flag of India.svg  India 1 January 1999 (aged 23)Left-handedLeft-arm orthodox 202220 lakh (US$24,000)
Pace bowlers
4 Rasikh Salam Flag of India.svg  India 5 April 2000 (aged 21)Right-handedRight-arm medium 202220 lakh (US$24,000)
19 Umesh Yadav Flag of India.svg  India 25 October 1987 (aged 34)Right-handedRight-arm fast 20222 crore (US$240,000)
22 Harshit Rana Flag of India.svg  India 22 December 2001 (aged 20)Right-handedRight-arm medium 202220 lakh (US$24,000)
26 Shivam Mavi Flag of India.svg  India 26 November 1998 (aged 23)Right-handedRight-arm fast-medium 20187.25 crore (US$860,000)
30 Pat Cummins Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 8 May 1993 (aged 28)Right-handedRight-arm fast 20207.25 crore (US$860,000)Overseas
38 Tim Southee Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 11 December 1988 (aged 33)Right-handedRight-arm fast-medium 20221.5 crore (US$180,000)Overseas
Source: KKR Players

Administration and support staff

PositionName
CEO and Managing Director Venky Mysore
Team managerWayne Bentley
Head coach Brendon McCullum
Assistant coach Abhishek Nayar
Mentor David Hussey
Bowling coach Bharat Arun
Fielding coach James Foster
Source:KKR Staff

Kit manufacturers and sponsors

Teams and standings

Results by match

Round1234567891011121314
Teams CSK RCB PBKS MI DC SRH RR GT DC RR LSG MI SRH LSG
ResultWLWWLLLLLWLWWL
Source: Fixtures
W = Win; L = Loss; NR = No Result

Point table

PosGrpTeamPldWLNRPts NRR Qualification
1B Gujarat Titans (C)141040200.316Advanced to Qualifier 1
2A Rajasthan Royals (R)14950180.298
3A Lucknow Super Giants (4th)14950180.251Advanced to Eliminator
4B Royal Challengers Bangalore (3rd)1486016−0.253
5A Delhi Capitals 14770140.204
6B Punjab Kings 14770140.126
7A Kolkata Knight Riders 14680120.146
8B Sunrisers Hyderabad 1468012−0.379
9B Chennai Super Kings 1441008−0.203
10A Mumbai Indians 1441008−0.506
Source: IPLT20.com
(C) Champions; (R) Runners-up
The four top-ranked teams qualified for the playoffs.

Fixtures

Match 1
26 March 2022
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Chennai Super Kings
131/5 (20 overs)
v
Kolkata Knight Riders
133/4 (18.3 overs)
MS Dhoni 50* (38)
Umesh Yadav 2/20 (4 overs)
Ajinkya Rahane 44 (34)
Dwayne Bravo 3/20 (4 overs)
Kolkata Knight Riders won by 6 wickets
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Umpires: Anil Chaudhary (Ind) and Nitin Menon (Ind)
Player of the match: Umesh Yadav (Kolkata Knight Riders)
  • Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field.

Match 6
30 March 2022
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Kolkata Knight Riders
128 (18.5 overs)
v
Royal Challengers Bangalore
132/7 (19.2 overs)
Andre Russell 25 (18)
Wanindu Hasaranga 4/20 (4 overs)
Sherfane Rutherford 28 (40)
Tim Southee 3/20 (4 overs)
Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 3 wickets
DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai
Umpires: Jayaraman Madanagopal (Ind) and Navdeep Singh (Ind)
Player of the match: Wanindu Hasaranga (Royal Challengers Bangalore)
  • Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to field.

Match 8
1 April 2022
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Punjab Kings
137 (18.2 overs)
v
Kolkata Knight Riders
141/4 (14.3 overs)
Bhanuka Rajapaksa 31 (9)
Umesh Yadav 4/23 (4 overs)
Andre Russell 70* (31)
Rahul Chahar 2/13 (4 overs)
Kolkata Knight Riders won by 6 wickets
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Umpires: Anil Chaudhary (Ind) and Saiyed Khalid (Ind)
Player of the match: Umesh Yadav (Kolkata Knight Riders)
  • Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field.

Match 14
6 April 2022
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Mumbai Indians
161/4 (20 overs)
v
Kolkata Knight Riders
162/5 (16 overs)
Suryakumar Yadav 52 (36)
Pat Cummins 2/49 (4 overs)
Pat Cummins 56* (15)
Murugan Ashwin 2/25 (3 overs)
Kolkata Knight Riders won by 5 wickets
MCA International Stadium, Pune
Umpires: K. N. Ananthapadmanabhan (Ind) and Bruce Oxenford (Aus)
Player of the match: Pat Cummins (Kolkata Knight Riders)
  • Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field.
  • Pat Cummins (Kolkata Knight Riders) scored the joint-fastest half-century in the IPL (14 balls). [10]

Match 19
10 April 2022
15:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
Delhi Capitals
215/5 (20 overs)
v
Kolkata Knight Riders
171 (19.4 overs)
David Warner 61 (45)
Sunil Narine 2/21 (4 overs)
Shreyas Iyer 54 (33)
Kuldeep Yadav 4/35 (4 overs)
Delhi Capitals won by 44 runs
Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai
Umpires: Chris Gaffaney (NZ) and Jayaraman Madanagopal (Ind)
Player of the match: Kuldeep Yadav (Delhi Capitals)
  • Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field.

Match 25
15 April 2022
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Kolkata Knight Riders
175/8 (20 overs)
v
Sunrisers Hyderabad
176/3 (17.5 overs)
Nitish Rana 54 (36)
T. Natarajan 3/37 (4 overs)
Rahul Tripathi 71 (37)
Andre Russell 2/20 (2 overs)
Sunrisers Hyderabad won by 7 wickets
Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai
Umpires: Sadashiv Iyer (Ind) and Virender Sharma (Ind)
Player of the match: Rahul Tripathi (Sunrisers Hyderabad)
  • Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and elected to field.

Match 30
18 April 2022
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Rajasthan Royals
217/5 (20 overs)
v
Kolkata Knight Riders
210 (19.4 overs)
Jos Buttler 103 (61)
Sunil Narine 2/21 (4 overs)
Shreyas Iyer 85 (51)
Yuzvendra Chahal 5/40 (4 overs)
Rajasthan Royals won by 7 runs
Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai
Umpires: Sadashiv Iyer (Ind) and Virender Sharma (Ind)
Player of the match: Yuzvendra Chahal (Rajasthan Royals)

Match 35
23 April 2022
15:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
Gujarat Titans
156/9 (20 overs)
v
Kolkata Knight Riders
148/8 (20 overs)
Hardik Pandya 67 (49)
Andre Russell 4/5 (1 over)
Andre Russell 48 (25)
Mohammed Shami 2/20 (4 overs)
Gujarat Titans won by 8 runs
DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai
Umpires: Ulhas Gandhe (Ind) and K. N. Ananthapadmanabhan (Ind)
Player of the match: Rashid Khan (Gujarat Titans)
  • Gujarat Titans won the toss and elected to bat.

Match 41
28 April 2022
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Kolkata Knight Riders
146/9 (20 overs)
v
Delhi Capitals
150/6 (19 overs)
Nitish Rana 57 (34)
Kuldeep Yadav 4/14 (3 overs)
David Warner 42 (26)
Umesh Yadav 3/24 (4 overs)
Delhi Capitals won by 4 wickets
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Umpires: Anil Chaudhary (Ind) and Pashchim Pathak (Ind)
Player of the match: Kuldeep Yadav (Delhi Capitals)
  • Delhi Capitals won the toss and elected to field.
  • Harshit Rana (Kolkata Knight Riders) made his T20 debut.

Match 47
2 May 2022
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Rajasthan Royals
152/5 (20 overs)
v
Kolkata Knight Riders
158/3 (19.1 overs)
Sanju Samson 54 (49)
Tim Southee 2/46 (4 overs)
Nitish Rana 48* (37)
Trent Boult 1/25 (4 overs)
Kolkata Knight Riders won by 7 wickets
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Umpires: Jayaraman Madanagopal (Ind) and Nitin Pandit (Ind)
Player of the match: Rinku Singh (Kolkata Knight Riders)
  • Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field.

Match 53
7 May 2022
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Lucknow Super Giants
176/7 (20 overs)
v
Kolkata Knight Riders
101 (14.3 overs)
Quinton de Kock 50 (29)
Andre Russell 2/22 (3 overs)
Andre Russell 45 (19)
Avesh Khan 3/19 (3 overs)
Lucknow Super Giants won by 75 runs
MCA International Stadium, Pune
Umpires: Anil Chaudhary (Ind) and Michael Gough (Eng)
Player of the match: Avesh Khan (Lucknow Super Giants)
  • Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field.

Match 56
9 May 2022
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Kolkata Knight Riders
165/9 (20 overs)
v
Mumbai Indians
113 (17.3 overs)
Venkatesh Iyer 43 (24)
Jasprit Bumrah 5/10 (4 overs)
Ishan Kishan 51 (43)
Pat Cummins 3/22 (4 overs)
Kolkata Knight Riders won by 52 runs
DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai
Umpires: Sadashiv Iyer (Ind) and Bruce Oxenford (Aus)
Player of the match: Jasprit Bumrah (Mumbai Indians)
  • Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to field.

Match 61
14 May 2022
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Kolkata Knight Riders
177/6 (20 overs)
v
Sunrisers Hyderabad
123/8 (20 overs)
Andre Russell 49* (28)
Umran Malik 3/33 (4 overs)
Abhishek Sharma 43 (28)
Andre Russell 3/22 (4 overs)
Kolkata Knight Riders won by 54 runs
MCA International Stadium, Pune
Umpires: K. N. Ananthapadmanabhan (Ind) and Anil Chaudhary (Ind)
Player of the match: Andre Russell (Kolkata Knight Riders)
  • Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to bat.

Match 66
18 May 2022
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Lucknow Super Giants
210/0 (20 overs)
v
Kolkata Knight Riders
208/8 (20 overs)
Quinton de Kock 140* (70)
Shreyas Iyer 50 (29)
Mohsin Khan 3/20 (4 overs)
Lucknow Super Giants won by 2 runs
DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai
Umpires: Yeshwant Barde (Ind) and Rohan Pandit (Ind)
Player of the match: Quinton de Kock (Lucknow Super Giants)
  • Lucknow Super Giants won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Lucknow Super Giants qualified for the playoffs and Kolkata Knight Riders were eliminated as a result of this match. [12]

Statistics

Most runs

No.NameMatchInnsNORunsHSAve.BFSR100s50s4s6s
1 Shreyas Iyer 141414018530.85401 134.56034111
2 Nitish Rana 141413615727.77251143.82022922
3 Andre Russell 1412333570* 37.22192174.47011832
4 Venkatesh Iyer 1212118250* 16.55169107.6901177
5 Rinku Singh 77217442* 34.80117148.7100177
6 Sam Billings 8811693624.14138122.4600910
7 Ajinkya Rahane 7701334419.00128103.9000144
8 Aaron Finch 550865817.2061140.9801103
9 Sunil Narine 1410271228.8840177.500066
10 Pat Cummins 5516356* 15.7524262.500156

Most wickets

No.NameMatchInnsOversMaidensRunsWicketsBBIAvg.Econ.SR4W5W
1 Andre Russell 141328.10278174/516.359.869.9410
2 Umesh Yadav 121248.02339164/2321.187.0618.0010
3 Tim Southee 9935.00275143/2019.647.8515.0000
4 Sunil Narine 141456.0031292/2134.665.5737.3300
5 Pat Cummins 5519.5021273/2230.2810.6817.0000
6 Varun Chakravarthy 111139.0033261/2255.338.5139.0000
6 Shivam Mavi 6622.0022751/3345.4010.3126.4000
8 Anukul Roy 227.005511/2855.007.8542.000
9 Harshit Rana 22505111/2451.0010.2030.0000

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