2023 Kolkata Knight Riders season

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Kolkata Knight Riders
2023 season
Coach Chandrakant Pandit
Captain Nitish Rana [1]
Ground(s) Eden Gardens, Kolkata
2023 Indian Premier League 7th
Most runs Rinku Singh (474)
Most wickets Varun Chakravarthy (20)

The 2023 cricket season was the 16th season for the Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR). The franchise had won the IPL title twice in 2012 and 2014 . [2] [3] The franchise had also qualified for the playoffs for three consecutive years in 2016, 2017 and 2018 as well as in 2021, when they were the runners up. In 2023, KKR failed to qualify for the playoffs for the second season in a row, finishing in the seventh place.

Contents

Background

The team retained four players from the 2022 season ahead of the 2023 Auction [4]

Retained
Shreyas Iyer, Andre Russell, Varun Chakravarthy, Venkatesh Iyer, Sunil Narine, Nitish Rana, Umesh Yadav, Tim Southee, Anukul Roy, Rinku Singh, Harshit Rana
Released
Pat Cummins, Shivam Mavi, Sam Billings, Aaron Finch, Alex Hales, Ajinkya Rahane, Mohammad Nabi, Sheldon Jackson, Ashok Sharma, Chamika Karunaratne, Abhijeet Tomar, Baba Indrajith, Pratham Singh, Ramesh Kumar, Rasikh Salam Dar
Trade
Shardul Thakur, Lockie Ferguson, Rahmanullah Gurbaz

Squad

No.NameNationalityBirth dateBatting styleBowling styleYear signedSalaryNotes
Batters
Aarya Desai Flag of India.svg  India 3 April 2003 (aged 19)Left-handedRight-arm off break 202320 lakh (US$24,000)
1 Mandeep Singh Flag of India.svg  India 18 December 1991 (aged 31)Right-handedRight-arm medium 202350 lakh (US$59,000)
27 Nitish Rana Flag of India.svg  India 27 December 1993 (aged 29)Left-handedRight-arm off break 20188 crore (US$950,000) Captain
41 Shreyas Iyer Flag of India.svg  India 6 December 1994 (aged 28)Right-handedRight-arm leg break 202212.25 crore (US$1.4 million)Unavailable due to back injury
20 Jason Roy Flag of England.svg  England 21 July 1990 (aged 32)Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast 20232.8 crore (US$330,000)Overseas Replacement of Shakib Al Hasan
35 Rinku Singh Flag of India.svg  India 12 October 1997 (aged 25)Left-handedRight-arm off break 201855 lakh (US$65,000)
Wicket-keepers
16 Litton Das Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh 13 October 1994 (aged 28)Right-handed202350 lakh (US$59,000)Overseas Unavailable due to personal reason
18 Narayan Jagadeesan Flag of India.svg  India 24 December 1995 (aged 27)Right-handed202390 lakh (US$110,000)
21 Rahmanullah Gurbaz Flag of Afghanistan (2013-2021).svg  Afghanistan 28 November 2001 (aged 21)Right-handed202350 lakh (US$59,000)Overseas Unavailable due to personal reason
Johnson Charles WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies 14 January 1989 (aged 34)Right-handedLeft-arm orthodox 202350 lakh (US$59,000)Overseas Replacement of Litton Das
All-rounders
96 David Wiese Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia 18 May 1985 (aged 37)Right-handedRight-arm fast-medium 20231 crore (US$120,000)Overseas
75 Shakib Al Hasan Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh 24 April 1987 (aged 35)Left-handedLeft-arm orthodox 20231.5 crore (US$180,000)Overseas Unavailable due to personal reason
12 Andre Russell WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies 29 April 1988 (aged 34)Right-handedRight-arm fast 201412 crore (US$1.4 million)Overseas
54 Shardul Thakur Flag of India.svg  India 16 October 1991 (aged 31)Right-handedRight-arm medium 202310.75 crore (US$1.3 million)
25 Venkatesh Iyer Flag of India.svg  India 25 December 1994 (aged 28)Left-handedRight-arm medium 20218 crore (US$950,000)
6 Anukul Roy Flag of India.svg  India 30 November 1998 (aged 24)Left-handedLeft-arm orthodox 202220 lakh (US$24,000)
Spin bowlers
74 Sunil Narine WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies 26 May 1988 (aged 34)Left-handedRight-arm off break 20126 crore (US$710,000)Overseas
29 Varun Chakravarthy Flag of India.svg  India 29 August 1991 (aged 31)Right-handedRight-arm leg spin 20208 crore (US$950,000)
05 Suyash Sharma Flag of India.svg  India 15 May 2003 (aged 19)Right-handedRight-arm leg spin 202320 lakh (US$24,000)
Pace bowlers
19 Umesh Yadav Flag of India.svg  India 25 October 1987 (aged 35)Right-handedRight-arm fast 20222 crore (US$240,000)
38 Tim Southee Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 11 December 1988 (aged 34)Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast 20211.5 crore (US$180,000)Overseas
69 Lockie Ferguson Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 13 June 1991 (aged 31)Right-handedRight-arm fast 202310 crore (US$1.2 million)Overseas
136 Kulwant Khejroliya Flag of India.svg  India 13 March 1992 (aged 31)Left-handedLeft-arm medium-fast 202320 lakh (US$24,000)
14 Vaibhav Arora Flag of India.svg  India 14 December 1997 (aged 25)Right-handedRight-arm fast-medium 202360 lakh (US$71,000)
22 Harshit Rana Flag of India.svg  India 22 December 2001 (aged 21)Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast 202320 lakh (US$24,000)

Administration and support staff

PositionName
CEO and Managing Director Venky Mysore
Team managerWayne Bentley
Head coach Chandrakant Pandit [6]
Assistant coach Abhishek Nayar
Assistant coach James Foster [7]
Mentor David Hussey
Bowling coach Bharat Arun
Assistant bowling coachOmkar Salvi
Fielding coach Ryan ten Doeschate
Strength and conditioning coach Chris Donaldson
Source:KKR Staff

Points table

PosGrpTeamPldWLNRPts NRR Qualification
1B Gujarat Titans (R)141040200.809Advanced to Qualifier 1
2B Chennai Super Kings (C)14851170.652
3A Lucknow Super Giants (4th)14851170.284Advanced to Eliminator
4A Mumbai Indians (3rd)1486016−0.044
5A Rajasthan Royals 14770140.148
6B Royal Challengers Bangalore 14770140.135
7A Kolkata Knight Riders 1468012−0.239
8B Punjab Kings 1468012−0.304
9A Delhi Capitals 1459010−0.808
10B Sunrisers Hyderabad 1441008−0.590
Source: Indian Premier League [8]

The four top-ranked teams will qualify for the Playoffs.
  Advance to Qualifier 1
  Advance to Eliminator

Teams and standings

Results by match

Round1234567891011121314
Teams PBKS (A) RCB (H) GT (A) SRH (H) MI (A) DC (A) CSK (H) RCB (A) GT (H) SRH (A) PBKS (H) RR (H) CSK (A) LSG (H)
ResultLWWLLLLWLWWLWL
Source: Fixtures
W = Win; L = Loss; NR = No Result

Statistics

Most runs

No.NameMatchesRunsHigh score
1 Rinku Singh 1240758 not out
2 Nitish Rana 1238375
3 Venkatesh Iyer 11314104
4 Jason Roy 521861
5 Andre Russell 1120842
6 Rahmanullah Gurbaz 819881
7 Shardul Thakur 810968
8 Narayan Jagadeesan 68936
9 David Wiese 32112 not out
10 Umesh Yadav 8196 not out
11 Anukul Roy 31713 not out
12 Mandeep Singh 31412
13 Sunil Narine 11147 not out
14 Litton Das 144
15 Vaibhav Arora 322 not out
16 Varun Chakravarthy 1111

Most wickets

No.NameMatchesWicketsBest bowling
1 Varun Chakravarthy 11174/15
2 Suyash Sharma 8103/30
3 Sunil Narine 1173/33
4 Andre Russell 1173/22
5 Harshit Rana 342/33
6 Shardul Thakur 842/23
7 Anukul Roy 332/19
8 Nitish Rana 1132/17
9 Vaibhav Arora 322/32
10 Tim Southee 222/54
11 Kulwant Khejroliya 222/44
12 Umesh Yadav 811/27
13 Lockie Ferguson 311/19

References

  1. "NITISH RANA to captain KKR in place of injured Shreyas Iyer". KKR.IN. Retrieved 27 March 2023.
  2. "Kolkata Knight Riders win IPL 5, beat Chennai Super Kings". 29 March 2012. Archived from the original on 2 June 2012. Retrieved 13 October 2012.
  3. "Records / Twenty20 matches / Team records / Most consecutive wins". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 October 2014.
  4. "IPL auction set for December 23 in Kochi". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
  5. KKR Players [ permanent dead link ]
  6. "KKR appoint Chandrakant Pandit as Head Coach". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
  7. "Ryan ten Doeschate to join KKR as fielding coach". Cricbuzz. 8 November 2022. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
  8. "2023 Indian Premier League Points table". Indian Premier League . Retrieved 15 March 2024.