2024 Kolkata Knight Riders season

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Kolkata Knight Riders
2024 season
Coach Chandrakant Pandit
Captain Shreyas Iyer
Ground(s) Eden Gardens, Kolkata
IPL League Qualified for Playoffs (Qualifier 1)
IPL Qualifier 1 Advanced to the Final
IPL Final Champions (3rd title)
Most runs Sunil Narine (488)
Most wickets Varun Chakravarthy (21)
Most catches Shreyas Iyer (10)
Most wicket-keeping dismissals Phil Salt (12)

The 2024 season was the 17th season for the Indian Premier League franchise Kolkata Knight Riders. They were one of the ten teams competed in the 2024 Indian Premier League. The Kolkata Knight Riders finished at the 7th place in previous season's League stage. [1] The Kolkata Knight Riders drew an average home attendance of 64,872 in the IPL in 2024.

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Ahead of the 2024 season, Shreyas Iyer returned as the captain after missing out the 2023 season due to back injury. [2] [3] After their 9th win on 11 May 2024, Kolkata became the first team to be qualified for the Playoffs. [4] [5] After their abandoned match on 13 May 2024, Kolkata qualified for the Qualifier 1. [6] [7] They finished the League stage at the 1st place with 9 wins and 3 losses, garnering 20 points and seeding their place in the Qualifier 1. [8]

After defeating Sunrisers Hyderabad in the Qualifier 1 played on 21st May at Ahmedabad, Kolkata became the first team to advance to the 2024 final for the 4th time. [9] [10] After defeating Sunrisers Hyderabad in the final played on 26th May at Chennai, Kolkata won their 3rd IPL title after 2012 and 2014. [11] [12]

Sunil Narine was named as the "Ultimate Fantasy player of the season" and was awarded with 10 lakh (US$13,000) cash prize along with a trophy. Ramandeep Singh was named as the "Catch of the season" and was awarded with 10 lakh (US$13,000) cash prize along with a trophy. Sunil Narine was also the "Most Valuable Player of the season" (450 points) [13] and was awarded with 10 lakh (US$13,000) cash prize along with a trophy. [14]

Squad

Kolkata Knight Riders squad for the 2024 Indian Premier League
No.NameNatBirth dateBatting styleBowling styleSigned yearSalaryNotes
Captain
96 Shreyas Iyer Flag of India.svg 6 December 1994 (age 30)Right-handedRight-arm leg break 202212.5 crore (US$1.5 million)
Batters
9 Manish Pandey Flag of India.svg 10 September 1989 (age 35)Right-handedRight arm-medium202450 lakh (US$59,000)
20 Jason Roy Flag of England.svg 21 July 1990 (age 34)Right-handedRight arm-medium20232.8 crore (US$330,000)Overseas; Withdrawn [a]
27 Nitish Rana Flag of India.svg 27 December 1993 (age 31)Left-handedRight-arm off break 20188 crore (US$940,000) Vice-captain
35 Rinku Singh Flag of India.svg 12 October 1997 (age 27)Left-handedRight-arm off break 201855 lakh (US$64,000)
18 Angkrish Raghuvanshi Flag of India.svg 5 June 2005 (age 19)Right-handedSlow left-arm orthodox spin 202420 lakh (US$23,000)
Wicket-keepers
28 Phil Salt Flag of England.svg 28 August 1996 (age 28)Right-handedRight arm off spin 20241.5 crore (US$180,000)Overseas; Replacement [a] ; Withdrawn [b]
K. S. Bharat Flag of India.svg 3 October 1993 (age 31)Right-handedRight-arm off spin 202450 lakh (US$59,000)
21 Rahmanullah Gurbaz Flag of Afghanistan (2013-2021).svg 28 November 2001 (age 23)Right-handedRight-arm medium fast 202350 lakh (US$59,000)Overseas
All-rounders
12 Andre Russell Flag of Jamaica.svg 29 April 1988 (age 36)Right-handedRight-arm fast-medium (Pace)201412 crore (US$1.4 million)Overseas
74 Sunil Narine Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg 26 May 1988 (age 36)Left-handedRight-arm off break (Spin)20126 crore (US$700,000)Overseas
25 Venkatesh Iyer Flag of India.svg 25 December 1994 (age 30)Left-handedRight-arm medium (Pace)20218 crore (US$940,000)
19 Ramandeep Singh Flag of India.svg 13 April 1997 (age 27)Right-handedRight-arm medium (Pace)202420 lakh (US$23,000)
50 Sherfane Rutherford Flag of Guyana.svg 15 August 1998 (age 26)Left-handedRight-arm fast-medium (Pace)20241.5 crore (US$180,000)Overseas
6 Anukul Roy Flag of India.svg 30 November 1998 (age 26)Left-handedSlow left-arm orthodox spin 202220 lakh (US$23,000)
Pace bowlers
56 Mitchell Starc Flag of Australia (converted).svg 30 January 1990 (age 34)Left-handedLeft-arm fast 202424.75 crore (US$2.9 million)Overseas
14 Vaibhav Arora Flag of India.svg 14 December 1997 (age 27)Right-handedRight-arm fast medium202360 lakh (US$70,000)
Gus Atkinson Flag of England.svg 19 January 1998 (age 26)Right-handedRight-arm fast 20241 crore (US$120,000)Overseas; Withdrawn [c]
79 Dushmantha Chameera Flag of Sri Lanka.svg 11 January 1992 (age 32)Right-handedRight arm fast 202450 lakh (US$59,000)Overseas; Replacement [c]
55 Chetan Sakariya Flag of India.svg 25 February 1998 (age 26)Left-handedLeft-arm fast medium202450 lakh (US$59,000)
22 Harshit Rana Flag of India.svg 22 December 2001 (age 23)Right-handedRight-arm fast medium 202220 lakh (US$23,000)
45Sakib Hussain Flag of India.svg 14 December 2004 (age 20)Right-handedRight-arm fast medium202420 lakh (US$23,000)
Spin bowlers
Mujeeb Ur Rahman Flag of Afghanistan (2013-2021).svg 28 March 2001 (age 23)Right-handedRight-arm off break 20242 crore (US$230,000)Overseas; Withdrawn [d]
05 Suyash Sharma Flag of India.svg 15 May 2003 (age 21)Right-handedRight-arm leg break 202320 lakh (US$23,000)
70 Allah Ghazanfar Flag of Afghanistan (2013-2021).svg 15 July 2007 (age 17)Right-handedRight-arm off break 202420 lakh (US$23,000)Overseas; Replacement [d]
29 Varun Chakravarthy Flag of India.svg 29 August 1991 (age 33)Right-handedRight-arm leg break 20208 crore (US$940,000)

Administration and support staff

PositionName
CEO Venky Mysore
Team managerWayne Bentley
Head coach Chandrakant Pandit
Batting coach Abhishek Nayar
Bowling coach Bharat Arun
Fielding coach Ryan ten Doeschate
Team Mentor Gautam Gambhir
Source: [ citation needed ]

Sponsors

League stage

Points table

PosGrpTeamPldWLNRPts NRR Qualification
1A Kolkata Knight Riders (C)14932201.428Advanced to Qualifier 1
2B Sunrisers Hyderabad (R)14851170.414
3A Rajasthan Royals (3rd)14851170.273Advanced to Eliminator
4B Royal Challengers Bengaluru (4th)14770140.459
5B Chennai Super Kings 14770140.392Eliminated
6A Delhi Capitals 1477014−0.377
7A Lucknow Super Giants 1477014−0.667
8B Gujarat Titans 1457212−1.063
9B Punjab Kings 1459010−0.353
10A Mumbai Indians 1441008−0.318
Source: ESPNcricinfo [8]
(C) Champions; (R) Runners-up

League progression

League progression
TeamGroup matchesPlayoffs
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Kolkata Knight Riders 2 4 6 6 8 8 10 10 12 14 16 18 19 20 W W
WinLossNo result

Fixtures and results

Match 3
23 March 2024
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
(H) Kolkata Knight Riders
208/7 (20 overs)
v
Sunrisers Hyderabad
204/7 (20 overs)
Andre Russell 64* (25)
T. Natarajan 3/32 (4 overs)
Heinrich Klaasen 63 (29)
Harshit Rana 3/33 (4 overs)
Kolkata Knight Riders won by 4 runs
Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Umpires: Yeshwant Barde (Ind) and Rohan Pandit (Ind)
Player of the match: Andre Russell (Kolkata Knight Riders)
  • Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and elected to field.
  • Andre Russell (Kolkata Knight Riders) became the fastest cricketer to hit 200 sixes in the IPL, in terms of balls (1,322). [20] He also holds the record for most 50-plus scores and wicket instances in an IPL match (9 times). [21]
  • Heinrich Klassen (Sunrisers Hyderabad) scored his 4,000th run in T20s, [22] and broke the record for most sixes (8) in an IPL innings without registering a four. [21]

Match 10
29 March 2024
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
(H) Royal Challengers Bengaluru
182/6 (20 overs)
v
Kolkata Knight Riders
186/3 (16.5 overs)
Virat Kohli 83* (59)
Andre Russell 2/29 (4 overs)
Venkatesh Iyer 50 (30)
Vijaykumar Vyshak 1/23 (4 overs)
Kolkata Knight Riders won by 7 wickets
M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru
Umpires: Anil Chaudhary (Ind) and Rohan Pandit (Ind)
Player of the match: Sunil Narine (Kolkata Knight Riders)
  • Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field.
  • Sunil Narine (Kolkata Knight Riders) became the fourth player to play 500 T20 matches. [23]
  • Andre Russell (Kolkata Knight Riders) took his 100th wicket in the IPL. [24]
  • Venkatesh Iyer (Kolkata Knight Riders) scored his 1000th run in IPL. [25]

Match 16
3 April 2024
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Kolkata Knight Riders
272/7 (20 overs)
v
Delhi Capitals (H)
166 (17.2 overs)
Sunil Narine 85 (39)
Anrich Nortje 3/59 (4 overs)
Rishabh Pant 55 (25)
Vaibhav Arora 3/27 (4 overs)
Kolkata Knight Riders won by 106 runs
ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam
Umpires: Ulhas Gandhe (Ind) and Akshay Totre (Ind)
Player of the match: Sunil Narine (Kolkata Knight Riders)
  • Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to bat.

Match 22
8 April 2024
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Kolkata Knight Riders
137/9 (20 overs)
v
Chennai Super Kings (H)
141/3 (17.4 overs)
Shreyas Iyer 34 (32)
Ravindra Jadeja 3/18 (4 overs)
Ruturaj Gaikwad 67* (58)
Vaibhav Arora 2/28 (4 overs)
Chennai Super Kings won by 7 wickets
M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
Umpires: Anil Chaudhary (Ind) and Saidharshan Kumar (Ind)
Player of the match: Ravindra Jadeja (Chennai Super Kings)
  • Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to field.
  • Ravindra Jadeja (Chennai Super Kings) became the fifth player to take 100 catches in the IPL. [26]

Match 28
14 April 2024
15:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
Lucknow Super Giants
161/7 (20 overs)
v
Kolkata Knight Riders (H)
162/2 (15.4 overs)
Nicholas Pooran 45 (32)
Mitchell Starc 3/28 (4 overs)
Phil Salt 89* (47)
Mohsin Khan 2/29 (4 overs)
Kolkata Knight Riders won by 8 wickets
Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Umpires: Vinod Seshan (Ind) and Akshay Totre (Ind)
Player of the match: Phil Salt (Kolkata Knight Riders)
  • Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field.

Match 31
16 April 2024
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
(H) Kolkata Knight Riders
223/6 (20 overs)
v
Rajasthan Royals
224/8 (20 overs)
Sunil Narine 109 (56)
Avesh Khan 2/35 (4 overs)
Jos Buttler 107* (60)
Sunil Narine 2/30 (4 overs)
Rajasthan Royals won by 2 wickets
Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Umpires: Ulhas Gandhe (Ind) and Michael Gough (Eng)
Player of the match: Jos Buttler (Rajasthan Royals)

Match 36
21 April 2024
15:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
(H) Kolkata Knight Riders
222/6 (20 overs)
v
Shreyas Iyer 50 (36)
Cameron Green 2/35 (4 overs)
Will Jacks 55 (32)
Andre Russell 3/25 (3 overs)
Kolkata Knight Riders won by 1 run
Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Umpires: Vinod Seshan (Ind) and Akshay Totre (Ind)
Player of the match: Andre Russell (Kolkata Knight Riders)
  • Royal Challengers Bengaluru won the toss and elected to field.
  • Dinesh Karthik (Royal Challengers Bengaluru) became the 3rd player to play 250 IPL matches. [29]
  • Sunil Narine (Kolkata Knight Riders) surpasses Lasith Malinga to become the highest wicket-taker for a single franchise in IPL history with 172 wickets. [30]
  • Royal Challengers Bengaluru broke the record of Middlesex for conceding most 200+ scores in T20s (29 times). [31]
  • This was 50th win for Kolkata Knight Riders at home in the IPL. [32]

Match 42
26 April 2024
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
(H) Kolkata Knight Riders
261/6 (20 overs)
v
Punjab Kings
262/2 (18.4 overs)
Phil Salt 75 (37)
Arshdeep Singh 2/45 (4 overs)
Jonny Bairstow 108* (48)
Sunil Narine 1/24 (4 overs)
Punjab Kings won by 8 wickets
Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Umpires: Yeshwant Barde (Ind) and Anil Chaudhary (Ind)
Player of the match: Jonny Bairstow (Punjab Kings)

Match 47
29 April 2024
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Delhi Capitals
153/9 (20 overs)
v
Kolkata Knight Riders (H)
157/3 (16.3 overs)
Kuldeep Yadav 35* (26)
Varun Chakravarthy 3/16 (4 overs)
Phil Salt 68 (33)
Axar Patel 2/25 (4 overs)
Kolkata Knight Riders won by 7 wickets
Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Umpires: Tapan Sharma (Ind) and Navdeep Singh (Ind)
Player of the match: Varun Chakravarthy (Kolkata Knight Riders)
  • Delhi Capitals won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Shreyas Iyer (Kolkata Knight Riders) scored his 3,000th run in the IPL. [35]

Match 51
3 May 2024
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Kolkata Knight Riders
169 (19.5 overs)
v
Mumbai Indians (H)
145 (18.5 overs)
Venkatesh Iyer 70 (52)
Jasprit Bumrah 3/18 (3.5 overs)
Suryakumar Yadav 56 (35)
Mitchell Starc 4/33 (3.5 overs)
Kolkata Knight Riders won by 24 runs
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Umpires: Jayaraman Madanagopal (Ind) and Tapan Sharma (Ind)
Player of the match: Venkatesh Iyer (Kolkata Knight Riders)
  • Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to field.

Match 54
5 May 2024
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Kolkata Knight Riders
235/6 (20 overs)
v
Lucknow Super Giants (H)
137 (16.1 overs)
Sunil Narine 81 (39)
Naveen-ul-Haq 3/49 (4 overs)
Marcus Stoinis 36 (21)
Harshit Rana 3/24 (3.1 overs)
Kolkata Knight Riders won by 98 runs
BRSABV Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow
Umpires: Yeshwant Barde (Ind) and Saidharshan Kumar (Ind)
Player of the match: Sunil Narine (Kolkata Knight Riders)
  • Lucknow Super Giants won the toss and elected to field.

Match 60
11 May 2024
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
(H) Kolkata Knight Riders
157/7 (16 overs)
v
Mumbai Indians
139/8 (16 overs)
Venkatesh Iyer 42 (21)
Piyush Chawla 2/28 (3 overs)
Ishan Kishan 40 (22)
Varun Chakravarthy 2/17 (4 overs)
Kolkata Knight Riders won by 18 runs
Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Umpires: Ulhas Gandhe (Ind) and Vinod Seshan (Ind)
Player of the match: Varun Chakravarthy (Kolkata Knight Riders)
  • Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to field.
  • The match was reduced to 16 overs per side due to rain.
  • Kolkata Knight Riders qualified for the playoffs as a result of this match. [36]

Match 63
13 May 2024
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
v
Match abandoned
Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad
Umpires: Nikhil Patwardhan (Ind) and Navdeep Singh (Ind)
  • Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field.
  • No play was possible due to rain.
  • Kolkata Knight Riders advanced to Qualifier 1 while Gujarat Titans were eliminated from the playoffs as a result of this match. [37]

Match 70
19 May 2024
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
v
Match abandoned
Assam Cricket Association Stadium, Guwahati
Umpires: Anil Chaudhary (Ind) and Saidharshan Kumar (Ind)
  • Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field.
  • No play was possible due to rain.
  • Kolkata Knight Riders played its 250th match in the IPL. [38]
  • Sunrisers Hyderabad advanced to Qualifier 1 as a result of this match. [39]

Playoffs

Bracket

Qualifier 1 Qualifier 2 Final
21 May 2024 – Ahmedabad 26 May 2024 – Chennai
1 Kolkata Knight Riders 164/2 (13.4 overs)Q1W Kolkata Knight Riders 114/2 (10.3 overs)
2 Sunrisers Hyderabad 159 (19.3 overs)24 May 2024 – Chennai Q2W Sunrisers Hyderabad 113 (18.3 overs)
Q1L Sunrisers Hyderabad 175/9 (20 overs)
Eliminator EW Rajasthan Royals 139/7 (20 overs)
22 May 2024 – Ahmedabad
3 Rajasthan Royals 174/6 (19 overs)
4 Royal Challengers Bengaluru 172/8 (20 overs)

Qualifier 1

Qualifier 1
21 May 2024
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Sunrisers Hyderabad
159 (19.3 overs)
v
Kolkata Knight Riders
164/2 (13.4 overs)
Rahul Tripathi 55 (35)
Mitchell Starc 3/34 (4 overs)
Shreyas Iyer 58* (24)
T Natarajan 1/22 (3 overs)
Kolkata Knight Riders won by 8 wickets
Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad
Umpires: Anil Chaudhary (Ind) and Rohan Pandit (Ind)
Player of the match: Mitchell Starc (Kolkata Knight Riders)
  • Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Kolkata Knight Riders qualified for the final for the 4th time in IPL history. [40]

Final

Final
26 May 2024
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Sunrisers Hyderabad
113 (18.3 overs)
v
Kolkata Knight Riders
114/2 (10.3 overs)
Pat Cummins 24 (19)
Andre Russell 3/19 (2.3 overs)
Venkatesh Iyer 52* (26)
Pat Cummins 1/18 (2 overs)
Kolkata Knight Riders won by 8 wickets
M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
Umpires: Jayaraman Madanagopal (Ind) and Nitin Menon (Ind)
Player of the match: Mitchell Starc (Kolkata Knight Riders)
  • Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Shreyas Iyer (Kolkata Knight Riders) became the first captain to lead two different teams to an IPL final, having previously led Delhi Capitals to the final in 2020. [41] [42]
  • Sunrisers Hyderabad scored the lowest total in an IPL final. [43]
  • Mitchell Starc (Kolkata Knight Riders) took his 50th wicket in the IPL. [44]
  • Kolkata Knight Riders won their third title. [45] They became the first team to win the IPL under different captains (2012 and 2014 under Gautam Gambhir and 2024 under Shreyas Iyer). They also set the record for the fastest IPL final chase with 57 balls remaining, equalling the record for the fewest losses in a single tournament. [46]
  • Pat Cummins (Sunrisers Hyderabad) set the record for the most runs conceded by a bowler in a season (566), surpassing Tushar Deshpande's record of 564 set in the 2023 IPL. [47]
  • This was the shortest-ever final in the IPL history. [48] [49]

Statistics

Most runs

RunsPlayerInnsHSAveSR100/504s6s
488 WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg Sunil Narine 1410934.86180.741/35033
435 Flag of England.svg Phil Salt 1289* 39.55182.000/45024
370 Flag of India.svg Venkatesh Iyer 137046.25158.790/43519
351 Flag of India.svg Shreyas Iyer 1458* 39.00146.860/23414
222 WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg Andre Russell 964* 31.71185.000/12016
Source: ESPNcricinfo [50]

Most wickets

Wkts.PlayerInnsOvRunsBBIAveEconSR4W5W
21 Flag of India.svg Varun Chakravarthy 1450.04023/1619.148.0414.2800
19 Flag of India.svg Harshit Rana 1142.13833/2420.159.0813.3100
WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg Andre Russell 1326.52763/2517.2510.2810.0600
17 WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg Sunil Narine 1455.03682/2221.646.6919.4100
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mitchell Starc 1341.54444/3326.1110.6114.7610
Source: ESPNcricinfo [51]

Notes

  1. 1 2 Phil Salt replaced Jason Roy, after the latter withdrew due to Personal reasons. [16]
  2. Phil Salt withdrew due to the upcoming T20WC. [17]
  3. 1 2 Dushmantha Chameera replaced Gus Atkinson, after the latter withdrew due to Workload management. [18]
  4. 1 2 Allah Ghazanfar replaced Mujeeb Ur Rahman, after the latter withdrew due to Injury. [19]

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">2024 Royal Challengers Bangalore season</span> 2024 Indian Premier League cricket team

The 2024 season was the 17th season for the Indian Premier League franchise Royal Challengers Bengaluru. They were one of the ten teams competed in the 2024 Indian Premier League. They finished at the 6th place in previous season's League stage. The Royal Challengers drew an average home attendance of 32,245 in the IPL in 2024.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2024 Rajasthan Royals season</span> 2024 Indian Premier League cricket team

The 2024 season was the 15th season for the Indian Premier League franchise Rajasthan Royals. They were one of the ten teams competed in the 2024 Indian Premier League. They finished at the 5th place in previous season's League stage.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kolkata Knight Riders–Royal Challengers Bengaluru rivalry</span> KKR-RCB rivalry

The Kolkata Knight Riders-Royal Challengers Bangalore rivalry is a cricket rivalry between the IPL teams of Kolkata Knight Riders and Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Indian Premier League (IPL) and the defunct Champions League Twenty20 (CLT20). It is the oldest rivalry of the IPL and is often referred to as the El Primero of the Indian Premier League. Both teams have faced each other 34 times in the IPL and 1 time in CLT20, with the Kolkata Knight Riders having more victories (21). Kolkata Knight Riders have 3 IPL titles, while Royal Challengers Bangalore have none. The rivalry became more intense when, during the 2013 Indian Premier League faceoff between the two teams, Gautam Gambhir had a verbal spat with Virat Kohli when Kohli was sledged after being dismissed by Lakshmipathy Balaji. This incident increased the hype of the rivalry and is still constant despite the departure of Gambhir from the Knight Riders in 2018.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2024 Delhi Capitals season</span> 2024 Indian Premier League cricket team

The 2024 season was the 17th season for the Indian Premier League franchise Delhi Capitals. They were one of the ten teams competed in the 2024 Indian Premier League. They finished at the 9th place in previous season's League stage. The Delhi Capitals drew an average home attendance of 33,580 in the IPL in 2024.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2024 Indian Premier League final</span> Final match of the IPL 2024

The 2024 Indian Premier League Final was played on 26 May 2024 at the M. A. Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. Kolkata Knight Riders qualified for the finals after their win in Qualifier 1. They competed with Sunrisers Hyderabad, who qualified for the finals after their win in Qualifier 2.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2025 Kolkata Knight Riders season</span> 2025 Indian Premier League cricket team

The 2025 season will be the 18th appearance for the Kolkata Knight Riders in the Indian Premier League. They are one of the ten teams competing this year and will enter as the defending champions after defeating the Sunrisers Hyderabad by 8 wickets in the previous edition's final, ending a 10-year trophy drought.

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