2021 Kolkata Knight Riders season
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| 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) | ||
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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.
Background
[edit]Player retention and transfers
[edit]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
[edit]- Players with international caps are listed in bold.
| No. | Name | Nationality | Birth date | Batting style | Bowling style | Year signed | Salary | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batsmen | ||||||||
| 16 | Eoin Morgan |  England |
10 September 1986 | Left-handed | Right-arm medium | 2020 | ₹5.25 crore (US$629,000) | Overseas; Captain |
| 18 | Gurkeerat Singh |  India |
29 June 1990 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | 2021 | ₹50 lakh (US$60,000) | Replacement for Rinku Singh[5] |
| 52 | Rahul Tripathi | India |
2 March 1991 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast medium | 2020 | ₹60 lakh (US$72,000) | |
| 66 | Karun Nair | India |
6 December 1991 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | 2021 | ₹50 lakh (US$60,000) | |
| 27 | Nitish Rana | India |
27 December 1993 | Left-handed | Right-arm off break | 2018 | ₹3.4 crore (US$407,000) | |
| 35 | Rinku Singh | India |
12 October 1997 | Left-handed | Right-arm off break | 2018 | ₹80 lakh (US$96,000) | Unavailable due to knee injury[6] |
| 77 | Shubman Gill | India |
8 September 1999 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | 2018 | ₹1.8 crore (US$216,000) | |
| All-Rounder | ||||||||
| 31 | Ben Cutting |  Australia |
30 January 1987 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | 2021 | ₹75 lakh (US$90,000) | Overseas |
| 75 | Shakib Al Hasan |  Bangladesh |
24 March 1987 | Left-handed | Left-arm orthodox | 2021 | ₹3.2 crore (US$383,000) | Overseas |
| 12 | Andre Russell |  Jamaica |
29 April 1988 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | 2018 | ₹7 crore (US$838,732.40) | Overseas, Injured |
| 15 | Pawan Negi | India |
6 January 1993 | Left-handed | Left-arm orthodox | 2021 | ₹50 lakh (US$60,000) | |
| 25 | Venkatesh Iyer | India |
25 December 1994 | Left-handed | Right-arm medium | 2021 | ₹20 lakh (US$24,000) | |
| 26 | Shivam Mavi | India |
26 November 1998 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | 2018 | ₹3 crore (US$359,000) | |
| Wicket-Keepers | ||||||||
| 19 | Dinesh Karthik | India |
1 June 1985 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | 2018 | ₹7.4 crore (US$886,659.90) | Vice-captain |
| 21 | Sheldon Jackson | India |
27 September 1986 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | 2021 | ₹20 lakh (US$24,000) | |
| 43 | Tim Seifert |  New Zealand |
14 December 1994 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | 2020 | ₹20 lakh (US$24,000) | Overseas |
| Spin-Bowlers | ||||||||
| 3 | Harbhajan Singh | India |
3 July 1980 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | 2021 | ₹2 crore (US$240,000) | |
| 74 | Sunil Narine |  Trinidad and Tobago |
26 May 1988 | Left-handed | Right-arm off break | 2018 | ₹8.5 crore (US$1.0 million) | Overseas |
| 29 | Varun Chakravarthy | India |
29 August 1991 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | 2020 | ₹4 crore (US$480,000) | |
| 23 | Kuldeep Yadav | India |
14 December 1994 | Left-handed | Left-arm unorthodox | 2018 | ₹5.8 crore (US$695,000) | |
| Pace Bowlers | ||||||||
| 63 | Sandeep Warrier | India |
4 April 1991 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2019 | ₹20 lakh (US$24,000) | |
| 69 | Lockie Ferguson | New Zealand |
13 June 1991 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast | 2019 | ₹1.6 crore (US$190,000) | Overseas |
| 30 | Pat Cummins | Australia |
8 May 1993 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast | 2020 | ₹15.5 crore (US$1.9 million) | Overseas, Unavailable due to Personal reasons[7] |
| 24 | Prasidh Krishna | India |
19 February 1996 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | 2018 | ₹20 lakh (US$24,000) | |
| 14 | Vaibhav Arora | India |
14 December 1997 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | 2021 | ₹20 lakh (US$24,000) | |
| 5 | Kamlesh Nagarkoti | India |
28 December 1999 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast | 2018 | ₹3.2 crore (US$383,000) | |
| 43 | Tim Southee | New Zealand |
11 December 1988 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | 2021 | ₹75 lakh (US$90,000) | Overseas, Replacement for Pat Cummins[8] |
| Source: KKR Players | ||||||||
Administration and support staff
[edit]| Position | Name |
|---|---|
| Owner | Shah Rukh Khan (Red Chillies Entertainment), Jay Mehta (Mehta Group) |
| CEO and Managing Director | Venky Mysore |
| Team manager | Wayne Bentley |
| Head coach | Brendon McCullum |
| Assistant coach | Abhishek Nayar |
| Mentor | David Hussey |
| Bowling coach | Kyle Mills |
| Fielding coach | James Foster |
| Head Physiotherapist | Kamlesh Jain |
| Strength and Conditioning coach | Chris Donaldson |
| Source: KKR Staff | |
Kit manufacturers and sponsors
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     T20 uniform
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Teams and standings
[edit]Results by match
[edit]Source: Fixtures
W = Win; L = Loss; NR = No Result
W = Win; L = Loss; NR = No Result
League table
[edit]| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Delhi Capitals (3rd) | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 0.481 | Advanced to Qualifier 1 |
| 2 | Chennai Super Kings (C) | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 0.455 | |
| 3 | Royal Challengers Bangalore (4th) | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 18 | −0.140 | Advanced to the Eliminator |
| 4 | Kolkata Knight Riders (R) | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 0.587 | |
| 5 | Mumbai Indians | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 0.116 | |
| 6 | Punjab Kings | 14 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 12 | −0.001 | |
| 7 | Rajasthan Royals | 14 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 10 | −0.993 | |
| 8 | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 14 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 6 | −0.545 |
The four top-ranked teams qualified for the playoffs.
League stage
[edit]The full schedule was published on the IPL website on 7 March 2021.[9]
Matches
[edit]Kolkata Knight Riders
187/6 (20 overs) |
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Sunrisers Hyderabad
177/5 (20 overs) |
- Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and elected to field.
- This was the 100th win in the IPL for Kolkata Knight Riders.[10]
Mumbai Indians
152 (20 overs) |
v
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Kolkata Knight Riders
142/7 (20 overs) |
- Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field.
Royal Challengers Bangalore
204/4 (20 overs) |
v
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Kolkata Knight Riders
166/8 (20 overs) |
- Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to bat.
Chennai Super Kings
220/3 (20 overs) |
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Kolkata Knight Riders
202 (19.1 overs) |
- Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field.
Kolkata Knight Riders
133/9 (20 overs) |
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Rajasthan Royals
134/4 (18.5 overs) |
- Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to field.
Punjab Kings
123/9 (20 overs) |
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Kolkata Knight Riders
126/5 (16.4 overs) |
- Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field.
Kolkata Knight Riders
154/6 (20 overs) |
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Delhi Capitals
156/3 (16.3 overs) |
- Delhi Capitals won the toss and elected to field.
Royal Challengers Bangalore
92 (19 overs) |
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Kolkata Knight Riders
94/1 (10 overs) |
- 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]
Mumbai Indians
155/6 (20 overs) |
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Kolkata Knight Riders
159/3 (15.1 overs) |
- Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field.
Kolkata Knight Riders
171/6 (20 overs) |
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Chennai Super Kings
172/8 (20 overs) |
- Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to bat.
Delhi Capitals
127/9 (20 overs) |
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Kolkata Knight Riders
130/7 (18.2 overs) |
- Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field.
Kolkata Knight Riders
165/7 (20 overs) |
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Punjab Kings
168/5 (19.3 overs) |
- Punjab Kings won the toss and elected to field.
- Delhi Capitals qualified for the playoffs as a result of this match.[12]
Sunrisers Hyderabad
115/8 (20 overs) |
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Kolkata Knight Riders
119/4 (19.4 overs) |
- Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and elected to bat.
Kolkata Knight Riders
171/4 (20 overs) |
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Rajasthan Royals
85 (16.1 overs) |
- Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to field.
- Punjab Kings and Rajasthan Royals were eliminated as a result of this match.[13]
Playoffs
[edit]- Eliminator
Royal Challengers Bangalore
138/7 (20 overs) |
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Kolkata Knight Riders
139/6 (19.4 overs) |
- Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to bat.
- Qualifier 2
Delhi Capitals
135/5 (20 overs) |
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Kolkata Knight Riders
136/7 (19.5 overs) |
- Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field.
- Final
Chennai Super Kings
192/3 (20 overs) |
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Kolkata Knight Riders
165/9 (20 overs) |
- Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field.
Statistics
[edit]Most runs
[edit]| No. | Name | Match | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave. | BF | SR | 100s | 50s | 0s | 4s | 6s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shubman Gill | 17 | 17 | 0 | 478 | 94 | 45.11 | 402 | 118.90 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 39 | 11 |
| 2 | Rahul Tripathi | 17 | 16 | 2 | 397 | 74* | 28.35 | 283 | 140.28 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 41 | 11 |
| 3 | Nitish Rana | 17 | 16 | 3 | 383 | 80 | 29.46 | 314 | 121.97 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 34 | 17 |
| 4 | Venkatesh Iyer | 10 | 10 | 1 | 370 | 67 | 41.11 | 288 | 128.47 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 37 | 14 |
| 5 | Dinesh Karthik | 17 | 15 | 5 | 223 | 40 | 22.30 | 170 | 131.17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 7 |
| 6 | Andre Russell | 10 | 9 | 2 | 183 | 54 | 26.14 | 120 | 152.50 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 14 |
| 7 | Eoin Morgan | 17 | 16 | 4 | 133 | 47* | 11.08 | 139 | 95.68 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 6 |
| 8 | Pat Cummins | 7 | 5 | 2 | 93 | 66* | 31.00 | 56 | 166.07 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| 9 | Sunil Narine | 14 | 10 | 2 | 62 | 26 | 7.75 | 47 | 113.91 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 |
| 10 | Shakib Al Hasan | 8 | 6 | 1 | 47 | 26 | 9.40 | 48 | 97.91 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 11 | Shivam Mavi | 9 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 20 | 12.50 | 20 | 125.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
- Source: ESPNcricinfo[14]
Most wickets
[edit]| No. | Name | Match | Inns | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | BBI | Avg. | Econ. | SR | 4W | 5W |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Varun Chakravarthy | 17 | 17 | 68.0 | 0 | 448 | 18 | 3/13 | 24.88 | 6.58 | 22.66 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Sunil Narine | 14 | 14 | 56.0 | 0 | 361 | 16 | 4/21 | 22.56 | 6.44 | 21.0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | Lockie Ferguson | 8 | 8 | 30.0 | 0 | 224 | 13 | 3/18 | 17.23 | 7.46 | 13.84 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Prasidh Krishna | 10 | 10 | 38.3 | 0 | 351 | 12 | 3/30 | 29.25 | 9.11 | 19.25 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Shivam Mavi | 9 | 9 | 32.1 | 0 | 233 | 11 | 4/21 | 21.18 | 7.24 | 17.54 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | Andre Russell | 10 | 8 | 19.0 | 0 | 188 | 11 | 5/15 | 17.09 | 9.89 | 10.36 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Pat Cummins | 7 | 7 | 26.5 | 0 | 237 | 9 | 3/24 | 26.33 | 8.83 | 17.88 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Shakib Al Hasan | 8 | 8 | 26.0 | 0 | 187 | 4 | 1/1 | 46.75 | 7.19 | 39.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Venkatesh Iyer | 10 | 4 | 8.3 | 0 | 69 | 3 | 2/29 | 20.00 | 8.11 | 17.00 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Tim Southee | 3 | 3 | 12.0 | 0 | 95 | 3 | 2/26 | 31.66 | 7.91 | 24.00 | 0 | 0 |
- Source: ESPNcricinfo[15]
Player of the match awards
[edit]| No. | Date | Player | Opponent | Result | Contribution | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 11 April 2021 | Nitish Rana | Sunrisers Hyderabad | Won by 10 runs | 80 (56) | [16] |
| 2 | 26 April 2021 | Eoin Morgan | Punjab Kings | Won by 5 Wickets | 47* (40) | [17] |
| 3 | 20 September 2021 | Varun Chakravarthy | Royal Challengers Bangalore | Won by 9 Wickets | 3/13 (4) | [18] |
| 4 | 23 September 2021 | Sunil Narine | Mumbai Indians | Won by 7 Wickets | 1/20 (4) | [19] |
| 5 | 28 September 2021 | Sunil Narine | Delhi Capitals | Won by 3 Wickets | 2/18 (4) and 21 (10) | [20] |
| 6 | 3 October 2021 | Shubman Gill | Sunrisers Hyderabad | Won by 6 Wickets | 57 (51) | [21] |
| 7 | 7 October 2021 | Shivam Mavi | Rajasthan Royals | Won by 86 runs | 4/21 (4 overs) | [22] |
| 8 | 11 October 2021: Eliminator | Sunil Narine | Royal Challengers Bangalore | Won by 4 wickets | 4/21 (4 overs) and 26 (15) | [23] |
| 9 | 13 October 2021: Qualifier 2 | Venkatesh Iyer | Delhi Capitals | Won by 3 wickets | 55 (41) | [24] |
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