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Kolkata Knight Riders
2024 season
CoachChandrakant Pandit
CaptainShreyas Iyer
Ground(s)Eden Gardens, Kolkata
← 2023 2025 →
2024 Indian Premier League Teams
Group A
Group B
Note: Teams are listed per the playing order.

The 2024 season is the 17th season for the Indian Premier League franchise Kolkata Knight Riders. They are one of the ten teams competing in the 2024 Indian Premier League. They finished at the 7th place in previous season's League stage.[1]

Ahead of the 2024 season, Shreyas Iyer returned as the captain after missing out the 2023 season due to back injury.[2][3]

Squad[edit]

  • Source: ESPNcricinfo[4]
  • Players with international caps are listed in bold.
  •  *  denotes a player who is currently unavailable for selection.
  •  *  denotes a player who is unavailable for rest of the season.
Kolkata Knight Riders squad for the 2024 Indian Premier League
No. Name Nat Birth date Batting style Bowling style Signed year Salary Notes
Captain
96 Shreyas Iyer India (1994-12-06) 6 December 1994 (age 29) Right-handed Right-arm leg break 2022 ₹12.5 crore (US$1.6 million)
Batters
9 Manish Pandey India (1989-09-10) 10 September 1989 (age 34) Right-handed Right arm-medium 2024 ₹50 lakh (US$63,000)
20 Jason Roy England (1990-07-21) 21 July 1990 (age 33) Right-handed Right arm-medium 2023 ₹2.8 crore (US$350,000) Overseas; Withdrawn[a]
27 Nitish Rana India (1993-12-27) 27 December 1993 (age 30) Left-handed Right-arm off break 2018 ₹8 crore (US$1.0 million) Vice-captain
35 Rinku Singh India (1997-10-12) 12 October 1997 (age 26) Left-handed Right-arm off break 2018 ₹55 lakh (US$69,000)
18 Angkrish Raghuvanshi India (2005-06-05) 5 June 2005 (age 18) Right-handed Slow left-arm orthodox spin 2024 ₹20 lakh (US$25,000)
Wicket-keepers
28 Phil Salt England (1996-08-28) 28 August 1996 (age 27) Right-handed Right arm off spin 2024 ₹1.5 crore (US$190,000) Overseas; Replacement[a]
— K. S. Bharat India (1993-10-03) 3 October 1993 (age 30) Right-handed Right-arm off spin 2024 ₹50 lakh (US$63,000)
21 Rahmanullah Gurbaz Afghanistan (2001-11-28) 28 November 2001 (age 22) Right-handed Right-arm medium fast 2023 ₹50 lakh (US$63,000) Overseas
All-rounders
12 Andre Russell Jamaica (1988-04-29) 29 April 1988 (age 36) Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium (Pace) 2014 ₹12 crore (US$1.5 million) Overseas
74 Sunil Narine Trinidad and Tobago (1988-05-26) 26 May 1988 (age 35) Left-handed Right-arm off break (Spin) 2012 ₹6 crore (US$750,000) Overseas
25 Venkatesh Iyer India (1994-12-25) 25 December 1994 (age 29) Left-handed Right-arm medium (Pace) 2021 ₹8 crore (US$1.0 million)
19 Ramandeep Singh India (1997-04-13) 13 April 1997 (age 27) Right-handed Right-arm medium (Pace) 2024 ₹20 lakh (US$25,000)
50 Sherfane Rutherford Guyana (1998-08-15) 15 August 1998 (age 25) Left-handed Right-arm fast-medium (Pace) 2024 ₹1.5 crore (US$190,000) Overseas
6 Anukul Roy India (1998-11-30) 30 November 1998 (age 25) Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox spin 2022 ₹20 lakh (US$25,000)
Pace bowlers
56 Mitchell Starc Australia (1990-01-30) 30 January 1990 (age 34) Left-handed Left-arm fast 2024 ₹24.75 crore (US$3.1 million) Overseas
14 Vaibhav Arora India (1997-12-14) 14 December 1997 (age 26) Right-handed Right-arm fast medium 2023 ₹60 lakh (US$75,000)
— Gus Atkinson England (1998-01-19) 19 January 1998 (age 26) Right-handed Right-arm fast 2024 ₹1 crore (US$130,000) Overseas; Withdrawn[b]
79 Dushmantha Chameera Sri Lanka (1992-01-11) 11 January 1992 (age 32) Right-handed Right arm fast 2024 ₹50 lakh (US$63,000) Overseas; Replacement[b]
55 Chetan Sakariya India (1998-02-25) 25 February 1998 (age 26) Left-handed Left-arm fast medium 2024 ₹50 lakh (US$63,000)
22 Harshit Rana India (2001-12-22) 22 December 2001 (age 22) Right-handed Right-arm fast medium 2022 ₹20 lakh (US$25,000)
45 Sakib Hussain India (2004-12-14) 14 December 2004 (age 19) Right-handed Right-arm fast medium 2024 ₹20 lakh (US$25,000)
Spin bowlers
— Mujeeb Ur Rahman Afghanistan (2001-03-28) 28 March 2001 (age 23) Right-handed Right-arm off break 2024 ₹2 crore (US$250,000) Overseas; Withdrawn[c]
05 Suyash Sharma India (2003-05-15) 15 May 2003 (age 20) Right-handed Right-arm leg break 2023 ₹20 lakh (US$25,000)
— Allah Ghazanfar Afghanistan (2007-07-15) 15 July 2007 (age 16) Right-handed Right-arm off break 2024 ₹20 lakh (US$25,000) Overseas; Replacement[c]

Administration and support staff[edit]

Position Name
CEO Venky Mysore
Team manager Wayne Bentley
Head coach Chandrakant Pandit
Batting coach Abhishek Nayar
Bowling coach Bharat Arun
Fielding coach Ryan ten Doeschate
Source: [citation needed]

Sponsors[edit]

  • Kit manufacturer:
  • Main shirt sponsor: Dream11
  • Back shirt sponsor: BKT
  • Chest branding: Lux Cozi

League stage[edit]

Points table[edit]

Pos Grp Team
 Pld W L NR Pts NRR
1 A Kolkata Knight Riders 11 8 3 0 16 1.453 Advance to Qualifier 1
2 A Rajasthan Royals 11 8 3 0 16 0.476
3 B Sunrisers Hyderabad 12 7 5 0 14 0.406 Advance to Eliminator
4 B Chennai Super Kings 11 6 5 0 12 0.700
5 A Delhi Capitals 12 6 6 0 12 −0.316
6 A Lucknow Super Giants 12 6 6 0 12 −0.769
7 B Royal Challengers Bengaluru 11 4 7 0 8 −0.049
8 B Punjab Kings 11 4 7 0 8 −0.187
9 A Mumbai Indians (E) 12 4 8 0 8 −0.212
10 B Gujarat Titans 11 4 7 0 8 −1.320
Updated to match(es) played on 8 May 2024. Source: ESPNcricinfo[8]
(E) Eliminated

League progression[edit]

League progression
Team Group matches Playoffs
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Q1/E Q2 F
Kolkata Knight Riders 2 4 6 6 8 8 10 10 12 14 16
Win Loss No result
  • Note: The total points at the end of each group match are listed.
  • Note: Click on the points (group matches) or W/L (playoffs) to see the match summary.

Fixtures and results[edit]

All times are in Indian Standard Time (UTC+05:30)
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).[9] He also holds the record for most 50-plus scores and wicket instances in an IPL match (9 times).[10]
  • Heinrich Klassen (Sunrisers Hyderabad) scored his 4,000th run in T20s,[11] and broke the record for most sixes (8) in an IPL innings without registering a four.[10]
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.[12]
  • Andre Russell (Kolkata Knight Riders) took his 100th wicket in the IPL.[13]
  • Venkatesh Iyer (Kolkata Knight Riders) scored his 1000th run in IPL.[14]
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.
  • Kolkata Knight Riders scored their highest total and the third-highest innings total in IPL history (272).[15]
  • Andre Russell (Kolkata Knight Riders) hit his 200th six in the IPL for the Kolkata Knight Riders franchise.[16]
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.[17]
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 only the 3rd player to play 250 IPL matches.[20]
  • Sunil Narine (Kolkata Knight Riders) surpasses Lasith Malinga to become the highest wicket-taker for a single franchise in IPL history with 172 wickets.[21]
  • Royal Challengers Bengaluru broke the record of Middlesex for conceding most 200+ scores in T20s (29 times).[22]
  • This was 50th win for Kolkata Knight Riders at home in the IPL.[23]
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)
  • Punjab Kings won the toss and elected to field.
  • Punjab Kings made the highest successful run-chase in Indian Premier League history, thus breaking the record of Rajasthan Royals (223).[24]
  • Punjab Kings also made the highest successful run-chase in T20 cricket, thus breaking the record of South Africa (259).[25]
  • Punjab Kings made 24 sixes, marking the most ever in an IPL innings, surpassing Sunrisers Hyderabad's previous record of 22 set against Royal Challengers Bengaluru in 2024.[26]
  • The number of sixes hit in this match was the most in any T20 match (Total – 42, Kolkata – 18, Punjab – 24).[27]
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.[28]
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
v
Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Umpires: Michael Gough (Eng) and Vinod Seshan (Ind)
Match 70
19 May 2024
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
v
Assam Cricket Association Stadium, Guwahati
Umpires: Anil Chaudhary (Ind) and Saidharshan Kumar (Ind)

Statistics[edit]

Top 5 tiers for each category are listed

Most runs[edit]

Runs Player Inns HS Ave SR 100/50 4s 6s
461 Cricket West Indies Sunil Narine 11 109 41.91 183.66 1/3 46 32
429 England Phil Salt 11 89* 42.90 183.33 0/4 50 23
280 India Shreyas Iyer 11 50 35.00 138.61 0/1 27 10
225 India Venkatesh Iyer 10 70 32.14 142.40 0/2 20 10
198 Cricket West Indies Andre Russell 8 64* 33.00 186.79 0/1 18 14
Last updated: 5 May 2024, Source: ESPNcricinfo[29]

Most wickets[edit]

Wkts. Player Inns Ov Runs BBI Ave Econ SR 4W 5W
13 Cricket West Indies Sunil Narine 10 40.0 269 2/22 20.69 6.72 18.46 0 0
13 India Varun Chakravarthy 10 37.0 320 3/16 24.61 8.64 17.07 0 0
11 India Harshit Rana 8 28.0 274 3/33 24.90 9.78 15.27 0 0
11 Cricket West Indies Andre Russell 10 20.2 210 3/25 19.09 10.32 11.09 0 0
11 Australia Mitchell Starc 9 31.5 363 4/33 33.00 11.40 17.36 1 0
Last updated: 3 May 2024, Source: ESPNcricinfo[30]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ a b Phil Salt replaced Jason Roy, after the latter withdrew due to Personal reasons.[5]
  2. ^ a b Dushmantha Chameera replaced Gus Atkinson, after the latter withdrew due to Workload management.[6]
  3. ^ a b Allah Ghazanfar replaced Mujeeb Ur Rahman, after the latter withdrew due to Injury.[7]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "IPL Points Table | IPL Standings | IPL Ranking". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 4 May 2024.
  2. ^ ""Kolkata Knight Riders sign Jason Roy to replace Shreyas Iyer for IPL 2023 season"". The Telegraph. 5 April 2023.
  3. ^ "Shreyas Iyer Returns as Captain of KKR, Nitish Rana Named Vice-Captain". www.kkr.in. 14 December 2023. Retrieved 4 May 2024.
  4. ^ "Kolkata Knight Riders Squad – Indian Premier League, 2024 Squad". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 4 May 2024.
  5. ^ "KKR Name Phil Salt As Replacement For Jason Roy". Indian Premier League. Retrieved 6 May 2024.
  6. ^ "Kolkata Knight Riders name Dushmantha Chameera as replacement for Gus Atkinson". Indian Premier League. Retrieved 6 May 2024.
  7. ^ "KKR Name Allah Ghazanfar As Replacement For Mujeeb Ur Rahman; Keshav Maharaj Joins RR In Place Of Prasidh Krishna". IPLT20. 28 March 2024. Retrieved 6 May 2024.
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  10. ^ a b "Comparing Russell's 64 vs Klaasen's 63 in KKR vs SRH IPL thriller; feat 15 sixes". India TV. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
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  12. ^ "IPL 2024: Sunil Narine set to complete massive personal milestone vs RCB". India Today. 29 March 2024. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
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  14. ^ "KKR batter Venkatesh Iyer completes 1,000 runs in IPL career". ANI. Retrieved 30 March 2024.
  15. ^ "Sunil Narine carnage helps KKR post 2nd-highest total in IPL history". India Today. 3 April 2024. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
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  17. ^ "CSK vs KKR - Ravindra Jadeja joins Kohli, Rohit, Raina in IPL's 100-catches club". The Hindu. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
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  19. ^ "Highest successful IPL run-chases: Rajasthan Royals equals record vs KKR in IPL 2024". The Indian Express. 16 April 2024. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
  20. ^ "Dinesh Karthik becomes 3rd player after Dhoni, Rohit to play 250 IPL matches". India Today. 21 April 2024. Retrieved 21 April 2024.
  21. ^ "Sunil Narine becomes bowler with most wickets for single franchise in IPL history". ANI. Retrieved 21 April 2024.
  22. ^ "Struggling RCB go past Middlesex for this unwanted record in T20 cricket history". Times of India. 21 April 2024. Retrieved 21 April 2024.
  23. ^ "Kolkata Knight Riders' IPL Records and Stats at Eden Gardens Stadium, Kolkata". CricTracker. 21 April 2024. Retrieved 29 April 2024.
  24. ^ "Punjab to Rajasthan: Highest successful run-chase in IPL, T20 cricket". Business Standard. Retrieved 26 April 2024.
  25. ^ "Highest successful IPL, T20 run-chases: Punjab Kings break world record in 262 chase vs Kolkata Knight Riders Bairstow hundred". The Indian Express. 26 April 2024. Retrieved 26 April 2024.
  26. ^ "IPL 2024: Match between KKR vs PBKS break record of most sixes in T20". ANI News. Retrieved 26 April 2024.
  27. ^ "IPL 2024: KKR vs PBKS match breaks record of most sixes hit in a T20 match". SportStar. 26 April 2024. Retrieved 26 April 2024.
  28. ^ "KKR vs DC - Shreyas Iyer completes 3000 IPL runs". The Hindu. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
  29. ^ "Indian Premier League, 2024 batting most runs career Records". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 4 May 2024.
  30. ^ "Indian Premier League, 2024 bowling most wickets career Records". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 4 May 2024.

External links[edit]

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