Kolkata Knight Riders
2017 season
CaptainGautam Gambhir
Ground(s)Eden Gardens, Kolkata
IPL3rd
Most runsGautam Gambhir (498)
Most wicketsChris Woakes (17)
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Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) are a franchise cricket team based in Kolkata, India, which plays in the Indian Premier League (IPL). They are one of the eight teams that competed in the 2017 Indian Premier League. They were captained by Gautam Gambhir, while former Knight Riders all-rounder Jacques Kallis was in his third season as the team's head coach.

Pre-season

Player auction

Main article: List of 2017 Indian Premier League personnel changes

The player auction for the 2017 Indian Premier League was held on 20 February in Bangalore.[2]

The Knight Riders bought the following players at the auction:

In April the side signed New Zealander Colin de Grandhomme as a replacement for Andre Russell who was banned for one year in January 2017 for a violation of doping codes.

Squad

No. Name Nationality Birth date Batting style Bowling style Year signed Salary Notes
Batsmen
9 Manish Pandey  India (1989-09-10) 10 September 1989 (age 34) Right-handed Right-arm off break 2014 ₹17 million (US$210,000)
23 Gautam Gambhir  India (1981-10-14) 14 October 1981 (age 42) Left-handed Right-arm leg break 2014 (since 2011) ₹100 million (US$1.3 million) Captain
37 Robin Uthappa  India (1985-09-11) 11 September 1985 (age 38) Right-handed Right-arm medium 2014 ₹50 million (US$630,000) Occasional wicketkeeper
46 Darren Bravo  Trinidad and Tobago (1989-02-06) 6 February 1989 (age 35) Left-handed Right-arm medium 2017 ₹5 million (US$63,000) Overseas
50 Chris Lynn  Australia (1990-04-10) 10 April 1990 (age 33) Right-handed Slow left-arm orthodox 2014 ₹13 million (US$160,000) Overseas
72 Ishank Jaggi  India (1989-01-27) 27 January 1989 (age 35) Right-handed Right-arm leg break 2017 ₹1 million (US$13,000)
212 Suryakumar Yadav  India (1990-09-14) 14 September 1990 (age 33) Right-handed Right-arm medium 2014 ₹7 million (US$88,000) Vice-captain
All-rounders
01 Rishi Dhawan  India (1990-02-19) 19 February 1990 (age 33) Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2017 ₹5.5 million (US$69,000)
8 Chris Woakes  England (1989-03-02) 2 March 1989 (age 34) Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium 2017 ₹42 million (US$530,000) Overseas
12 Andre Russell  Jamaica (1988-04-29) 29 April 1988 (age 35) Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium 2014 ₹6 million (US$75,000) Overseas
24 Yusuf Pathan  India (1982-11-17) 17 November 1982 (age 41) Right-handed Right-arm off break 2014 (since 2011) ₹32.5 million (US$410,000)
52 Rovman Powell  Jamaica (1993-07-23) 23 July 1993 (age 30) Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium 2017 ₹3 million (US$38,000) Overseas
75 Shakib Al Hasan  Bangladesh (1987-03-24) 24 March 1987 (age 36) Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox 2014 (since 2011) ₹28 million (US$350,000) Overseas
77 Colin de Grandhomme  New Zealand (1986-07-22) 22 July 1986 (age 37) Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium 2017 Replacement signing Overseas
Sanjay Yadav  India (1995-05-10) 10 May 1995 (age 28) Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox 2017 ₹1 million (US$13,000)
Wicket-keepers
21 Sheldon Jackson  India (1986-09-27) 27 September 1986 (age 37) Right-handed 2015 ₹1.5 million (US$19,000)
Bowlers
03 Ankit Rajpoot  India (1993-12-04) 4 December 1993 (age 30) Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2016 ₹15 million (US$190,000)
10 Trent Boult  New Zealand (1989-07-22) 22 July 1989 (age 34) Right-handed Left-arm fast 2017 ₹50 million (US$630,000) Overseas
11 Piyush Chawla  India (1988-12-24) 24 December 1988 (age 35) Left-handed Right-arm leg break 2014 ₹42.5 million (US$530,000)
13 Nathan Coulter-Nile  Australia (1987-10-11) 11 October 1987 (age 36) Right-handed Right-arm fast 2017 ₹35 million (US$440,000) Overseas
18 Kuldeep Yadav  India (1994-12-14) 14 December 1994 (age 29) Left-handed Slow left-arm wrist-spin 2014 ₹4 million (US$50,000)
19 Umesh Yadav  India (1987-10-25) 25 October 1987 (age 36) Right-handed Right-arm fast 2014 ₹26 million (US$330,000)
74 Sunil Narine  Trinidad and Tobago (1988-05-26) 26 May 1988 (age 35) Left-handed Right-arm off break 2012 ₹80 million (US$1.0 million) Overseas
Sayan Ghosh  India (1992-09-16) 16 September 1992 (age 31) Right-handed Right-arm medium 2017 ₹1 million (US$13,000)

Season standings

Pos Team
 Pld W L NR Pts NRR
1 Mumbai Indians (C) 14 10 4 0 20 0.784 Advanced to Qualifier 1
2 Rising Pune Supergiant (R) 14 9 5 0 18 0.176
3 Sunrisers Hyderabad (4) 14 8 5 1 17 0.599 Advanced to the Eliminator
4 Kolkata Knight Riders (3) 14 8 6 0 16 0.641
5 Kings XI Punjab 14 7 7 0 14 −0.009
6 Delhi Daredevils 14 6 8 0 12 −0.512
7 Gujarat Lions 14 4 10 0 8 −0.412
8 Royal Challengers Bangalore 14 3 10 1 7 −1.299
Source: ESPNcricinfo[3]
The four top ranked teams qualified for the playoffs

Matches

All times are in Indian Standard Time (UTC+05:30)
7 April
(H) Gujarat Lions
183/4 (20 overs)
v
Kolkata Knight Riders
184/0 (14.5 overs)
Kolkata Knight Riders won by 10 wickets
  
 
Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Rajkot
Umpires: Nitin Menon (India) and C. K. Nandan (India)
Player of the match: Chris Lynn (Kolkata Knight Riders)
Suresh Raina 68* (51)
Kuldeep Yadav 2/25 (4 overs)
Chris Lynn 93* (41)
Praveen Kumar 0/13 (2 overs)
  • Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field.
  • This was the highest total successfully chased without losing a wicket in a T20 match.[4]
9 April
Kolkata Knight Riders
178/7 (20 overs)
v
Mumbai Indians (H)
180/6 (19.5 overs)
Mumbai Indians won by 4 wickets
  
 
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Umpires: Nitin Menon (India) and C. K. Nandan (India)
Player of the match: Nitish Rana (Mumbai Indians)
Manish Pandey 81* (47)
Krunal Pandya 3/24 (4 overs)
Nitish Rana 50 (29)
Ankit Rajpoot 3/37 (4 overs)
  • Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to field.
13 April
Kings XI Punjab
170/9 (20 overs)
v
Kolkata Knight Riders (H)
171/2 (16.3 overs)
Kolkata Knight Riders won by 8 wickets
  
 
Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Umpires: Abhijit Deshmukh (India) and Nigel Llong (England)
Player of the match: Sunil Narine (Kolkata Knight Riders)
Manan Vohra 28 (19)
David Miller 28 (19)
Umesh Yadav 4/33 (4 overs)
Gautam Gambhir 72* (49)
Varun Aaron 1/23 (2 overs)
  • Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field.
15 April
(H) Kolkata Knight Riders
172/6 (20 overs)
v
Sunrisers Hyderabad
155/6 (20 overs)
Kolkata Knight Riders won by 17 runs
  
 
Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Umpires: Anil Dandekar (India) and Nigel Llong (England)
Player of the match: Robin Uthappa (Kolkata Knight Riders)
Robin Uthappa 68 (39)
Bhuvneshwar Kumar 3/20 (4 overs)
Yuvraj Singh 26 (16)
Chris Woakes 2/49 (4 overs)
  • Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and elected to field.
17 April
(H) Delhi Daredevils
168/7 (20 overs)
v
Kolkata Knight Riders
169/6 (19.5 overs)
Kolkata Knight Riders won by 4 wickets
  
 
16:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
Umpires: Nitin Menon (India) and C. K. Nandan (India)
Player of the match: Manish Pandey (Kolkata Knight Riders)
Sanju Samson 39 (25)
Nathan Coulter-Nile 3/22 (4 overs)
Manish Pandey 69* (49)
Zaheer Khan 2/28 (4 overs)
  • Delhi Daredevils won the toss and elected to bat.
21 April
(H) Kolkata Knight Riders
187/5 (20)
v
Gujarat Lions
188/6 (18.2)
Gujarat Lions won by 4 wickets.
  
 
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Umpires: Nitin Menon (India) and Chris Gaffaney (New Zealand)
Player of the match: Suresh Raina (Gujarat Lions)
Robin Uthappa 72 (48)
Suresh Raina 1/11 (2 overs)
Suresh Raina 84 (46)
Kuldeep Yadav 2/33 (4 overs)
  • Gujarat Lions won the toss and elected to field.
23 April
(H) Kolkata Knight Riders
131/10 (19.3)
v
Kolkata Knight Riders won by 82 runs.
  
 
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Umpires: Chris Gaffaney (New Zealand) and C. K. Nandan (India)
Player of the match: Nathan Coulter-Nile (Kolkata Knight Riders)
Sunil Narine 34 (17)
Yuzvendra Chahal 3/16 (4 overs)
Kedar Jadhav 9 (7)
Colin de Grandhomme 3/4 (1.4 overs)
Chris Woakes 3/6 (2 overs)
Nathan Coulter-Nile 3/21 (3 overs)
  • Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to field.
  • Royal Challengers Bangalore's 49 runs was the lowest ever total in the IPL.[5]
    Royal Challengers Bangalore's innings of 9.4 overs was the shortest ever in the IPL.[5]
    This was the first match in the IPL where none of the batmen in a side were able to get in to double digits.[5]
    This was only the second time both sides in an IPL match were all out.[5]
26 April
v
Kolkata Knight Riders won by 7 wickets.
  
 
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune
Umpires: Anil Dandekar (India) and Nigel Llong (England)
Player of the match: Robin Uthappa (Kolkata Knight Riders)
Steve Smith 51 (37)
Kuldeep Yadav 2/31 (4 overs)
Robin Uthappa 87 (47)
Dan Christian 1/31 (4 overs)
  • Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field.
28 April
(H) Kolkata Knight Riders
161/3 (16.2)
v
Kolkata Knight Riders won by 7 wickets.
  
 
16:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Umpires: Nigel Llong (England) and Sundaram Ravi (India)
Player of the match: Gautam Gambhir (Kolkata Knight Riders)
Gautam Gambhir 71 (52)
Kagiso Rabada 2/20 (3.2 overs)
Sanju Samson 60 (38)
Nathan Coulter-Nile 3/34 (4 overs)
  • Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field.
30 April
(H) Sunrisers Hyderabad
209/3 (20)
v
Sunrisers Hyderabad won by 48 runs.
  
 
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Hyderabad
Umpires: Anil Dandekar (India) and Sundaram Ravi (India)
Player of the match: David Warner (Sunrisers Hyderabad)
David Warner 126 (59)
Chris Woakes 1/46 (4 overs)
Robin Uthappa 53 (28)
Mohammed Siraj 2/26 (4 overs)
  • Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field.
3 May
(H) Kolkata Knight Riders
155/8 (20)
v
Rising Pune Supergiant won by 4 wickets.
  
 
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Umpires: K.N. Ananthapadmanabhan (India) and Nand Kishore
Player of the match: Rahul Tripathi (Rising Pune Supergiant)
Manish Pandey 37 (32)
Jaydev Unadkat 2/28 (4 overs)
Rahul Tripathi 93 (52)
Chris Woakes 3/18 (4 overs)
  • Rising Pune Supergiant won the toss and elected to field.
7 May
v
Kolkata Knight Riders won by 6 wickets.
  
 
16:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
Umpires: Anil Dandekar (India) and Chettithody Shamshuddin (India)
Player of the match: Sunil Narine (Kolkata Knight Riders)
Travis Head 75 (47)
Umesh Yadav 3/36 (4 overs)
Sunil Narine 54 (17)
Pawan Negi 2/21 (3.1 overs)
  • Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field.
9 May
(H) Kings XI Punjab
167/6 (20 overs)
v
Kolkata Knight Riders
153/6 (20 overs)
Kings XI Punjab won by 14 runs
  
 
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali
Umpires: Nand Kishore (India) and Sundaram Ravi (India)
Player of the match: Mohit Sharma (Kings XI Punjab)
Glenn Maxwell 44 (25)
Chris Woakes 2/20 (4 overs)
Chris Lynn 84 (52)
Rahul Tewatia 2/18 (4 overs)
  • Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field.
13 May
Mumbai Indians
173/5 (20 overs)
v
Kolkata Knight Riders (H)
164/8 (20 overs)
Mumbai Indians won by 9 runs
  
 
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Umpires: Nand Kishore (India) and Sundaram Ravi (India)
Player of the match: Ambati Rayudu (Mumbai Indians)
Ambati Rayudu 63 (37)
Trent Boult 2/30 (4 overs)
Manish Pandey 33 (33)
Hardik Pandya 2/22 (4 overs)
  • Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field.

References

  1. ^ "Wasim Akram to Miss IPL 2017". NDTV. Retrieved 25 December 2016.
  2. ^ "IPL 2017 auction to be held on February 20". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
  3. ^ "2017 IPL Points table". ESPN Sports Media. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
  4. ^ "Gambhir, Lynn blaze away in record chase". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 7 April 2017.
  5. ^ a b c d "Quick Stats: M27 - KKR vs RCB".

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