Kolkata Knight Riders in 2017

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.

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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Pre-season
  • In December 2016, Wasim Akram stepped down as the bowling coach and mentor, citing "professional commitments and time constraints."[1]

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
  • Players with international caps are listed in bold.
No. Name Nationality Birth date Batting style Bowling style Year signed Salary Notes
Batsmen
9Manish Pandey India (1989-09-10) 10 September 1989Right-handedRight-arm off break2014₹17 million (US$210,000)
23Gautam Gambhir India (1981-10-14) 14 October 1981Left-handedRight-arm leg break2014 (since 2011)₹100 million (US$1.3 million)Captain
37Robin Uthappa India (1985-09-11) 11 September 1985Right-handedRight-arm medium2014₹50 million (US$630,000)Occasional wicketkeeper
46Darren Bravo Trinidad and Tobago (1989-02-06) 6 February 1989Left-handedRight-arm medium2017₹5 million (US$63,000)Overseas
50Chris Lynn Australia (1990-04-10) 10 April 1990Right-handedSlow left-arm orthodox2014₹13 million (US$160,000)Overseas
72Ishank Jaggi India (1989-01-27) 27 January 1989Right-handedRight-arm leg break2017₹1 million (US$13,000)
212Suryakumar Yadav India (1990-09-14) 14 September 1990Right-handedRight-arm medium2014₹7 million (US$88,000)Vice-captain
All-rounders
01Rishi Dhawan India (1990-02-19) 19 February 1990Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast2017₹5.5 million (US$69,000)
8Chris Woakes England (1989-03-02) 2 March 1989Right-handedRight-arm fast-medium2017₹42 million (US$530,000)Overseas
12Andre Russell Jamaica (1988-04-29) 29 April 1988Right-handedRight-arm fast-medium2014₹6 million (US$75,000)Overseas
24Yusuf Pathan India (1982-11-17) 17 November 1982Right-handedRight-arm off break2014 (since 2011)₹32.5 million (US$410,000)
52Rovman Powell Jamaica (1993-07-23) 23 July 1993Right-handedRight-arm fast-medium2017₹3 million (US$38,000)Overseas
75Shakib Al Hasan Bangladesh (1987-03-24) 24 March 1987Left-handedSlow left-arm orthodox2014 (since 2011)₹28 million (US$350,000)Overseas
77Colin de Grandhomme New Zealand (1986-07-22) 22 July 1986Right-handedRight-arm fast-medium2017Replacement signingOverseas
Sanjay Yadav India (1995-05-10) 10 May 1995Left-handedSlow left-arm orthodox2017₹1 million (US$13,000)
Wicket-keepers
21Sheldon Jackson India (1986-09-27) 27 September 1986Right-handed2015₹1.5 million (US$19,000)
Bowlers
03Ankit Rajpoot India (1993-12-04) 4 December 1993Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast2016₹15 million (US$190,000)
10Trent Boult New Zealand (1989-07-22) 22 July 1989Right-handedLeft-arm fast2017₹50 million (US$630,000)Overseas
11Piyush Chawla India (1988-12-24) 24 December 1988Left-handedRight-arm leg break2014₹42.5 million (US$530,000)
13Nathan Coulter-Nile Australia (1987-10-11) 11 October 1987Right-handedRight-arm fast2017₹35 million (US$440,000)Overseas
18Kuldeep Yadav India (1994-12-14) 14 December 1994Left-handedSlow left-arm wrist-spin2014₹4 million (US$50,000)
19Umesh Yadav India (1987-10-25) 25 October 1987Right-handedRight-arm fast2014₹26 million (US$330,000)
74Sunil Narine Trinidad and Tobago (1988-05-26) 26 May 1988Left-handedRight-arm off break2012₹80 million (US$1.0 million)Overseas
Sayan Ghosh India (1992-09-16) 16 September 1992Right-handedRight-arm medium2017₹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". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 7 April 2017.
  5. "Quick Stats: M27 - KKR vs RCB".
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