2017 Kolkata Knight Riders season

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 IPL edition. 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
Coach	Jacques Kallis
Captain	Gautam Gambhir
Ground(s)	Eden Gardens, Kolkata
IPL	3rd
Most runs	Gautam Gambhir (498)
Most wickets	Chris 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:

• Trent Boult
• Chris Woakes
• Rishi Dhawan
• Nathan Coulter-Nile
• Rovman Powell
• R Sanjay Yadav
• Ishank Jaggi
• Darren Bravo
• Sayan Ghosh

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
9	Manish Pandey	India	(1989-09-10)10 September 1989 (aged 27)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2014	₹1.7 crore (US$260,000)
23	Gautam Gambhir	India	(1981-10-14)14 October 1981 (aged 35)	Left-handed	Right-arm leg break	2014 (since 2011)	₹10 crore (US$1.54 million)	Captain
37	Robin Uthappa	India	(1985-09-11)11 September 1985 (aged 31)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	2014	₹5 crore (US$770,000)	Occasional wicketkeeper
46	Darren Bravo	Trinidad and Tobago	(1989-02-06)6 February 1989 (aged 28)	Left-handed	Right-arm medium	2017	₹50 lakh (US$77,000)	Overseas
50	Chris Lynn	Australia	(1990-04-10)10 April 1990 (aged 26)	Right-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	2014	₹1.3 crore (US$200,000)	Overseas
72	Ishank Jaggi	India	(1989-01-27)27 January 1989 (aged 28)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	2017	₹10 lakh (US$15,000)
212	Suryakumar Yadav	India	(1990-09-14)14 September 1990 (aged 26)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	2014	₹70 lakh (US$107,000)	Vice-captain
All-rounders
01	Rishi Dhawan	India	(1990-02-19)19 February 1990 (aged 27)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2017	₹55 lakh (US$84,000)
8	Chris Woakes	England	(1989-03-02)2 March 1989 (aged 28)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	2017	₹4.2 crore (US$640,000)	Overseas
12	Andre Russell	Jamaica	(1988-04-29)29 April 1988 (aged 28)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	2014	₹60 lakh (US$92,000)	Overseas
24	Yusuf Pathan	India	(1982-11-17)17 November 1982 (aged 34)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2014 (since 2011)	₹3.25 crore (US$500,000)
52	Rovman Powell	Jamaica	(1993-07-23)23 July 1993 (aged 23)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	2017	₹30 lakh (US$46,000)	Overseas
75	Shakib Al Hasan	Bangladesh	(1987-03-24)24 March 1987 (aged 30)	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	2014 (since 2011)	₹2.8 crore (US$430,000)	Overseas
77	Colin de Grandhomme	New Zealand	(1986-07-22)22 July 1986 (aged 30)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	2017	Replacement signing	Overseas
	Sanjay Yadav	India	(1995-05-10)10 May 1995 (aged 21)	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	2017	₹10 lakh (US$15,000)
Wicket-keepers
21	Sheldon Jackson	India	(1986-09-27)27 September 1986 (aged 30)	Right-handed		2015	₹15 lakh (US$23,000)
Bowlers
03	Ankit Rajpoot	India	(1993-12-04)4 December 1993 (aged 23)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2016	₹1.5 crore (US$230,000)
10	Trent Boult	New Zealand	(1989-07-22)22 July 1989 (aged 27)	Right-handed	Left-arm fast	2017	₹5 crore (US$770,000)	Overseas
11	Piyush Chawla	India	(1988-12-24)24 December 1988 (aged 28)	Left-handed	Right-arm leg break	2014	₹4.25 crore (US$650,000)
13	Nathan Coulter-Nile	Australia	(1987-10-11)11 October 1987 (aged 29)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast	2017	₹3.5 crore (US$540,000)	Overseas
18	Kuldeep Yadav	India	(1994-12-14)14 December 1994 (aged 22)	Left-handed	Slow left-arm wrist-spin	2014	₹40 lakh (US$61,000)
19	Umesh Yadav	India	(1987-10-25)25 October 1987 (aged 29)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast	2014	₹2.6 crore (US$400,000)
74	Sunil Narine	Trinidad and Tobago	(1988-05-26)26 May 1988 (aged 28)	Left-handed	Right-arm off break	2012	₹8 crore (US$1.23 million)	Overseas
	Sayan Ghosh	India	(1992-09-16)16 September 1992 (aged 24)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	2017	₹10 lakh (US$15,000)

Season standings

Pos	Team v t e	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
(D/N) Scorecard				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
(D/N) Scorecard				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
(D/N) Scorecard				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
(D/N) Scorecard				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	Royal Challengers Bangalore 49/10 (9.4)	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	(H) Rising Pune Supergiant 182/5 (20)	v	Kolkata Knight Riders 184/3 (18.1)	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	Delhi Daredevils 160/6 (20)	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	Kolkata Knight Riders 161/7 (20)	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 158/6 (19.2)	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	(H) Royal Challengers Bangalore 158/6 (20)	v	Kolkata Knight Riders 159/4 (15.1)	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.