2022 Kolkata Knight Riders season

The 2022 season was the 15th season for the Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR). They were one of the ten teams that competed in the 2022 Indian Premier League. The franchise qualified for the IPL playoffs for the first time in 2011 and won the tournament in 2012 and 2014.^[1][2] The franchise also qualified for the playoffs in the three consecutive years of 2016, 2017 and 2018^[3][4] as well as in 2021 when they were runners up.

Kolkata Knight Riders

2022 season
Coach	Brendon McCullum
Captain	Shreyas Iyer
Ground(s)	Eden Gardens, Kolkata
2022 Indian Premier League	7th
Most runs	Shreyas Iyer (401)
Most wickets	Andre Russell (17)
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Background

The team retained four players from the 2021 season ahead of the 2022 mega-auction.^[5]

Retained

Andre Russell, Varun Chakaravarthy, Venkatesh Iyer, Sunil Narine

Acquired during the auction

Nitish Rana, Pat Cummins, Shreyas Iyer, Shivam Mavi, Sheldon Jackson, Ajinkya Rahane, Rinku Singh, Anukul Roy, Rasikh Dar, Baba Indrajith, Chamika Karunaratne, Abhijeet Tomar, Pratham Singh, Ashok Sharma, Sam Billings, Alex Hales, Tim Southee, Ramesh Kumar, Mohammad Nabi, Umesh Yadav, Aman Khan^[6]

Squad

• Players with international caps are listed in bold.
• Squad strength: 25 (17 - Indian, 8 - overseas)

No.	Name	Nationality	Birth date	Batting style	Bowling style	Year signed	Salary	Notes
Batters
41	Shreyas Iyer	India	(1994-12-06) 6 December 1994 (age 29)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	2022	₹12.25 crore (US$1.5 million)	Captain[7]
3	Ajinkya Rahane	India	(1988-06-06) 6 June 1988 (age 36)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	2022	₹1 crore (US$120,000)
	Alex Hales	England	(1989-01-03) 3 January 1989 (age 35)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	2022	₹1.5 crore (US$180,000)	Overseas
5	Aaron Finch	Australia	(1986-11-17) 17 November 1986 (age 37)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	2022	₹1.5 crore (US$180,000)	Overseas Replacement for Alex Hales[8][9]
35	Rinku Singh	India	(1997-10-12) 12 October 1997 (age 26)	Left-handed	Right-arm off break	2022	₹55 lakh (US$66,000)
23	Aman Hakim Khan	India	(1996-11-23) 23 November 1996 (age 27)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	2022	₹20 lakh (US$24,000)
24	Abhijeet Tomar	India	(1995-03-14) 14 March 1995 (age 29)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2022	₹40 lakh (US$48,000)
	Pratham Singh	India	(1992-08-31) 31 August 1992 (age 32)	Left-handed	Right-arm off break	2022	₹20 lakh (US$24,000)
	Baba Indrajith	India	(1994-07-08) 8 July 1994 (age 30)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	2022	₹20 lakh (US$24,000)
	Ramesh Kumar	India	(1999-01-01) 1 January 1999 (age 25)	Left-handed	Left-arm orthodox	2022	₹20 lakh (US$24,000)
All-rounders
12	Andre Russell	West Indies	(1988-04-29) 29 April 1988 (age 36)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	2014	₹12 crore (US$1.4 million)	Overseas
25	Venkatesh Iyer	India	(1994-12-25) 25 December 1994 (age 29)	Left-handed	Right-arm medium	2021	₹8 crore (US$960,000)
27	Nitish Rana	India	(1993-12-27) 27 December 1993 (age 30)	Left-handed	Right-arm off break	2018	₹8 crore (US$960,000)
6	Anukul Roy	India	(1998-11-30) 30 November 1998 (age 25)	Left-handed	Left-arm orthodox	2022	₹20 lakh (US$24,000)
7	Mohammad Nabi	Afghanistan	(1985-01-01) 1 January 1985 (age 39)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2022	₹1 crore (US$120,000)	Overseas
Wicket-Keepers
77	Sam Billings	England	(1991-06-15) 15 June 1991 (age 33)	Right-handed		2022	₹2 crore (US$240,000)	Overseas
21	Sheldon Jackson	India	(1986-09-27) 27 September 1986 (age 38)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2021	₹60 lakh (US$72,000)
Spin bowlers
29	Varun Chakravarthy	India	(1991-08-29) 29 August 1991 (age 33)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	2020	₹8 crore (US$960,000)
74	Sunil Narine	West Indies	(1988-05-26) 26 May 1988 (age 36)	Left-handed	Right-arm off break	2012	₹6 crore (US$720,000)	Overseas
Pace bowlers
30	Pat Cummins	Australia	(1993-05-08) 8 May 1993 (age 31)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast	2020	₹7.25 crore (US$870,000)	Overseas
26	Shivam Mavi	India	(1998-11-26) 26 November 1998 (age 25)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	2018	₹7.25 crore (US$870,000)
	Chamika Karunaratne	Sri Lanka	(1996-05-29) 29 May 1996 (age 28)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	2022	₹50 lakh (US$60,000)	Overseas
38	Tim Southee	New Zealand	(1988-12-11) 11 December 1988 (age 35)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	2022	₹1.5 crore (US$180,000)	Overseas
19	Umesh Yadav	India	(1987-10-25) 25 October 1987 (age 36)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast	2022	₹2 crore (US$240,000)
4	Rasikh Salam	India	(2000-04-05) 5 April 2000 (age 24)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	2022	₹20 lakh (US$24,000)
22	Harshit Rana	India	(2001-12-22) 22 December 2001 (age 22)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	2022	₹20 lakh (US$24,000)
	Paras Sharma	India	(2002-06-17) 17 June 2002 (age 22)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	2022	₹55 lakh (US$66,000)
Source:KKR Players

Administration and support staff

Position	Name
CEO and Managing Director	Venky Mysore
Team manager	Wayne Bentley
Head coach	Brendon McCullum
Assistant coach	Abhishek Nayar
Mentor	David Hussey
Bowling coach	Bharat Arun
Fielding coach	James Foster
Source:KKR Staff

Kit manufacturers and sponsors

Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor (chest) Shirt sponsor (back) Chest branding Wrogn Active WinZo Unacademy Lux Cozi Source :

T20 uniform

Teams and standings

Results by match

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
Teams	CSK	RCB	PBKS	MI	DC	SRH	RR	GT	DC	RR	LSG	MI	SRH	LSG
Result	W	L	W	W	L	L	L	L	L	W	L	W	W	L

Source: Fixtures
W = Win; L = Loss; NR = No Result

Point table

Pos	Grp	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR	Qualification
1	B	Gujarat Titans (C)	14	10	4	0	20	0.316	Advanced to Qualifier 1
2	A	Rajasthan Royals (R)	14	9	5	0	18	0.298
3	A	Lucknow Super Giants (4th)	14	9	5	0	18	0.251	Advanced to Eliminator
4	B	Royal Challengers Bangalore (3rd)	14	8	6	0	16	−0.253
5	A	Delhi Capitals	14	7	7	0	14	0.204
6	B	Punjab Kings	14	7	7	0	14	0.126
7	A	Kolkata Knight Riders	14	6	8	0	12	0.146
8	B	Sunrisers Hyderabad	14	6	8	0	12	−0.379
9	B	Chennai Super Kings	14	4	10	0	8	−0.203
10	A	Mumbai Indians	14	4	10	0	8	−0.506

Source: IPLT20.com
(C) Champion; (R) Runners-up

The four top-ranked teams qualified for the playoffs.

Fixtures

Match 1 26 March 2022 19:30 (N) Scorecard

Chennai Super Kings 131/5 (20 overs)	v	Kolkata Knight Riders 133/4 (18.3 overs)
MS Dhoni 50* (38) Umesh Yadav 2/20 (4 overs)		Ajinkya Rahane 44 (34) Dwayne Bravo 3/20 (4 overs)

Kolkata Knight Riders won by 6 wickets Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai Umpires: Anil Chaudhary (Ind) and Nitin Menon (Ind) Player of the match: Umesh Yadav (Kolkata Knight Riders)

• Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field.

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Match 6 30 March 2022 19:30 (N) Scorecard

Kolkata Knight Riders 128 (18.5 overs)	v	Royal Challengers Bangalore 132/7 (19.2 overs)
Andre Russell 25 (18) Wanindu Hasaranga 4/20 (4 overs)		Sherfane Rutherford 28 (40) Tim Southee 3/20 (4 overs)

Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 3 wickets DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai Umpires: Jayaraman Madanagopal (Ind) and Navdeep Singh (Ind) Player of the match: Wanindu Hasaranga (Royal Challengers Bangalore)

• Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to field.

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Match 8 1 April 2022 19:30 (N) Scorecard

Punjab Kings 137 (18.2 overs)	v	Kolkata Knight Riders 141/4 (14.3 overs)
Bhanuka Rajapaksa 31 (9) Umesh Yadav 4/23 (4 overs)		Andre Russell 70* (31) Rahul Chahar 2/13 (4 overs)

Kolkata Knight Riders won by 6 wickets Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai Umpires: Anil Chaudhary (Ind) and Saiyed Khalid (Ind) Player of the match: Umesh Yadav (Kolkata Knight Riders)

• Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field.

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Match 14 6 April 2022 19:30 (N) Scorecard

Mumbai Indians 161/4 (20 overs)	v	Kolkata Knight Riders 162/5 (16 overs)
Suryakumar Yadav 52 (36) Pat Cummins 2/49 (4 overs)		Pat Cummins 56* (15) Murugan Ashwin 2/25 (3 overs)

Kolkata Knight Riders won by 5 wickets MCA International Stadium, Pune Umpires: K. N. Ananthapadmanabhan (Ind) and Bruce Oxenford (Aus) Player of the match: Pat Cummins (Kolkata Knight Riders)

• Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field.
• Pat Cummins (Kolkata Knight Riders) scored the joint-fastest half-century in the IPL (14 balls).^[10]

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Match 19 10 April 2022 15:30 (D/N) Scorecard

Delhi Capitals 215/5 (20 overs)	v	Kolkata Knight Riders 171 (19.4 overs)
David Warner 61 (45) Sunil Narine 2/21 (4 overs)		Shreyas Iyer 54 (33) Kuldeep Yadav 4/35 (4 overs)

Delhi Capitals won by 44 runs Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai Umpires: Chris Gaffaney (NZ) and Jayaraman Madanagopal (Ind) Player of the match: Kuldeep Yadav (Delhi Capitals)

• Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field.

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Match 25 15 April 2022 19:30 (N) Scorecard

Kolkata Knight Riders 175/8 (20 overs)	v	Sunrisers Hyderabad 176/3 (17.5 overs)
Nitish Rana 54 (36) T. Natarajan 3/37 (4 overs)		Rahul Tripathi 71 (37) Andre Russell 2/20 (2 overs)

Sunrisers Hyderabad won by 7 wickets Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai Umpires: Sadashiv Iyer (Ind) and Virender Sharma (Ind) Player of the match: Rahul Tripathi (Sunrisers Hyderabad)

• Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and elected to field.

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Match 30 18 April 2022 19:30 (N) Scorecard

Rajasthan Royals 217/5 (20 overs)	v	Kolkata Knight Riders 210 (19.4 overs)
Jos Buttler 103 (61) Sunil Narine 2/21 (4 overs)		Shreyas Iyer 85 (51) Yuzvendra Chahal 5/40 (4 overs)

Rajasthan Royals won by 7 runs Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai Umpires: Sadashiv Iyer (Ind) and Virender Sharma (Ind) Player of the match: Yuzvendra Chahal (Rajasthan Royals)

• Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field.
• Yuzvendra Chahal (Rajasthan Royals) took a hat-trick and a five-wicket haul.^[11]

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Match 35 23 April 2022 15:30 (D/N) Scorecard

Gujarat Titans 156/9 (20 overs)	v	Kolkata Knight Riders 148/8 (20 overs)
Hardik Pandya 67 (49) Andre Russell 4/5 (1 over)		Andre Russell 48 (25) Mohammed Shami 2/20 (4 overs)

Gujarat Titans won by 8 runs DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai Umpires: Ulhas Gandhe (Ind) and K. N. Ananthapadmanabhan (Ind) Player of the match: Rashid Khan (Gujarat Titans)

• Gujarat Titans won the toss and elected to bat.

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Match 41 28 April 2022 19:30 (N) Scorecard

Kolkata Knight Riders 146/9 (20 overs)	v	Delhi Capitals 150/6 (19 overs)
Nitish Rana 57 (34) Kuldeep Yadav 4/14 (3 overs)		David Warner 42 (26) Umesh Yadav 3/24 (4 overs)

Delhi Capitals won by 4 wickets Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai Umpires: Anil Chaudhary (Ind) and Pashchim Pathak (Ind) Player of the match: Kuldeep Yadav (Delhi Capitals)

• Delhi Capitals won the toss and elected to field.
• Harshit Rana (Kolkata Knight Riders) made his T20 debut.

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Match 47 2 May 2022 19:30 (N) Scorecard

Rajasthan Royals 152/5 (20 overs)	v	Kolkata Knight Riders 158/3 (19.1 overs)
Sanju Samson 54 (49) Tim Southee 2/46 (4 overs)		Nitish Rana 48* (37) Trent Boult 1/25 (4 overs)

Kolkata Knight Riders won by 7 wickets Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai Umpires: Jayaraman Madanagopal (Ind) and Nitin Pandit (Ind) Player of the match: Rinku Singh (Kolkata Knight Riders)

• Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field.

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Match 53 7 May 2022 19:30 (N) Scorecard

Lucknow Super Giants 176/7 (20 overs)	v	Kolkata Knight Riders 101 (14.3 overs)
Quinton de Kock 50 (29) Andre Russell 2/22 (3 overs)		Andre Russell 45 (19) Avesh Khan 3/19 (3 overs)

Lucknow Super Giants won by 75 runs MCA International Stadium, Pune Umpires: Anil Chaudhary (Ind) and Michael Gough (Eng) Player of the match: Avesh Khan (Lucknow Super Giants)

• Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field.

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Match 56 9 May 2022 19:30 (N) Scorecard

Kolkata Knight Riders 165/9 (20 overs)	v	Mumbai Indians 113 (17.3 overs)
Venkatesh Iyer 43 (24) Jasprit Bumrah 5/10 (4 overs)		Ishan Kishan 51 (43) Pat Cummins 3/22 (4 overs)

Kolkata Knight Riders won by 52 runs DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai Umpires: Sadashiv Iyer (Ind) and Bruce Oxenford (Aus) Player of the match: Jasprit Bumrah (Mumbai Indians)

• Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to field.

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Match 61 14 May 2022 19:30 (N) Scorecard

Kolkata Knight Riders 177/6 (20 overs)	v	Sunrisers Hyderabad 123/8 (20 overs)
Andre Russell 49* (28) Umran Malik 3/33 (4 overs)		Abhishek Sharma 43 (28) Andre Russell 3/22 (4 overs)

Kolkata Knight Riders won by 54 runs MCA International Stadium, Pune Umpires: K. N. Ananthapadmanabhan (Ind) and Anil Chaudhary (Ind) Player of the match: Andre Russell (Kolkata Knight Riders)

• Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to bat.

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Match 66 18 May 2022 19:30 (N) Scorecard

Lucknow Super Giants 210/0 (20 overs)	v	Kolkata Knight Riders 208/8 (20 overs)
Quinton de Kock 140* (70)		Shreyas Iyer 50 (29) Mohsin Khan 3/20 (4 overs)

Lucknow Super Giants won by 2 runs DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai Umpires: Yeshwant Barde (Ind) and Rohan Pandit (Ind) Player of the match: Quinton de Kock (Lucknow Super Giants)

• Lucknow Super Giants won the toss and elected to bat.
• Lucknow Super Giants qualified for the playoffs and Kolkata Knight Riders were eliminated as a result of this match.^[12]

Statistics

Most runs

No.	Name	Match	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave.	BF	SR	100s	50s	4s	6s
1	Shreyas Iyer	14	14	1	401	85	30.85	298	134.56	0	3	41	11
2	Nitish Rana	14	14	1	361	57	27.77	251	143.82	0	2	29	22
3	Andre Russell	14	12	3	335	70*	37.22	192	174.47	0	1	18	32
4	Venkatesh Iyer	12	12	1	182	50*	16.55	169	107.69	0	1	17	7
5	Rinku Singh	7	7	2	174	42*	34.80	117	148.71	0	0	17	7
6	Sam Billings	8	8	1	169	36	24.14	138	122.46	0	0	9	10
7	Ajinkya Rahane	7	7	0	133	44	19.00	128	103.90	0	0	14	4
8	Aaron Finch	5	5	0	86	58	17.20	61	140.98	0	1	10	3
9	Sunil Narine	14	10	2	71	22	8.88	40	177.50	0	0	6	6
10	Pat Cummins	5	5	1	63	56*	15.75	24	262.50	0	1	5	6

• Source: https://www.iplt20.com/stats/

Most wickets

No.	Name	Match	Inns	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	BBI	Avg.	Econ.	SR	4W	5W
1	Andre Russell	14	13	28.1	0	278	17	4/5	16.35	9.86	9.94	1	0
2	Umesh Yadav	12	12	48.0	2	339	16	4/23	21.18	7.06	18.00	1	0
3	Tim Southee	9	9	35.0	0	275	14	3/20	19.64	7.85	15.00	0	0
4	Sunil Narine	14	14	56.0	0	312	9	2/21	34.66	5.57	37.33	0	0
5	Pat Cummins	5	5	19.5	0	212	7	3/22	30.28	10.68	17.00	0	0
6	Varun Chakravarthy	11	11	39.0	0	332	6	1/22	55.33	8.51	39.00	0	0
6	Shivam Mavi	6	6	22.0	0	227	5	1/33	45.40	10.31	26.40	0	0
8	Anukul Roy	2	2	7.0	0	55	1	1/28	55.00	7.85	42.0	0	0
9	Harshit Rana	2	2	5	0	51	1	1/24	51.00	10.20	30.00	0	0

• Source: https://www.iplt20.com/stats/

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