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The 2021 season was the 14th season for the Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR). They were one of the eight teams that competed in the 2021 IPL. The franchise won the tournament in 2012 and 2014. The team was captained by Eoin Morgan with Brendon McCullum as the team coach. They finished their 2021 IPL campaign as runners-up.

Background

Player retention and transfers

The franchise retained 17 players and released six players.

Retained

Eoin Morgan, Andre Russell, Dinesh Karthik, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Kuldeep Yadav, Lockie Ferguson, Nitish Rana, Prasidh Krishna, Rinku Singh, Sandeep Warrier, Shivam Mavi, Shubman Gill, Sunil Narine, Pat Cummins, Rahul Tripathi, Varun Chakravarthy, Tim Seifert

Released

Chris Green, Harry Gurney, M Siddharth, Nikhil Naik, Siddhesh Lad, Tom Banton

Added

Harbhajan Singh, Shakib Al Hasan, Sheldon Jackson, Vaibhav Arora, Venkatesh Iyer, Karun Nair, Ben Cutting

Squad

• Players with international caps are listed in bold.

No.	Name	Nationality	Birth date	Batting style	Bowling style	Year signed	Salary	Notes
Batsmen
16	Eoin Morgan	England	(1986-09-10) 10 September 1986 (age 38)	Left-handed	Right-arm medium	2020	₹5.25 crore (US$614,000)	Overseas; Captain
18	Gurkeerat Singh	India	(1990-06-29) 29 June 1990 (age 34)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2021	₹50 lakh (US$59,000)	Replacement for Rinku Singh
52	Rahul Tripathi	India	(1991-03-02) 2 March 1991 (age 33)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast medium	2020	₹60 lakh (US$70,000)
66	Karun Nair	India	(1991-12-06) 6 December 1991 (age 33)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2021	₹50 lakh (US$59,000)
27	Nitish Rana	India	(1993-12-27) 27 December 1993 (age 31)	Left-handed	Right-arm off break	2018	₹3.4 crore (US$398,000)
35	Rinku Singh	India	(1997-10-12) 12 October 1997 (age 27)	Left-handed	Right-arm off break	2018	₹80 lakh (US$94,000)	Unavailable due to knee injury
77	Shubman Gill	India	(1999-09-08) 8 September 1999 (age 25)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2018	₹1.8 crore (US$211,000)
All-Rounder
31	Ben Cutting	Australia	(1987-01-30) 30 January 1987 (age 37)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	2021	₹75 lakh (US$88,000)	Overseas
75	Shakib Al Hasan	Bangladesh	(1987-03-24) 24 March 1987 (age 37)	Left-handed	Left-arm orthodox	2021	₹3.2 crore (US$375,000)	Overseas
12	Andre Russell	Jamaica	(1988-04-29) 29 April 1988 (age 36)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	2018	₹7 crore (US$819,219.50)	Overseas, Injured
15	Pawan Negi	India	(1993-01-06) 6 January 1993 (age 31)	Left-handed	Left-arm orthodox	2021	₹50 lakh (US$59,000)
25	Venkatesh Iyer	India	(1994-12-25) 25 December 1994 (age 30)	Left-handed	Right-arm medium	2021	₹20 lakh (US$23,000)
26	Shivam Mavi	India	(1998-11-26) 26 November 1998 (age 26)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	2018	₹3 crore (US$351,000)
Wicket-Keepers
19	Dinesh Karthik	India	(1985-06-01) 1 June 1985 (age 39)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2018	₹7.4 crore (US$866,032.10)	Vice-captain
21	Sheldon Jackson	India	(1986-09-27) 27 September 1986 (age 38)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2021	₹20 lakh (US$23,000)
43	Tim Seifert	New Zealand	(1994-12-14) 14 December 1994 (age 30)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	2020	₹20 lakh (US$23,000)	Overseas
Spin-Bowlers
3	Harbhajan Singh	India	(1980-07-03) 3 July 1980 (age 44)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2021	₹2 crore (US$230,000)
74	Sunil Narine	Trinidad and Tobago	(1988-05-26) 26 May 1988 (age 36)	Left-handed	Right-arm off break	2018	₹8.5 crore (US$994,766.60)	Overseas
29	Varun Chakravarthy	India	(1991-08-29) 29 August 1991 (age 33)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	2020	₹4 crore (US$470,000)
23	Kuldeep Yadav	India	(1994-12-14) 14 December 1994 (age 30)	Left-handed	Left-arm unorthodox	2018	₹5.8 crore (US$679,000)
Pace Bowlers
63	Sandeep Warrier	India	(1991-04-04) 4 April 1991 (age 33)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2019	₹20 lakh (US$23,000)
69	Lockie Ferguson	New Zealand	(1991-06-13) 13 June 1991 (age 33)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast	2019	₹1.6 crore (US$190,000)	Overseas
30	Pat Cummins	Australia	(1993-05-08) 8 May 1993 (age 31)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast	2020	₹15.5 crore (US$1.8 million)	Overseas, Unavailable due to Personal reasons
24	Prasidh Krishna	India	(1996-02-19) 19 February 1996 (age 28)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	2018	₹20 lakh (US$23,000)
14	Vaibhav Arora	India	(1997-12-14) 14 December 1997 (age 27)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	2021	₹20 lakh (US$23,000)
5	Kamlesh Nagarkoti	India	(1999-12-28) 28 December 1999 (age 25)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast	2018	₹3.2 crore (US$375,000)
43	Tim Southee	New Zealand	(1988-12-11) 11 December 1988 (age 36)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	2021	₹75 lakh (US$88,000)	Overseas, Replacement for Pat Cummins
Source: KKR Players

Administration and support staff

Kit manufacturers and sponsors

Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor (chest) Shirt sponsor (back) Chest Branding Wrogn Active MPL Unacademy Lux Cozi Source :kkr.in

T20 uniform

Teams and standings

Results by match

League table

League stage

The full schedule was published on the IPL website on 7 March 2021.

Matches

• Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and elected to field.
• This was the 100th win in the IPL for Kolkata Knight Riders.

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

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

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

• Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to field.

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

• Delhi Capitals won the toss and elected to field.

• Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to bat.
• Virat Kohli (Royal Challengers Bangalore) became the first player to play 200 matches for a single franchise.

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

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

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

• Punjab Kings won the toss and elected to field.
• Delhi Capitals qualified for the playoffs as a result of this match.

• Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and elected to bat.

• Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to field.
• Punjab Kings and Rajasthan Royals were eliminated as a result of this match.

Playoffs

Eliminator

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

Qualifier 2

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

Final

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

Statistics

Most runs

• Source: ESPNcricinfo

Most wickets

• Source: ESPNcricinfo

Player of the match awards

References

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