Kolkata Knight Riders
2022 season
CoachBrendon McCullum
CaptainShreyas Iyer
Ground(s)Eden Gardens, Kolkata
2022 Indian Premier League7th
Most runsShreyas Iyer (401)
Most wicketsAndre Russell (17)
← 2021 2023 →

The 2022 season was the 15th season for the Indian Premier League 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.

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
41Shreyas Iyer India6 December 1994Right-handedRight-arm leg break2022₹12.25 crore (US$1.5 million)Captain[7]
3Ajinkya Rahane India6 June 1988Right-handedRight-arm medium2022₹1 crore (US$130,000)
Alex Hales England3 January 1989Right-handedRight-arm medium2022₹1.5 crore (US$190,000)Overseas
5Aaron Finch Australia17 November 1986Right-handedRight-arm medium2022₹1.5 crore (US$190,000)Overseas Replacement for Alex Hales[8][9]
35Rinku Singh India12 October 1997Left-handedRight-arm off break2022₹55 lakh (US$69,000)
23Aman Hakim Khan India23 November 1996Right-handedRight-arm medium2022₹20 lakh (US$25,000)
24Abhijeet Tomar India14 March 1995Right-handedRight-arm off break2022₹40 lakh (US$50,000)
Pratham Singh India31 August 1992Left-handedRight-arm off break2022₹20 lakh (US$25,000)
Baba Indrajith India8 July 1994Right-handedRight-arm leg break2022₹20 lakh (US$25,000)
Ramesh Kumar India1 January 1999Left-handedLeft-arm orthodox2022₹20 lakh (US$25,000)
All-rounders
12Andre Russell West Indies29 April 1988Right-handedRight-arm fast-medium2014₹12 crore (US$1.5 million)Overseas
25Venkatesh Iyer India25 December 1994Left-handedRight-arm medium2021₹8 crore (US$1.0 million)
27Nitish Rana India27 December 1993Left-handedRight-arm off break2018₹8 crore (US$1.0 million)
6Anukul Roy India30 November 1998Left-handedLeft-arm orthodox2022₹20 lakh (US$25,000)
7Mohammad Nabi Afghanistan1 January 1985Right-handedRight-arm off break2022₹1 crore (US$130,000)Overseas
Wicket-Keepers
77Sam Billings England15 June 1991Right-handed2022₹2 crore (US$250,000)Overseas
21Sheldon Jackson India27 September 1986Right-handedRight-arm off break2021₹60 lakh (US$75,000)
Spin bowlers
29Varun Chakravarthy India29 August 1991Right-handedRight-arm leg break2020₹8 crore (US$1.0 million)
74Sunil Narine West Indies26 May 1988Left-handedRight-arm off break2012₹6 crore (US$750,000)Overseas
Pace bowlers
30Pat Cummins Australia8 May 1993Right-handedRight-arm fast2020₹7.25 crore (US$910,000)Overseas
26Shivam Mavi India26 November 1998Right-handedRight-arm fast-medium2018₹7.25 crore (US$910,000)
Chamika Karunaratne Sri Lanka29 May 1996Right-handedRight-arm fast-medium2022₹50 lakh (US$63,000)Overseas
38Tim Southee New Zealand11 December 1988Right-handedRight-arm fast-medium2022₹1.5 crore (US$190,000)Overseas
19Umesh Yadav India25 October 1987Right-handedRight-arm fast2022₹2 crore (US$250,000)
4Rasikh Salam India5 April 2000Right-handedRight-arm medium2022₹20 lakh (US$25,000)
22Harshit Rana India22 December 2001Right-handedRight-arm medium2022₹20 lakh (US$25,000)
Paras Sharma India17 June 2002Right-handedRight-arm medium2022₹55 lakh (US$69,000)
Source:KKR Players

Administration and support staff

Position Name
CEO and Managing DirectorVenky Mysore
Team managerWayne Bentley
Head coachBrendon McCullum
Assistant coachAbhishek Nayar
MentorDavid Hussey
Bowling coachBharat Arun
Fielding coachJames Foster
Source:KKR Staff

Kit manufacturers and sponsors

Teams and standings

Results by match

Round1234567891011121314
ResultWLWWLLLLLWLWWL
Source: Fixtures
W = Win; L = Loss; NR = No Result

Point Table

Pos Grp Team 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.
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.
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.
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]
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.
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.
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)
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Match 66
18 May 2022
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Lucknow Super Giants
210/0 (20 overs)
v
Kolkata Knight Riders
208/8 (20 overs)
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
1Shreyas Iyer14141 401 8530.85298134.56034111
2Nitish Rana14141 361 5727.77251143.82022922
3Andre Russell14123 335 70*37.22192174.47011832
4Venkatesh Iyer12121 182 50*16.55169107.6901177
5Rinku Singh772 174 42*34.80117148.7100177
6Sam Billings881 169 3624.14138122.4600910
7Ajinkya Rahane770 133 4419.00128103.9000144
8Aaron Finch550 86 5817.2061140.9801103
9Sunil Narine14102 71 228.8840177.500066
10Pat Cummins551 63 56*15.7524262.500156

Most wickets

No. Name Match Inns Overs Maidens Runs Wickets BBI Avg. Econ. SR 4W 5W
1Andre Russell141328.10278 17 4/516.359.869.9410
2Umesh Yadav121248.02339 16 4/2321.187.0618.0010
3Tim Southee9935.00275 14 3/2019.647.8515.0000
4Sunil Narine141456.00312 9 2/2134.665.5737.3300
5Pat Cummins5519.50212 7 3/2230.2810.6817.0000
6Varun Chakravarthy111139.00332 6 1/2255.338.5139.0000
6Shivam Mavi6622.00227 5 1/3345.4010.3126.4000
8Anukul Roy227.0055 1 1/2855.007.8542.000
9Harshit Rana225051 1 1/2451.0010.2030.0000

References

  1. ↑ "Kolkata Knight Riders win IPL 5, beat Chennai Super Kings". 29 March 2012. Retrieved 13 October 2012.
  2. ↑ "Records / Twenty20 matches / Team records / Most consecutive wins". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 October 2014.
  3. ↑ "IPL to become 10 team tournament from 2022". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
  4. ↑ "IPL 2022: CONFIRMED! Two new IPL teams will be announced on THIS date". Zee News. 28 September 2021. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
  5. ↑ "VIVO IPL 2022 Player Retention". IPLT20.com. Indian Premier League. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
  6. ↑ "Kolkata Knight Riders full list of players after IPL auction 2022". sportstar.thehindu.com. The Hindu. Retrieved 14 February 2021.
  7. ↑ "Shreyas Iyer named captain of Kolkata Knight Riders". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 16 February 2022.
  8. ↑ "KKR rope in Aaron Finch as replacement for Alex Hales". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
  9. ↑ "Alex Hales opts out of IPL 2022, KKR name Aaron Finch as replacement". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
  10. ↑ "Cummins' 14-ball fifty stuns Mumbai, takes Knight Riders top of the table". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
  11. ↑ "Jos Buttler ton, Yuzvendra Chahal hat-trick give Rajasthan Royals narrow win". ESPNcricinfo. 18 April 2022. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
  12. ↑ "De Kock stars as LSG secure passage to playoffs with nervy win". Cricbuzz. 18 May 2022. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
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