2023 Kolkata Knight Riders season

Kolkata Knight Riders
2023 season
Coach	Chandrakant Pandit
Captain	Nitish Rana
Ground(s)	Eden Gardens, Kolkata
2023 Indian Premier League	7th
Most runs	Rinku Singh (474)
Most wickets	Varun Chakravarthy (20)
← 2022	2024 →

The 2023 cricket season was the 16th season for the Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR). The franchise had won the IPL title twice in 2012 and 2014 .^[2]^[3] The franchise had also qualified for the playoffs for three consecutive years in 2016, 2017 and 2018 as well as in 2021, when they were the runners up. In 2023, KKR failed to qualify for the playoffs for the second season in a row, finishing in the seventh place.

Background

The team retained four players from the 2022 season ahead of the 2023 Auction^[4]

Retained: Shreyas Iyer, Andre Russell, Varun Chakravarthy, Venkatesh Iyer, Sunil Narine, Nitish Rana, Umesh Yadav, Tim Southee, Anukul Roy, Rinku Singh, Harshit Rana

Released: Pat Cummins, Shivam Mavi, Sam Billings, Aaron Finch, Alex Hales, Ajinkya Rahane, Mohammad Nabi, Sheldon Jackson, Ashok Sharma, Chamika Karunaratne, Abhijeet Tomar, Baba Indrajith, Pratham Singh, Ramesh Kumar, Rasikh Salam Dar

Trade: Shardul Thakur, Lockie Ferguson, Rahmanullah Gurbaz

Squad

Players with international caps are listed in bold
Ages given as of 31 March 2023, the date of the first match of the season

No.	Name	Nationality	Birth date	Batting style	Bowling style	Year signed	Salary	Notes
Batters
	Aarya Desai	India	(2003-04-03)3 April 2003 (aged 19)	Left-handed	Right-arm off break	2023	₹20 lakh (US$24,000)
1	Mandeep Singh	India	(1991-12-18)18 December 1991 (aged 31)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	2023	₹50 lakh (US$60,000)
27	Nitish Rana	India	(1993-12-27)27 December 1993 (aged 29)	Left-handed	Right-arm off break	2018	₹8 crore (US$960,000)
41	Shreyas Iyer	India	(1994-12-06)6 December 1994 (aged 28)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	2022	₹12.25 crore (US$1.5 million)	Unavailable due to back injury
20	Jason Roy	England	(1990-07-21)21 July 1990 (aged 32)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2023	₹2.8 crore (US$340,000)	Overseas Replacement of Shakib Al Hasan
35	Rinku Singh	India	(1997-10-12)12 October 1997 (aged 25)	Left-handed	Right-arm off break	2018	₹55 lakh (US$66,000)
Wicket-keepers
16	Litton Das	Bangladesh	(1994-10-13)13 October 1994 (aged 28)	Right-handed		2023	₹50 lakh (US$60,000)	Overseas Unavailable due to personal reason
18	Narayan Jagadeesan	India	(1995-12-24)24 December 1995 (aged 27)	Right-handed		2023	₹90 lakh (US$110,000)
21	Rahmanullah Gurbaz	Afghanistan	(2001-11-28)28 November 2001 (aged 21)	Right-handed		2023	₹50 lakh (US$60,000)	Overseas Unavailable due to personal reason
	Johnson Charles	West Indies	(1989-01-14)14 January 1989 (aged 34)	Right-handed	Left-arm orthodox	2023	₹50 lakh (US$60,000)	Overseas Replacement of Litton Das
All-rounders
96	David Wiese	Namibia	(1985-05-18)18 May 1985 (aged 37)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	2023	₹1 crore (US$120,000)	Overseas
75	Shakib Al Hasan	Bangladesh	(1987-04-24)24 April 1987 (aged 35)	Left-handed	Left-arm orthodox	2023	₹1.5 crore (US$180,000)	Overseas Unavailable due to personal reason
12	Andre Russell	West Indies	(1988-04-29)29 April 1988 (aged 34)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast	2014	₹12 crore (US$1.4 million)	Overseas
54	Shardul Thakur	India	(1991-10-16)16 October 1991 (aged 31)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	2023	₹10.75 crore (US$1.3 million)
25	Venkatesh Iyer	India	(1994-12-25)25 December 1994 (aged 28)	Left-handed	Right-arm medium	2021	₹8 crore (US$960,000)
6	Anukul Roy	India	(1998-11-30)30 November 1998 (aged 24)	Left-handed	Left-arm orthodox	2022	₹20 lakh (US$24,000)
Spin bowlers
74	Sunil Narine	West Indies	(1988-05-26)26 May 1988 (aged 34)	Left-handed	Right-arm off break	2012	₹6 crore (US$720,000)	Overseas Captain
29	Varun Chakravarthy	India	(1991-08-29)29 August 1991 (aged 31)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg spin	2020	₹8 crore (US$960,000)
05	Suyash Sharma	India	(2003-05-15)15 May 2003 (aged 19)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg spin	2023	₹20 lakh (US$24,000)
Pace bowlers
19	Umesh Yadav	India	(1987-10-25)25 October 1987 (aged 35)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast	2022	₹2 crore (US$240,000)
38	Tim Southee	New Zealand	(1988-12-11)11 December 1988 (aged 34)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2021	₹1.5 crore (US$180,000)	Overseas
69	Lockie Ferguson	New Zealand	(1991-06-13)13 June 1991 (aged 31)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast	2023	₹10 crore (US$1.2 million)	Overseas
136	Kulwant Khejroliya	India	(1992-03-13)13 March 1992 (aged 31)	Left-handed	Left-arm medium-fast	2023	₹20 lakh (US$24,000)
14	Vaibhav Arora	India	(1997-12-14)14 December 1997 (aged 25)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	2023	₹60 lakh (US$72,000)
22	Harshit Rana	India	(2001-12-22)22 December 2001 (aged 21)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2023	₹20 lakh (US$24,000)

Source: Kolkata Knight Riders^[5]

Administration and support staff

Position	Name
CEO and Managing Director	Venky Mysore
Team manager	Wayne Bentley
Head coach	Chandrakant Pandit^[6]
Assistant coach	Abhishek Nayar
Assistant coach	James Foster^[7]
Mentor	David Hussey
Bowling coach	Bharat Arun
Assistant bowling coach	Omkar Salvi
Fielding coach	Ryan ten Doeschate
Strength and conditioning coach	Chris Donaldson
Source:KKR Staff

Points table

Pos	Grp	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR	Qualification
1	B	Gujarat Titans (R)	14	10	4	0	20	0.809	Advanced to Qualifier 1
2	B	Chennai Super Kings (C)	14	8	5	1	17	0.652	Advanced to Qualifier 1
3	A	Lucknow Super Giants (4th)	14	8	5	1	17	0.284	Advanced to Eliminator
4	A	Mumbai Indians (3rd)	14	8	6	0	16	−0.044	Advanced to Eliminator
5	A	Rajasthan Royals	14	7	7	0	14	0.148
6	B	Royal Challengers Bangalore	14	7	7	0	14	0.135
7	A	Kolkata Knight Riders	14	6	8	0	12	−0.239
8	B	Punjab Kings	14	6	8	0	12	−0.304
9	A	Delhi Capitals	14	5	9	0	10	−0.808
10	B	Sunrisers Hyderabad	14	4	10	0	8	−0.590

Source: Indian Premier League^[8]

The four top-ranked teams will qualify for the Playoffs.
Advance to Qualifier 1
Advance to Eliminator

Teams and standings

Results by match

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

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

Statistics

Most runs

No.	Name	Matches	Runs	High score
1	Rinku Singh	12	407	58 not out
2	Nitish Rana	12	383	75
3	Venkatesh Iyer	11	314	104
4	Jason Roy	5	218	61
5	Andre Russell	11	208	42
6	Rahmanullah Gurbaz	8	198	81
7	Shardul Thakur	8	109	68
8	Narayan Jagadeesan	6	89	36
9	David Wiese	3	21	12 not out
10	Umesh Yadav	8	19	6 not out
11	Anukul Roy	3	17	13 not out
12	Mandeep Singh	3	14	12
13	Sunil Narine	11	14	7 not out
14	Litton Das	1	4	4
15	Vaibhav Arora	3	2	2 not out
16	Varun Chakravarthy	11	1	1

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

Most wickets

No.	Name	Matches	Wickets	Best bowling
1	Varun Chakravarthy	11	17	4/15
2	Suyash Sharma	8	10	3/30
3	Sunil Narine	11	7	3/33
4	Andre Russell	11	7	3/22
5	Harshit Rana	3	4	2/33
6	Shardul Thakur	8	4	2/23
7	Anukul Roy	3	3	2/19
8	Nitish Rana	11	3	2/17
9	Vaibhav Arora	3	2	2/32
10	Tim Southee	2	2	2/54
11	Kulwant Khejroliya	2	2	2/44
12	Umesh Yadav	8	1	1/27
13	Lockie Ferguson	3	1	1/19

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

References

^ "Nitish Rana to captain KKR in place of injured Shreyas Iyer". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 March 2023.
^ "Kolkata Knight Riders win IPL 5, beat Chennai Super Kings". 29 March 2012. Archived from the original on 2 June 2012. Retrieved 13 October 2012.
^ "Records / Twenty20 matches / Team records / Most consecutive wins". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 October 2014.
^ "IPL auction set for December 23 in Kochi". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
^ KKR Players^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ "KKR appoint Chandrakant Pandit as Head Coach". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
^ "Ryan ten Doeschate to join KKR as fielding coach". Cricbuzz. 8 November 2022. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
^ "2023 Indian Premier League Points table". Indian Premier League. Retrieved 15 March 2024.

[1] "Nitish Rana to captain KKR in place of injured Shreyas Iyer". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 March 2023.

[IPl-Schedule._net-2] "Kolkata Knight Riders win IPL 5, beat Chennai Super Kings". 29 March 2012. Archived from the original on 2 June 2012. Retrieved 13 October 2012.

[3] "Records / Twenty20 matches / Team records / Most consecutive wins". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 October 2014.

[4] "IPL auction set for December 23 in Kochi". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 15 November 2022.

[5] KKR Players^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[KKR-6] "KKR appoint Chandrakant Pandit as Head Coach". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 11 November 2022.

[KKR1-7] "Ryan ten Doeschate to join KKR as fielding coach". Cricbuzz. 8 November 2022. Retrieved 11 November 2022.

[8] "2023 Indian Premier League Points table". Indian Premier League. Retrieved 15 March 2024.

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