Kolkata Knight Rider is one of the favorite franchises of all time in the league-owned by Shahrukh Khan, they were the finalist in the previous session where they faced Chennai Super Kings also they started the game very well fully but could not get the target but the team has some great talents which can lead the team to the winning zone again in the series.

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Top Stories-2022

  • Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) taking on defending champions Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in the first match of the season.
  • KKR fast bowler Pat Cummins & Aron Finch both might miss the first five matches says David Hussy in a virtual confrence howver he also mentioned that they are also going to be playing whenever the PAK vs AUS series ends.

KKR Retentions (2022)

Team Captain – Shreyas Iyer (Bought in 12.25 CR)

  • Andre Russle | Retained in- 12. CR | Batting Allrounder
  • Varun Chakravarthy | Retained in – 8.CR | Bowler
  • Venkatesh Iyer | Retained in – 8.CR | Batting Allrounder
  • Sunil Narine | Retained in – 6.CR | Bowling Allrounder

Probable Playing XI

  1. Ajinkya Rahane RHB
  2. Venkatesh Iyer LHB+RMF
  3. Shreyas Iyer RHB
  4. Nitish Rana LHB
  5. Sunil Narine LHB+OB
  6. Sam Billings RHB (wk)
  7. Andre Russell RHB+RF
  8. pat Cummins RHB+RMF/Chamika Karunaratne RHB+RMF
  9. Shivam Mavi RHB+RMF
  10. Varun Chakravarthy RHB+LB
  11. Anukul Roy LHB+LAO / Umesh Yadav RHB+RF /Rasikh Dar RHB+RMF

Full Squad with Stats

Ajinkya Rahane RHB

  • T20I – M-20, I-20, R-375, Ave-20.8, Sr-113.3
  • IPL – M-151, I-141, R-3941, Ave-31.5, Sr-121.3
  • Recent form (T20I/T20)- 71R, 69R, 17R, 54R, 75R

Venkatesh Iyer LHB+RMF

  • T20I – M-9, I-7 , R-133, Ave-33.2 , Sr-162.2, I-4, W-5 , Sr-11 
  • IPL – M-10, I-10, R-370, Ave-41.1, Sr-128.5, I- 4, W-3 , Sr-17
  • Recent form (T20I/T20)- 5R, DNB, (2w), (35R+2w), 33R

Shreyas Iyer RHB

  • T20I – M-36, I-32 , R-809, Ave-36.8, Sr-141.4 
  • IPL – M-87, I-87, R-2375, Ave-31.7, Sr-124
  • Recent form (T20I/T20)- 73R, 74R, 57R, 25R, DNP

Nitish Rana LHB

  • T20I – M-2, I-2 , R-15, Ave-7.50 , Sr-55.5
  • IPL – M-77, I-71, R-1820, Ave-28.4, Sr-132.5
  • Recent form (T20I/T20)-  25R, 34R, 14R, 50R, 18R

Sunil Narine LHB+OB

  • T20I – M-51, I-23, R-155, Ave-10.3, Sr-112.3, I-49, W-52, Sr-21.2 
  • IPL – M-134, I-76, R-954, Ave-15.6, Sr-161.7, I-133, W-143, Sr-21.8
  • Recent form (T20I/T20)- (57R/2w), (57R/0w), (17R/1w), (1R/0w), (0R/0w)

Sam Billings RHB

  • T20I – M-37, I-33 , R-478, Ave-17.1, Sr-129.9
  • IPL – M-22, I-19, R-334, Ave-17.6, Sr-133.6
  • Recent form (T20I/T20)- 41R, 13R, 5R, 2R, 19R

Andre Russell RHB+RF

  • T20I – M-67, I-57 , R-741, Ave-19.5, Sr-156, I-56, W-39, Sr-22.8 
  • IPL – M-84, I-70, R-1700, Ave-29.3, Sr-178.6, I-76, W-72, Sr-17.5
  • Recent form (T20I/T20)- (11R/3w), (1w), (0R/0w), (31R/2w), (12R/0w)

Pat Cummins RHB+RF

  • T20I – M-39, I-16, R-68, Ave-7.50, Sr-130.8, I-39, W-44, Sr-19.4
  • IPL – M-37, I-26, R-316, Ave-19.8, Sr-140.4, I-37, W-38, Sr-21.9
  • Recent form (T20I/T20)-  (6R/1w), (2R/1w), (0w), (1w), (1w)

Shivam Mavi RHB+RMF

  • IPL – M-26, I-9, R-48, Ave-6.8, Sr-98, I-26, W-25, Sr-20.7
  • Recent form (T20I/T20)- (DNP), (2w), (4R/0w), (1R/2w), (2w)

Varun Chakravarthy RHB+LB

  • T20I – M-6, I-1, R-0, Ave-0, Sr-0, I-6, W-2, Sr- 67.5
  • IPL – M-31, I-6, R-12, Ave-4, Sr-63.1, I-31, W-36, Sr-20.5
  • Recent form (T20I/T20)- (0w), (0w), (0w), (0R/0w), (2w)

Anukul Roy LHB+LAO

  • IPL – M-1, I-1, W-1, Sr- 12
  • Recent form (T20I/T20)- (16R/0w), (1R/2w), (16R/1w), (39R/2w), (16R/1w)

Mohammad Nabi RHB+OB

  • T20I – M-88, I-81, R-1539, Ave-23, Sr-142.2, I-87, W-74, Sr- 23.3
  • IPL – M-17, I-14, R-180, Ave-15, Sr-151.3, I-17, W-13, Sr-26.4
  • Recent form (T20I/T20)- (1w), (16R/0w), (8R/0w), (21R/0w), (3R/0w)

Rinku Singh LHB+OB

  • IPL – M-10, I-8, R-77, Ave-11, Sr-101.3
  • Recent form (T20I/T20)- (4R/1w), 44R, 19R, 63R, 57R

Umesh Yadav RHB+RF

  • T20I – M-7, I-1, R-2, Ave-2, Sr-50, I-7, W-9, Sr-16.7 
  • IPL – M-121, I-38, R-122, Ave-8.7, Sr-95.3, I-120, W-119, Sr-21.2
  • Recent form (T20I/T20)- (DNP), (DNP), (DNP), (DNP), (DNP)

Sheldon Jackson RHB

  • IPL – M-4, I-3, R-38, Ave-19, Sr-122.6
  • Recent form (T20I/T20)- 50R, 79R, 70R, 62R, 10R

Rasikh Dar RHB+RMF

  • IPL – M-1, I-1, R-5, Sr-125, I-1, W-0
  • Recent form (T20I/T20)-  (5R/0w), (3w), (3R/0w), (0w), (1w)

Chamika Karunaratne RHB+RMF

  • T20I – M-22, I-18, R-144, Ave-16, Sr-110.8, I-21, W-11, Sr- 33.2
  • Domestic T20 – M-59, I-48, R-466, Ave-19.4, Sr-117.7, I-50, W-36, Sr-23.1
  • Recent form (T20I/T20)- (12R/1w), (0R/0w), (21R/0w), (1R/1w), (14R/0w)

Baba Indrajith RHB

  • Domestic T20 – M-20, I-18, R-.319, Ave-19.9, Sr-104.6
  • Recent form (T20I/T20)- (DNP), (DNP), 12R, 8R, 46R

Ashok Sharma RHB+RMF

  • Domestic T20 – M-3, I-3, R-1, Sr-125, I-1, W-0
  • Recent form (T20I/T20)- NA

Pratham Singh LHB

  • Domestic T20 – M-27, I-27, R-829, Ave-33.2, Sr-127.7
  • Recent form (T20I/T20)- 24R, 5R, 22R, 13R, 61R

Abhijeet Tomar RHB

  • Domestic T20 – M-5, I-5, R-65, Ave-13, Sr-73
  • Recent form (T20I/T20)- 28R, DNP, 14R, DNP, DNP

Ramesh Kumar RHB

  • Domestic T20 – M-7, I-7, R-39, Ave-5.57, Sr-92.85, I- , W- , Sr-
  • Recent form (T20I/T20)- 6R, (17R/0w), 1R, DNP, DNP

Aman Khan RHB+OB

  • Domestic T20 – M-5, I-5, R-40, Ave-13.3, Sr-148.1
  • Recent form (T20I/T20)-  (5R/0w), 4R, 12R, 18R, 1R

Aaron Finch RHB

  • T20I – M-88, I-88, R-2686, Ave-34.4, Sr-145.4
  • IPL – M-87, I-85, R-2005, Ave-25.7, Sr-127.7
  • Recent form (T20I/T20)- (8R), (2R), (35R), (25R), (8R)

Tim Southee RHB+RMF

  • T20I – M-92, I-36, R-249, Ave-11.3, Sr-142.3, I-90, W-111, Sr- 18
  • IPL – M-43, I-15, R-118, Ave-13.1, Sr-124.2, I-43, W-31, Sr-31
  • Recent form (T20I/T20)- (3w), (10R/3w), (0w)

KKR Fixtures – 2022

Match No.DayDateMatchTime (IST)Venue
1SaturdayMarch 26, 2022CSK vs KKR7:30 PMWankhede Stadium
6WednesdayMarch 30, 2022RCB vs KKR7:30 PMDY Patil Stadium
8FridayApril 1, 2022KKR vs PBKS7:30 PMWankhede Stadium
14WednesdayApril 6, 2022KKR vs MI7:30 PMMCA Stadium, Pune
19SundayApril 10, 2022KKR vs DC3:30 PMBrabourne – CCI
25FridayApril 15, 2022SRH vs KKR7:30 PMBrabourne – CCI
30MondayApril 18, 2022RR vs KKR7:30 PMBrabourne – CCI
35SaturdayApril 23, 2022KKR vs GJ3:30 PMDY Patil Stadium
41ThursdayApril 28, 2022DC vs KKR7:30 PMWankhede Stadium
47MondayMay 2, 2022KKR vs RR7:30 PMWankhede Stadium
53SaturdayMay 7, 2022LSG vs KKR3:30 PMMCA Stadium, Pune
56MondayMay 9, 2022MI vs KKR7:30 PMDY Patil Stadium
61SaturdayMay 14, 2022KKR vs SRH7:30 PMMCA Stadium, Pune
66WednesdayMay 18, 2022KKR vs LSG7:30 PMDY Patil Stadium