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2017 season | |||
Captain | Gautam Gambhir | ||
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Ground(s) | Eden Gardens, Kolkata | ||
IPL | 3rd | ||
Most runs | Gautam Gambhir (498) | ||
Most wickets | Umesh Yadav (17) | ||
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The Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) are a franchise cricket team based in Kolkata, India, which plays in the Indian Premier League (IPL). They are one of the eight teams that are competing in the 2017 Indian Premier League. They are being be captained by Gautam Gambhir for the seventh year in succession, while former Knight Riders all-rounder Jacques Kallis is in his second season as the team's head coach. The KKR drew an average home attendance of 52,000 in the 2017 IPL. [1]
The players auction for the 2017 Indian Premier League was originally scheduled to be held in Bangalore on 4 February 2017,[4] but was pushed forward by at least two weeks due to the BCCI–Lodha committee stand-off.[5] On 3 February, the BCCI announced that the auction will be held on 20 February in Bangalore and that a total of 799 players have signed up for it.[6] On 14 February, the IPL Desk released a list of 351 players.[7]
The Knight Riders bought the following players at the auction:
Nat | Player | Team | Base price (in ₹ lakhs) |
Winning bid (in ₹ lakhs) |
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Trent Boult | Kolkata Knight Riders | 150 | 500 | |
Chris Woakes | Kolkata Knight Riders | 200 | 420 | |
Rishi Dhawan | Kolkata Knight Riders | 30 | 55 | |
Nathan Coulter-Nile | Kolkata Knight Riders | 100 | 350 | |
Rovman Powell | Kolkata Knight Riders | 30 | 30 | |
R Sanjay Yadav | Kolkata Knight Riders | 10 | 10 | |
Ishank Jaggi | Kolkata Knight Riders | 10 | 10 | |
Darren Bravo | Kolkata Knight Riders | 50 | 50 | |
Sayan Ghosh | Kolkata Knight Riders | 10 | 10 |
In April 2017, the Knight Riders also signed up New Zealander Colin de Grandhomme as a replacement for Andre Russell who was banned for one year in January 2017 for violation of doping code.
No. | Name | Nationality | Birth date | Batting style | Bowling style | Signed year | Salary[8] | Notes |
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Batsmen | ||||||||
9 | Manish Pandey | 10 September 1989 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | 2014 | ₹17 million (US$270,000) | ||
23 | Gautam Gambhir | 14 October 1981 | Left-handed | Right-arm leg break | 2014 (since 2011) | ₹100 million (US$1.6 million) | Captain | |
37 | Robin Uthappa | 11 September 1985 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 2014 | ₹50 million (US$780,000) | Occasional wicketkeeper | |
46 | Darren Bravo | 6 February 1989 | Left-handed | Right-arm medium | 2017 | ₹5 million (US$78,000) | Overseas | |
50 | Chris Lynn | 10 April 1990 | Right-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | 2014 | ₹13 million (US$200,000) | Overseas | |
72 | Ishank Jaggi | 27 January 1989 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | 2017 | ₹1 million (US$16,000) | ||
212 | Suryakumar Yadav | 14 September 1990 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 2014 | ₹7 million (US$110,000) | Vice-captain | |
All-rounders | ||||||||
01 | Rishi Dhawan | 19 February 1990 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2017 | ₹5.5 million (US$86,000) | ||
8 | Chris Woakes | 2 March 1989 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | 2017 | ₹42 million (US$650,000) | Overseas | |
12 | Andre Russell | 29 April 1988 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | 2014 | ₹6 million (US$94,000) | Overseas | |
24 | Yusuf Pathan | 17 November 1982 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | 2014 (since 2011) | ₹32.5 million (US$510,000) | ||
52 | Rovman Powell | 23 July 1993 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | 2017 | ₹3 million (US$47,000) | Overseas | |
75 | Shakib Al Hasan | 24 March 1987 | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | 2014 (since 2011) | ₹28 million (US$440,000) | Overseas | |
77 | Colin de Grandhomme | 22 July 1986 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | 2017 | Replacement signing | Overseas | |
Sanjay Yadav | 10 May 1995 | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | 2017 | ₹1 million (US$16,000) | |||
Wicket-keepers | ||||||||
21 | Sheldon Jackson | 27 September 1986 | Right-handed | 2015 | ₹1.5 million (US$23,000) | |||
Bowlers | ||||||||
03 | Ankit Rajpoot | 4 December 1993 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2016 | ₹15 million (US$230,000) | ||
10 | Trent Boult | 22 July 1989 | Right-handed | Left-arm fast | 2017 | ₹50 million (US$780,000) | Overseas | |
11 | Piyush Chawla | 24 December 1988 | Left-handed | Right-arm leg break | 2014 | ₹42.5 million (US$660,000) | ||
13 | Nathan Coulter-Nile | 11 October 1987 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast | 2017 | ₹35 million (US$550,000) | Overseas | |
18 | Kuldeep Yadav | 14 December 1994 | Left-handed | Slow left-arm chinaman | 2014 | ₹4 million (US$62,000) | ||
19 | Umesh Yadav | 25 October 1987 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast | 2014 | ₹26 million (US$410,000) | ||
74 | Sunil Narine | 26 May 1988 | Left-handed | Right-arm off break | 2014 (since 2012) | ₹80 million (US$1.2 million) | Overseas | |
Sayan Ghosh | 16 September 1992 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 2017 | ₹1 million (US$16,000) |
Team |
Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
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Mumbai Indians (C) | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 20 | +0.784 |
Rising Pune Supergiant (RU) | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 18 | +0.176 |
Sunrisers Hyderabad (4) | 14 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 17 | +0.599 |
Kolkata Knight Riders (3) | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 16 | +0.641 |
Kings XI Punjab | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 | –0.009 |
Delhi Daredevils | 14 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 12 | −0.512 |
Gujarat Lions | 14 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 8 | −0.412 |
Royal Challengers Bangalore | 14 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 7 | −1.299 |
Source: ESPNcricinfo[9]
Home team won | Visitor team won |
v |
Kolkata Knight Riders 184/0 (14.5 overs) | |
v |
Royal Challengers Bangalore 49/10 (9.4) | |
Kedar Jadhav 9 (7) Colin de Grandhomme 3/4 (1.4 overs) Chris Woakes 3/6 (2 overs) Nathan Coulter-Nile 3/21 (3 overs) |