2021 Kolkata Knight Riders season
Kolkata Knight Riders in 2021
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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
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Squad
- Players with international caps are listed in bold.
Administration and support staff
Kit manufacturers and sponsors
Teams and standings
Results by match
Source: Fixtures
W = Win; L = Loss; NR = No Result
League table
Source: ESPNcricinfo
(C) Champions; (R) Runners-upThe four top-ranked teams qualified for the playoffs.
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
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