Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR):-Team Squad, Players List, and Full Schedule

Check here Details Kolkata Knight Riders- KKR Team Squad, Players List, and Full Schedule.

This is the 14th season of IPL for which there is great enthusiasm among the viewers as they have already missed the 13th season on the ground. Indian Premier League IPL 2021 is been scheduled from 9th April till 30th May.

The Kolkata knight riders is an authorized cricket-based team out of Kolkata in the Indian premier league (IPL). It was founded in the year 2008 as Kolkata knight riders. This team is owned by the superstar Shah Rukh Khan’s company Red Chillies Entertainment in partnership with actress Juhi Chawla and her husband Jay Mehta. The team plays its home matches at Eden Gardens Stadium. They became the IPL champions in 2012; by defeating Chennai Super Kings in the final, once again they became the IPL champions in 2014 by defeating Kings XI Punjab.

The team is captained by Eoin Morgan with Brendon McCullum as the new team coach. In 2007, the Board of Control of Cricket in India (BCCI) created the cricket tournament Indian premier league (IPL) based on the 20-20 format of the game. The inaugural tournament took place on April-June 2008 where the BCCI finalized eight teams who will participate in the tournament.

The teams representing the eight different cities of India were put up on auction in Mumbai on 20 February 2008. The team representing Kolkata was finally bought by Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan’s company Red Chillies Entertainment in partnership with actress Juhi Chawal and her husband Jay Mehta a price of $75.09 million, equal to approximately ₹2.98 billion at that time.

IPL 2021 Complete KKR Team Squad:

Eoin Morgan (Captain), Dinesh Karthik; Andre Russell, 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; Pawan Negi, Tim Seifert, Shakib al Hasan, Sheldon Jackson; Vaibhav Arora, Karun Nair, Harbhajan Singh, Ben Cutting, Venkatesh Iyer.

IPL 2021 Kolkata Knight Riders Players List

Kolkata Knight Riders’ biggest buy of the IPL 2021 auction was Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan. Kolkata Knight Riders have released five players and retained 17 players ahead for the auction. KKR now has Rs10.85 crore in their wallet for IPL 2021 Auction.

Released players : Tom Banton, Chris Green, Nikhil Naik, Siddharth M and Siddhesh Lad.

Retained players : 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 .

Players bought at auction :

• Shakib Al Hasan (Rs 3.20 crore)
• Sheldon Jackson (Rs 20 lakh)
• Vaibhav Arora (Rs 20 lakh)
• Karun Nair (Rs 50 lakh)
• Harbhajan Singh (Rs 2 crore)
• Ben Cutting (Rs 75 lakh)
• Venkatesh Iyer (Rs 20 lakh)
• Pawan Negi (Rs 50 lakh)

KKR Team Full Schedule Of IPL 2021

MATCH NO	DATE & DAY	MATCH	TIME (IST)	VENUE
3	April 11, Sunday	Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Kolkata Knight Riders	7.30 PM	Chennai
5	April 13, Tuesday	Kolkata Knight Riders vs Mumbai Indians	7.30 PM	Chennai
10	April 18, Sunday	Royal Challengers vs Kolkata Knight Riders	3.30 PM	Chennai
15	April 21, Wednesday	Kolkata Knight Riders vs Chennai Super Kings	7.30 PM	Mumbai
18	April 24, Saturday	Rajasthan Royals vs Kolkata Knight Riders	7.30 PM	Mumbai
21	April 26, Monday	Punjab Kings vs Kolkata Knight Riders	7.30 PM	Ahmedabad
25	April 29, Thursday	Delhi Capitals vs Kolkata Knight Riders	7.30 PM	Ahmedabad
30	May 3, Monday	Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers	7.30 PM	Ahmedabad
35	May 8, Saturday	Kolkata Knight Riders vs Delhi Capitals	3.30 PM	Ahmedabad
39	May 10, Monday	Mumbai Indians vs Kolkata Knight Riders	7.30 PM	Bengaluru
41	May 12, Wednesday	Chennai Super Kings vs Kolkata Knight Riders	7.30 PM	Bengaluru
45	May 15, Saturday	Kolkata Knight Riders vs Punjab Kings	7.30 PM	Bengaluru
49	May 18, Tuesday	Kolkata Knight Riders vs Rajasthan Royals	7.30 PM	Bengaluru
52	May 21, Friday	Kolkata Knight Riders vs Sunrisers Hyderabad	3.30 PM	Bengaluru