# 2024 Kolkata Knight Riders season

The 2024 season was the 17th season for the Indian Premier League franchise Kolkata Knight Riders. They were one of the ten teams competed in the 2024 Indian Premier League. The Kolkata Knight Riders finished at the 7th place in previous season's League stage. The Kolkata Knight Riders drew an average home attendance of 64,872 in the IPL in 2024.
Ahead of the 2024 season, Shreyas Iyer returned as the captain after missing out the 2023 season due to back injury. After their 9th win on 11 May 2024, Kolkata became the first team to be qualified for the Playoffs. After their abandoned match on 13 May 2024, Kolkata qualified for the Qualifier 1. They finished the League stage at the 1st place with 9 wins and 3 losses, garnering 20 points and seeding their place in the Qualifier 1.
After defeating Sunrisers Hyderabad in the Qualifier 1 played on 21st May at Ahmedabad, Kolkata became the first team to advance to the 2024 final for the 4th time. After defeating Sunrisers Hyderabad in the final played on 26th May at Chennai, Kolkata won their 3rd IPL title after 2012 and 2014.
Sunil Narine was named as the "Ultimate Fantasy player of the season" and was awarded with ₹10 lakh (US$13,000) cash prize along with a trophy. Ramandeep Singh was named as the "Catch of the season" and was awarded with ₹10 lakh (US$13,000) cash prize along with a trophy. Sunil Narine was also the "Most Valuable Player of the season" (450 points) and was awarded with ₹10 lakh (US$13,000) cash prize along with a trophy.

## Squad

* Players with international caps are listed in bold.
* Ages are given as of 22 March 2024, the date of the first match played in the competition
Squad for the 2024 Indian Premier League :
| No. | Name | Nationality | Birth date | Batting style | Bowling style | Year signed | Salary | Notes |
| Captain |||||||||
| 96 | Shreyas Iyer | India | (1994-12-06)6 December 1994 (aged 29) | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | 2022 | ₹12.5 crore (US$1.4 million) | |
| Batters |||||||||
| 9 | Manish Pandey | India | (1989-09-10)10 September 1989 (aged 34) | Right-handed | Right arm-medium | 2024 | ₹50 lakh (US$58,000) | |
| 20 | Jason Roy | England | (1990-07-21)21 July 1990 (aged 33) | Right-handed | Right arm-medium | 2023 | ₹2.8 crore (US$320,000) | Overseas; Withdrew |
| 27 | Nitish Rana | India | (1993-12-27)27 December 1993 (aged 30) | Left-handed | Right-arm off break | 2018 | ₹8 crore (US$920,000) | Vice-captain |
| 35 | Rinku Singh | India | (1997-10-12)12 October 1997 (aged 26) | Left-handed | Right-arm off break | 2018 | ₹55 lakh (US$64,000) | |
| 18 | Angkrish Raghuvanshi | India | (2005-06-05)5 June 2005 (aged 18) | Right-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox spin | 2024 | ₹20 lakh (US$23,000) | |
| Wicket-keepers |||||||||
| 28 | Phil Salt | England | (1996-08-28)28 August 1996 (aged 27) | Right-handed | Right arm off spin | 2024 | ₹1.5 crore (US$170,000) | Overseas; Replacement; Withdrew |
| – | K. S. Bharat | India | (1993-10-03)3 October 1993 (aged 30) | Right-handed | Right-arm off spin | 2024 | ₹50 lakh (US$58,000) | |
| 21 | Rahmanullah Gurbaz | Afghanistan | (2001-11-28)28 November 2001 (aged 22) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium fast | 2023 | ₹50 lakh (US$58,000) | Overseas |
| All-rounders |||||||||
| 12 | Andre Russell | West Indies | (1988-04-29)29 April 1988 (aged 35) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | 2014 | ₹12 crore (US$1.4 million) | Overseas |
| 74 | Sunil Narine | West Indies | (1988-05-26)26 May 1988 (aged 35) | Left-handed | Right-arm off break | 2012 | ₹6 crore (US$690,000) | Overseas |
| 25 | Venkatesh Iyer | India | (1994-12-25)25 December 1994 (aged 29) | Left-handed | Right-arm medium | 2021 | ₹8 crore (US$920,000) | |
| 19 | Ramandeep Singh | India | (1997-04-13)13 April 1997 (aged 26) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 2024 | ₹20 lakh (US$23,000) | |
| 50 | Sherfane Rutherford | West Indies | (1998-08-15)15 August 1998 (aged 25) | Left-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | 2024 | ₹1.5 crore (US$170,000) | Overseas |
| 6 | Anukul Roy | India | (1998-11-30)30 November 1998 (aged 25) | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox spin | 2022 | ₹20 lakh (US$23,000) | |
| Pace bowlers |||||||||
| 56 | Mitchell Starc | Australia | (1990-01-30)30 January 1990 (aged 34) | Left-handed | Left-arm fast | 2024 | ₹24.75 crore (US$2.9 million) | Overseas |
| 14 | Vaibhav Arora | India | (1997-12-14)14 December 1997 (aged 26) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast medium | 2023 | ₹60 lakh (US$69,000) | |
| – | Gus Atkinson | England | (1998-01-19)19 January 1998 (aged 26) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast | 2024 | ₹1 crore (US$120,000) | Overseas; Withdrew |
| 79 | Dushmantha Chameera | Sri Lanka | (1992-01-11)11 January 1992 (aged 32) | Right-handed | Right arm fast | 2024 | ₹50 lakh (US$58,000) | Overseas; Replacement |
| 55 | Chetan Sakariya | India | (1998-02-25)25 February 1998 (aged 26) | Left-handed | Left-arm fast medium | 2024 | ₹50 lakh (US$58,000) | |
| 22 | Harshit Rana | India | (2001-12-22)22 December 2001 (aged 22) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast medium | 2022 | ₹20 lakh (US$23,000) | |
| 45 | Sakib Hussain | India | (2004-12-14)14 December 2004 (aged 19) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast medium | 2024 | ₹20 lakh (US$23,000) | |
| Spin bowlers |||||||||
| – | Mujeeb Ur Rahman | Afghanistan | (2001-03-28)28 March 2001 (aged 22) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | 2024 | ₹2 crore (US$230,000) | Overseas; Withdrew |
| 05 | Suyash Sharma | India | (2003-05-15)15 May 2003 (aged 20) | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | 2023 | ₹20 lakh (US$23,000) | |
| 70 | Allah Ghazanfar | Afghanistan | (2007-07-15)15 July 2007 (aged 16) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | 2024 | ₹20 lakh (US$23,000) | Overseas; Replacement |
| 29 | Varun Chakravarthy | India | (1991-08-29)29 August 1991 (aged 32) | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | 2020 | ₹8 crore (US$920,000) | |
* Source: ESPNcricinfo

## Administration and support staff

| Position | Name |
| CEO | Venky Mysore |
| Team manager | Wayne Bentley |
| Head coach | Chandrakant Pandit |
| Batting coach | Abhishek Nayar |
| Bowling coach | Bharat Arun |
| Fielding coach | Ryan ten Doeschate |
| Mentor | Gautam Gambhir |

## Sponsors

* Kit manufacturer: playR
* Main shirt sponsor: Dream11
* Back shirt sponsor: BKT
* Chest branding: Lux Cozi

## League stage
### Points table

| Pos | Grp | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
| 1 | A | Kolkata Knight Riders (C) | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 1.428 | Advanced to Qualifier 1 |
| 2 | B | Sunrisers Hyderabad (R) | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 0.414 | Advanced to Qualifier 1 |
| 3 | A | Rajasthan Royals (3rd) | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 0.273 | Advanced to Eliminator |
| 4 | B | Royal Challengers Bengaluru (4th) | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 0.459 | Advanced to Eliminator |
| 5 | B | Chennai Super Kings | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 0.392 | Eliminated |
| 6 | A | Delhi Capitals | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 | −0.377 | Eliminated |
| 7 | A | Lucknow Super Giants | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 | −0.667 | Eliminated |
| 8 | B | Gujarat Titans | 14 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 12 | −1.063 | Eliminated |
| 9 | B | Punjab Kings | 14 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 10 | −0.353 | Eliminated |
| 10 | A | Mumbai Indians | 14 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 8 | −0.318 | Eliminated |

### League progression

League progression :
| Team | Group matches | Group matches | Group matches | Group matches | Group matches | Group matches | Group matches | Group matches | Group matches | Group matches | Group matches | Group matches | Group matches | Group matches | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Q1/E | Q2 | F |
| Kolkata Knight Riders | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 18 | 19 | 20 | W | | W |
| Win | Loss | No result |
* Note: The total points at the end of each group match are listed.
* Note: Click on the points (group matches) or W/L (playoffs) to see the match summary.

### Fixtures and results

* Match 3 23 March 2024 19:30 (N) Scorecard
| (H) Kolkata Knight Riders 208/7 (20 overs) | v | Sunrisers Hyderabad 204/7 (20 overs) |
| Andre Russell 64* (25) T. Natarajan 3/32 (4 overs) | | Heinrich Klaasen 63 (29) Harshit Rana 3/33 (4 overs) |
* Kolkata Knight Riders won by 4 runs Eden Gardens, Kolkata Umpires: Yeshwant Barde (Ind) and Rohan Pandit (Ind) Player of the match: Andre Russell (Kolkata Knight Riders)
* Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and elected to field.
* Andre Russell (Kolkata Knight Riders) became the fastest cricketer to hit 200 sixes in the IPL, in terms of balls (1,322). He also holds the record for most 50-plus scores and wicket instances in an IPL match (9 times).
* Heinrich Klassen (Sunrisers Hyderabad) scored his 4,000th run in T20s, and broke the record for most sixes (8) in an IPL innings without registering a four.
* Match 10 29 March 2024 19:30 (N) Scorecard
| (H) Royal Challengers Bengaluru 182/6 (20 overs) | v | Kolkata Knight Riders 186/3 (16.5 overs) |
| Virat Kohli 83* (59) Andre Russell 2/29 (4 overs) | | Venkatesh Iyer 50 (30) Vijaykumar Vyshak 1/23 (4 overs) |
* Kolkata Knight Riders won by 7 wickets M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru Umpires: Anil Chaudhary (Ind) and Rohan Pandit (Ind) Player of the match: Sunil Narine (Kolkata Knight Riders)
* Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field.
* Sunil Narine (Kolkata Knight Riders) became the fourth player to play 500 T20 matches.
* Andre Russell (Kolkata Knight Riders) took his 100th wicket in the IPL.
* Venkatesh Iyer (Kolkata Knight Riders) scored his 1000th run in IPL.
* Match 16 3 April 2024 19:30 (N) Scorecard
| Kolkata Knight Riders 272/7 (20 overs) | v | Delhi Capitals (H) 166 (17.2 overs) |
| Sunil Narine 85 (39) Anrich Nortje 3/59 (4 overs) | | Rishabh Pant 55 (25) Vaibhav Arora 3/27 (4 overs) |
* Kolkata Knight Riders won by 106 runs ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam Umpires: Ulhas Gandhe (Ind) and Akshay Totre (Ind) Player of the match: Sunil Narine (Kolkata Knight Riders)
* Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to bat.
* Match 22 8 April 2024 19:30 (N) Scorecard
| Kolkata Knight Riders 137/9 (20 overs) | v | Chennai Super Kings (H) 141/3 (17.4 overs) |
| Shreyas Iyer 34 (32) Ravindra Jadeja 3/18 (4 overs) | | Ruturaj Gaikwad 67* (58) Vaibhav Arora 2/28 (4 overs) |
* Chennai Super Kings won by 7 wickets M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai Umpires: Anil Chaudhary (Ind) and Saidharshan Kumar (Ind) Player of the match: Ravindra Jadeja (Chennai Super Kings)
* Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to field.
* Ravindra Jadeja (Chennai Super Kings) became the fifth player to take 100 catches in the IPL.
* Match 28 14 April 2024 15:30 (D/N) Scorecard
| Lucknow Super Giants 161/7 (20 overs) | v | Kolkata Knight Riders (H) 162/2 (15.4 overs) |
| Nicholas Pooran 45 (32) Mitchell Starc 3/28 (4 overs) | | Phil Salt 89* (47) Mohsin Khan 2/29 (4 overs) |
* Kolkata Knight Riders won by 8 wickets Eden Gardens, Kolkata Umpires: Vinod Seshan (Ind) and Akshay Totre (Ind) Player of the match: Phil Salt (Kolkata Knight Riders)
* Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field.
* Match 31 16 April 2024 19:30 (N) Scorecard
| (H) Kolkata Knight Riders 223/6 (20 overs) | v | Rajasthan Royals 224/8 (20 overs) |
| Sunil Narine 109 (56) Avesh Khan 2/35 (4 overs) | | Jos Buttler 107* (60) Sunil Narine 2/30 (4 overs) |
* Rajasthan Royals won by 2 wickets Eden Gardens, Kolkata Umpires: Ulhas Gandhe (Ind) and Michael Gough (Eng) Player of the match: Jos Buttler (Rajasthan Royals)
* Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to field.
* Sunil Narine (Kolkata Knight Riders) scored his first century in T20s.
* Rajasthan Royals recorded the joint highest successful run chase in IPL history.
* Match 36 21 April 2024 15:30 (D/N) Scorecard
| (H) Kolkata Knight Riders 222/6 (20 overs) | v | Royal Challengers Bengaluru 221 (20 overs) |
| Shreyas Iyer 50 (36) Cameron Green 2/35 (4 overs) | | Will Jacks 55 (32) Andre Russell 3/25 (3 overs) |
* Kolkata Knight Riders won by 1 run Eden Gardens, Kolkata Umpires: Vinod Seshan (Ind) and Akshay Totre (Ind) Player of the match: Andre Russell (Kolkata Knight Riders)
* Royal Challengers Bengaluru won the toss and elected to field.
* Dinesh Karthik (Royal Challengers Bengaluru) became the 3rd player to play 250 IPL matches.
* Sunil Narine (Kolkata Knight Riders) surpasses Lasith Malinga to become the highest wicket-taker for a single franchise in IPL history with 172 wickets.
* Royal Challengers Bengaluru broke the record of Middlesex for conceding most 200+ scores in T20s (29 times).
* This was 50th win for Kolkata Knight Riders at home in the IPL.
* Match 42 26 April 2024 19:30 (N) Scorecard
| (H) Kolkata Knight Riders 261/6 (20 overs) | v | Punjab Kings 262/2 (18.4 overs) |
| Phil Salt 75 (37) Arshdeep Singh 2/45 (4 overs) | | Jonny Bairstow 108* (48) Sunil Narine 1/24 (4 overs) |
* Punjab Kings won by 8 wickets Eden Gardens, Kolkata Umpires: Yeshwant Barde (Ind) and Anil Chaudhary (Ind) Player of the match: Jonny Bairstow (Punjab Kings)
* Punjab Kings won the toss and elected to field.
* Punjab Kings made the highest successful run-chase in IPL history, thus breaking the record of Rajasthan Royals (223).
* Punjab Kings also made the highest successful run-chase in T20 cricket, thus breaking the record of South Africa (259).
* Match 47 29 April 2024 19:30 (N) Scorecard
| Delhi Capitals 153/9 (20 overs) | v | Kolkata Knight Riders (H) 157/3 (16.3 overs) |
| Kuldeep Yadav 35* (26) Varun Chakravarthy 3/16 (4 overs) | | Phil Salt 68 (33) Axar Patel 2/25 (4 overs) |
* Kolkata Knight Riders won by 7 wickets Eden Gardens, Kolkata Umpires: Tapan Sharma (Ind) and Navdeep Singh (Ind) Player of the match: Varun Chakravarthy (Kolkata Knight Riders)
* Delhi Capitals won the toss and elected to bat.
* Shreyas Iyer (Kolkata Knight Riders) scored his 3,000th run in the IPL.
* Match 51 3 May 2024 19:30 (N) Scorecard
| Kolkata Knight Riders 169 (19.5 overs) | v | Mumbai Indians (H) 145 (18.5 overs) |
| Venkatesh Iyer 70 (52) Jasprit Bumrah 3/18 (3.5 overs) | | Suryakumar Yadav 56 (35) Mitchell Starc 4/33 (3.5 overs) |
* Kolkata Knight Riders won by 24 runs Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai Umpires: Jayaraman Madanagopal (Ind) and Tapan Sharma (Ind) Player of the match: Venkatesh Iyer (Kolkata Knight Riders)
* Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to field.
* Match 54 5 May 2024 19:30 (N) Scorecard
| Kolkata Knight Riders 235/6 (20 overs) | v | Lucknow Super Giants (H) 137 (16.1 overs) |
| Sunil Narine 81 (39) Naveen-ul-Haq 3/49 (4 overs) | | Marcus Stoinis 36 (21) Harshit Rana 3/24 (3.1 overs) |
* Kolkata Knight Riders won by 98 runs BRSABV Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow Umpires: Yeshwant Barde (Ind) and Saidharshan Kumar (Ind) Player of the match: Sunil Narine (Kolkata Knight Riders)
* Lucknow Super Giants won the toss and elected to field.
* Match 60 11 May 2024 19:30 (N) Scorecard
| (H) Kolkata Knight Riders 157/7 (16 overs) | v | Mumbai Indians 139/8 (16 overs) |
| Venkatesh Iyer 42 (21) Piyush Chawla 2/28 (3 overs) | | Ishan Kishan 40 (22) Varun Chakravarthy 2/17 (4 overs) |
* Kolkata Knight Riders won by 18 runs Eden Gardens, Kolkata Umpires: Ulhas Gandhe (Ind) and Vinod Seshan (Ind) Player of the match: Varun Chakravarthy (Kolkata Knight Riders)
* Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to field.
* The match was reduced to 16 overs per side due to rain.
* Kolkata Knight Riders qualified for the playoffs as a result of this match.
* Match 63 13 May 2024 19:30 (N) Scorecard
| (H) Gujarat Titans | v | Kolkata Knight Riders |
* Match abandoned Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad Umpires: Nikhil Patwardhan (Ind) and Navdeep Singh (Ind)
* Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field.
* No play was possible due to rain.
* Kolkata Knight Riders advanced to Qualifier 1 while Gujarat Titans were eliminated from the playoffs as a result of this match.
* Match 70 19 May 2024 19:30 (N) Scorecard
| (H) Rajasthan Royals | v | Kolkata Knight Riders |
* Match abandoned Assam Cricket Association Stadium, Guwahati Umpires: Anil Chaudhary (Ind) and Saidharshan Kumar (Ind)
* Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field.
* No play was possible due to rain.
* Kolkata Knight Riders played its 250th match in the IPL.
* Sunrisers Hyderabad advanced to Qualifier 1 as a result of this match.

## Playoffs
### Bracket

| Qualifier 1vte | Qualifier 1vte | Qualifier 1vte | Qualifier 2 | Qualifier 2 | Qualifier 2 | Final | Final | Final |
| 21 May 2024 – Ahmedabad | 21 May 2024 – Ahmedabad | 21 May 2024 – Ahmedabad | | | | 26 May 2024 – Chennai | 26 May 2024 – Chennai | 26 May 2024 – Chennai |
| 1 | Kolkata Knight Riders | 164/2 (13.4 overs) | | | | Q1W | Kolkata Knight Riders | 114/2 (10.3 overs) |
| 2 | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 159 (19.3 overs) | 24 May 2024 – Chennai | 24 May 2024 – Chennai | 24 May 2024 – Chennai | Q2W | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 113 (18.3 overs) |
| | | | Q1L | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 175/9 (20 overs) | | | |
| Eliminator | Eliminator | Eliminator | EW | Rajasthan Royals | 139/7 (20 overs) | | | |
| 22 May 2024 – Ahmedabad | 22 May 2024 – Ahmedabad | 22 May 2024 – Ahmedabad | | | | | | |
| 3 | Rajasthan Royals | 174/6 (19 overs) | | | | | | |
| 4 | Royal Challengers Bengaluru | 172/8 (20 overs) | | | | | | |

### Qualifier 1

* Qualifier 1 21 May 2024 19:30 (N) Scorecard
| Sunrisers Hyderabad 159 (19.3 overs) | v | Kolkata Knight Riders 164/2 (13.4 overs) |
| Rahul Tripathi 55 (35) Mitchell Starc 3/34 (4 overs) | | Shreyas Iyer 58* (24) T Natarajan 1/22 (3 overs) |
* Kolkata Knight Riders won by 8 wickets Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad Umpires: Anil Chaudhary (Ind) and Rohan Pandit (Ind) Player of the match: Mitchell Starc (Kolkata Knight Riders)
* Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and elected to bat.
* Kolkata Knight Riders qualified for the final for the 4th time in IPL history.

### Final

* Final 26 May 2024 19:30 (N) Scorecard
| Sunrisers Hyderabad 113 (18.3 overs) | v | Kolkata Knight Riders 114/2 (10.3 overs) |
| Pat Cummins 24 (19) Andre Russell 3/19 (2.3 overs) | | Venkatesh Iyer 52* (26) Pat Cummins 1/18 (2 overs) |
* Kolkata Knight Riders won by 8 wickets M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai Umpires: Jayaraman Madanagopal (Ind) and Nitin Menon (Ind) Player of the match: Mitchell Starc (Kolkata Knight Riders)
* Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and elected to bat.
* Shreyas Iyer (Kolkata Knight Riders) became the first captain to lead two different teams to an IPL final, having previously led Delhi Capitals to the final in 2020.
* Sunrisers Hyderabad scored the lowest total in an IPL final.
* Mitchell Starc (Kolkata Knight Riders) took his 50th wicket in the IPL.
* Kolkata Knight Riders won their third title. They became the first team to win the IPL under different captains (2012 and 2014 under Gautam Gambhir and 2024 under Shreyas Iyer). They also set the record for the fastest IPL final chase with 57 balls remaining, equalling the record for the fewest losses in a single tournament.
* Pat Cummins (Sunrisers Hyderabad) set the record for the most runs conceded by a bowler in a season (566), surpassing Tushar Deshpande's record of 564 set in the 2023 IPL.
* This was the shortest-ever final in the IPL history.

## Statistics
### Most runs

| Runs | Player | Innings | Highest score |
| 488 | Sunil Narine | 14 | 109 |
| 435 | Phil Salt | 12 | 89* |
| 370 | Venkatesh Iyer | 13 | 70 |
| 351 | Shreyas Iyer | 14 | 58* |
| 222 | Andre Russell | 9 | 64* |
* Source: ESPNcricinfo

### Most wickets

| Wickets | Player | Matches | Best bowling |
| 21 | Varun Chakravarthy | 14 | 3/16 |
| 19 | Harshit Rana | 11 | 3/24 |
| 19 | Andre Russell | 13 | 3/25 |
| 17 | Sunil Narine | 14 | 2/22 |
| 17 | Mitchell Starc | 13 | 4/33 |
* Source: ESPNcricinfo