# 2021 Kolkata Knight Riders season

The 2021 season was the 14th season for the Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR). They were one of the eight teams that competed in the 2021 IPL. The franchise won the tournament in 2012 and 2014. The team was captained by Eoin Morgan with Brendon McCullum as the team coach. They finished their 2021 IPL campaign as runners-up.

## Background
### 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

## Squad

* Players with international caps are listed in bold.
| No. | Name | Nationality | Birth date | Batting style | Bowling style | Year signed | Salary | Notes |
| Batsmen |||||||||
| 16 | Eoin Morgan | England | (1986-09-10) 10 September 1986 (age 38) | Left-handed | Right-arm medium | 2020 | ₹5.25 crore (US$629,000) | Overseas; Captain |
| 18 | Gurkeerat Singh | India | (1990-06-29) 29 June 1990 (age 34) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | 2021 | ₹50 lakh (US$60,000) | Replacement for Rinku Singh |
| 52 | Rahul Tripathi | India | (1991-03-02) 2 March 1991 (age 33) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast medium | 2020 | ₹60 lakh (US$72,000) | |
| 66 | Karun Nair | India | (1991-12-06) 6 December 1991 (age 32) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | 2021 | ₹50 lakh (US$60,000) | |
| 27 | Nitish Rana | India | (1993-12-27) 27 December 1993 (age 30) | Left-handed | Right-arm off break | 2018 | ₹3.4 crore (US$407,000) | |
| 35 | Rinku Singh | India | (1997-10-12) 12 October 1997 (age 26) | Left-handed | Right-arm off break | 2018 | ₹80 lakh (US$96,000) | Unavailable due to knee injury |
| 77 | Shubman Gill | India | (1999-09-08) 8 September 1999 (age 25) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | 2018 | ₹1.8 crore (US$216,000) | |
| All-Rounder |||||||||
| 31 | Ben Cutting | Australia | (1987-01-30) 30 January 1987 (age 37) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | 2021 | ₹75 lakh (US$90,000) | Overseas |
| 75 | Shakib Al Hasan | Bangladesh | (1987-03-24) 24 March 1987 (age 37) | Left-handed | Left-arm orthodox | 2021 | ₹3.2 crore (US$383,000) | Overseas |
| 12 | Andre Russell | Jamaica | (1988-04-29) 29 April 1988 (age 36) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | 2018 | ₹7 crore (US$838,732.40) | Overseas, Injured |
| 15 | Pawan Negi | India | (1993-01-06) 6 January 1993 (age 31) | Left-handed | Left-arm orthodox | 2021 | ₹50 lakh (US$60,000) | |
| 25 | Venkatesh Iyer | India | (1994-12-25) 25 December 1994 (age 29) | Left-handed | Right-arm medium | 2021 | ₹20 lakh (US$24,000) | |
| 26 | Shivam Mavi | India | (1998-11-26) 26 November 1998 (age 25) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | 2018 | ₹3 crore (US$359,000) | |
| Wicket-Keepers |||||||||
| 19 | Dinesh Karthik | India | (1985-06-01) 1 June 1985 (age 39) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | 2018 | ₹7.4 crore (US$886,659.90) | Vice-captain |
| 21 | Sheldon Jackson | India | (1986-09-27) 27 September 1986 (age 38) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | 2021 | ₹20 lakh (US$24,000) | |
| 43 | Tim Seifert | New Zealand | (1994-12-14) 14 December 1994 (age 29) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | 2020 | ₹20 lakh (US$24,000) | Overseas |
| Spin-Bowlers |||||||||
| 3 | Harbhajan Singh | India | (1980-07-03) 3 July 1980 (age 44) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | 2021 | ₹2 crore (US$240,000) | |
| 74 | Sunil Narine | Trinidad and Tobago | (1988-05-26) 26 May 1988 (age 36) | Left-handed | Right-arm off break | 2018 | ₹8.5 crore (US$1.0 million) | Overseas |
| 29 | Varun Chakravarthy | India | (1991-08-29) 29 August 1991 (age 33) | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | 2020 | ₹4 crore (US$480,000) | |
| 23 | Kuldeep Yadav | India | (1994-12-14) 14 December 1994 (age 29) | Left-handed | Left-arm unorthodox | 2018 | ₹5.8 crore (US$695,000) | |
| Pace Bowlers |||||||||
| 63 | Sandeep Warrier | India | (1991-04-04) 4 April 1991 (age 33) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2019 | ₹20 lakh (US$24,000) | |
| 69 | Lockie Ferguson | New Zealand | (1991-06-13) 13 June 1991 (age 33) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast | 2019 | ₹1.6 crore (US$190,000) | Overseas |
| 30 | Pat Cummins | Australia | (1993-05-08) 8 May 1993 (age 31) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast | 2020 | ₹15.5 crore (US$1.9 million) | Overseas, Unavailable due to Personal reasons |
| 24 | Prasidh Krishna | India | (1996-02-19) 19 February 1996 (age 28) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | 2018 | ₹20 lakh (US$24,000) | |
| 14 | Vaibhav Arora | India | (1997-12-14) 14 December 1997 (age 26) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | 2021 | ₹20 lakh (US$24,000) | |
| 5 | Kamlesh Nagarkoti | India | (1999-12-28) 28 December 1999 (age 24) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast | 2018 | ₹3.2 crore (US$383,000) | |
| 43 | Tim Southee | New Zealand | (1988-12-11) 11 December 1988 (age 35) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | 2021 | ₹75 lakh (US$90,000) | Overseas, Replacement for Pat Cummins |
| Source: KKR Players |||||||||

## Administration and support staff

| Position | Name |
| Owner | Shah Rukh Khan (Red Chillies Entertainment), Jay Mehta (Mehta Group) |
| CEO and Managing Director | Venky Mysore |
| Team manager | Wayne Bentley |
| Head coach | Brendon McCullum |
| Assistant coach | Abhishek Nayar |
| Mentor | David Hussey |
| Bowling coach | Kyle Mills |
| Fielding coach | James Foster |
| Head Physiotherapist | Kamlesh Jain |
| Strength and Conditioning coach | Chris Donaldson |
| Source: KKR Staff ||

## Teams and standings
### Results by match

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
| Result | W | L | L | L | L | W | L | W | W | L | W | L | W | W |
| Position | 2 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |

### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | |
| 1 | Delhi Capitals (3rd) | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 0.481 | Advanced to Qualifier 1 |
| 2 | Chennai Super Kings (C) | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 0.455 | Advanced to Qualifier 1 |
| 3 | Royal Challengers Bangalore (4th) | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 18 | −0.140 | Advanced to the Eliminator |
| 4 | Kolkata Knight Riders (R) | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 0.587 | Advanced to the Eliminator |
| 5 | Mumbai Indians | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 0.116 | |
| 6 | Punjab Kings | 14 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 12 | −0.001 | |
| 7 | Rajasthan Royals | 14 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 10 | −0.993 | |
| 8 | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 14 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 6 | −0.545 | |

## League stage

The full schedule was published on the IPL website on 7 March 2021.

### Matches

* Match 3 11 April 2021 19:30 (N) Scorecard
| Kolkata Knight Riders 187/6 (20 overs) | v | Sunrisers Hyderabad 177/5 (20 overs) |
| Nitish Rana 80 (56) Rashid Khan 2/24 (4 overs) | | Manish Pandey 61* (44) Prasidh Krishna 2/35 (4 overs) |
* Kolkata Knight Riders won by 10 runs M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai Umpires: K. N. Ananthapadmanabhan (Ind) and Nitin Menon (Ind) Player of the match: Nitish Rana (Kolkata Knight Riders)
* Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and elected to field.
* This was the 100th win in the IPL for Kolkata Knight Riders.
* Match 5 13 April 2021 19:30 (N) Scorecard
| Mumbai Indians 152 (20 overs) | v | Kolkata Knight Riders 142/7 (20 overs) |
| Suryakumar Yadav 56 (36) Andre Russell 5/15 (2 overs) | | Nitish Rana 57 (47) Rahul Chahar 4/27 (4 overs) |
* Mumbai Indians won by 10 runs M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai Umpires: Chris Gaffaney (NZ) and Chettithody Shamshuddin (Ind) Player of the match: Rahul Chahar (Mumbai Indians)
* Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field.
* Match 10 18 April 2021 15:30 (D/N) Scorecard
| Royal Challengers Bangalore 204/4 (20 overs) | v | Kolkata Knight Riders 166/8 (20 overs) |
| Glenn Maxwell 78 (49) Varun Chakravarthy 2/39 (4 overs) | | Andre Russell 31 (20) Kyle Jamieson 3/41 (3 overs) |
* Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 38 runs M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai Umpires: Nitin Menon (Ind) and Chettithody Shamshuddin (Ind) Player of the match: AB de Villiers (Royal Challengers Bangalore)
* Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to bat.
* Match 15 21 April 2021 19:30 (N) Scorecard
| Chennai Super Kings 220/3 (20 overs) | v | Kolkata Knight Riders 202 (19.1 overs) |
| Faf du Plessis 95* (60) Andre Russell 1/27 (2 overs) | | Pat Cummins 66* (34) Deepak Chahar 4/29 (4 overs) |
* Chennai Super Kings won by 18 runs Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai Umpires: Anil Dandekar (Ind) and Paul Reiffel (Aus) Player of the match: Faf du Plessis (Chennai Super Kings)
* Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field.
* Match 18 24 April 2021 19:30 (N) Scorecard
| Kolkata Knight Riders 133/9 (20 overs) | v | Rajasthan Royals 134/4 (18.5 overs) |
| Rahul Tripathi 36 (26) Chris Morris 4/23 (4 overs) | | Sanju Samson 42* (41) Varun Chakravarthy 2/32 (4 overs) |
* Rajasthan Royals won by 6 wickets Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai Umpires: Sundaram Ravi (Ind) and Navdeep Singh (Ind) Player of the match: Chris Morris (Rajasthan Royals)
* Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to field.
* Match 21 26 April 2021 19:30 (N) Scorecard
| Punjab Kings 123/9 (20 overs) | v | Kolkata Knight Riders 126/5 (16.4 overs) |
| Mayank Agarwal 31 (34) Prasidh Krishna 3/30 (4 overs) | | Eoin Morgan 47* (40) Moises Henriques 1/5 (1 over) |
* Kolkata Knight Riders won 5 wickets Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad Umpires: Yeshwant Barde (Ind) and Paul Reiffel (Aus) Player of the match: Eoin Morgan (Kolkata Knight Riders)
* Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field.
* Match 25 29 April 2021 19:30 (N) Scorecard
| Kolkata Knight Riders 154/6 (20 overs) | v | Delhi Capitals 156/3 (16.3 overs) |
| Andre Russell 45* (27) Lalit Yadav 2/13 (3 overs) | | Prithvi Shaw 82 (41) Pat Cummins 3/24 (4 overs) |
* Delhi Capitals won by 7 wickets Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad Umpires: Yeshwant Barde (Ind) and Anil Chaudhary (Ind) Player of the match: Prithvi Shaw (Delhi Capitals)
* Delhi Capitals won the toss and elected to field.
* Match 31 20 September 2021 19:30 (N) Scorecard
| Royal Challengers Bangalore 92 (19 overs) | v | Kolkata Knight Riders 94/1 (10 overs) |
| Devdutt Padikkal 22 (20) Andre Russell 3/9 (3 overs) | | Shubman Gill 48 (34) Yuzvendra Chahal 1/23 (2 overs) |
* Kolkata Knight Riders won by 9 wickets Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi Umpires: Chris Gaffaney (NZ) and Sundaram Ravi (Ind) Player of the match: Varun Chakravarthy (Kolkata Knight Riders)
* 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.
* Match 34 23 September 2021 19:30 (N) Scorecard
| Mumbai Indians 155/6 (20 overs) | v | Kolkata Knight Riders 159/3 (15.1 overs) |
| Quinton de Kock 55 (42) Lockie Ferguson 2/27 (4 overs) | | Rahul Tripathi 74* (42) Jasprit Bumrah 3/43 (4 overs) |
* Kolkata Knight Riders won by 7 wickets Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi Umpires: Sundaram Ravi (Ind) and Virender Sharma (Ind) Player of the match: Sunil Narine (Kolkata Knight Riders)
* Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field.
* Match 38 26 September 2021 15:30 (D/N) Scorecard
| Kolkata Knight Riders 171/6 (20 overs) | v | Chennai Super Kings 172/8 (20 overs) |
| Rahul Tripathi 45 (33) Shardul Thakur 2/20 (4 overs) | | Faf du Plessis 43 (30) Sunil Narine 3/41 (4 overs) |
* Chennai Super Kings won by 2 wickets Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi Umpires: Chris Gaffaney (NZ) and Tapan Sharma (Ind) Player of the match: Ravindra Jadeja (Chennai Super Kings)
* Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to bat.
* Match 41 28 September 2021 15:30 (D/N) Scorecard
| Delhi Capitals 127/9 (20 overs) | v | Kolkata Knight Riders 130/7 (18.2 overs) |
| Steve Smith 39 (34) Lockie Ferguson 2/10 (2 overs) | | Nitish Rana 36* (27) Avesh Khan 3/13 (3 overs) |
* Kolkata Knight Riders won by 3 wickets Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah Umpires: Saiyed Khalid (Ind) and Nitin Menon (Ind) Player of the match: Sunil Narine (Kolkata Knight Riders)
* Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field.
* Match 45 1 October 2021 19:30 (N) Scorecard
| Kolkata Knight Riders 165/7 (20 overs) | v | Punjab Kings 168/5 (19.3 overs) |
| Venkatesh Iyer 67 (49) Arshdeep Singh 3/32 (4 overs) | | KL Rahul 67 (55) Varun Chakravarthy 2/24 (4 overs) |
* Punjab Kings won by 5 wickets Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai Umpires: K. N. Ananthapadmanabhan (Ind) and Richard Illingworth (Eng) Player of the match: KL Rahul (Punjab Kings)
* Punjab Kings won the toss and elected to field.
* Delhi Capitals qualified for the playoffs as a result of this match.
* Match 49 3 October 2021 19:30 (N) Scorecard
| Sunrisers Hyderabad 115/8 (20 overs) | v | Kolkata Knight Riders 119/4 (19.4 overs) |
| Kane Williamson 26 (21) Tim Southee 2/26 (4 overs) Varun Chakravarthy 2/26 (4 overs) | | Shubman Gill 57 (51) Jason Holder 2/32 (4 overs) |
* Kolkata Knight Riders won by 6 wickets Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai Umpires: Michael Gough (Eng) and Jayaraman Madanagopal (Ind) Player of the match: Shubman Gill (Kolkata Knight Riders)
* Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and elected to bat.
* Match 54 7 October 2021 19:30 (N) Scorecard
| Kolkata Knight Riders 171/4 (20 overs) | v | Rajasthan Royals 85 (16.1 overs) |
| Shubman Gill 56 (44) Rahul Tewatia 1/11 (1 over) | | Rahul Tewatia 44 (36) Shivam Mavi 4/21 (3.1 overs) |
* Kolkata Knight Riders won by 86 runs Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah Umpires: Michael Gough (Eng) and Saiyed Khalid (Ind) Player of the match: Shivam Mavi (Kolkata Knight Riders)
* Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to field.
* Punjab Kings and Rajasthan Royals were eliminated as a result of this match.

## Playoffs
### Eliminator

* 11 October 2021 19:30 (N) Scorecard
| Royal Challengers Bangalore 138/7 (20 overs) | v | Kolkata Knight Riders 139/6 (19.4 overs) |
| Virat Kohli 39 (33) Sunil Narine 4/21 (4 overs) | | Shubman Gill 29 (18) Yuzvendra Chahal 2/16 (4 overs) |
* Kolkata Knight Riders won by 4 wickets Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah Umpires: Chris Gaffaney (NZ) and Virender Sharma (Ind) Player of the match: Sunil Narine (Kolkata Knight Riders)
* Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to bat.

### Qualifier 2

* 13 October 2021 19:30 (N) Scorecard
| Delhi Capitals 135/5 (20 overs) | v | Kolkata Knight Riders 136/7 (19.5 overs) |
| Shikhar Dhawan 36 (39) Varun Chakaravarthy 2/26 (4 overs) | | Venkatesh Iyer 55 (41) Kagiso Rabada 2/23 (4 overs) |
* Kolkata Knight Riders won by 3 wickets Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah Umpires: K. N. Ananthapadmanabhan (Ind) and Michael Gough (Eng) Player of the match: Venkatesh Iyer (Kolkata Knight Riders)
* Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field.

### Final

* 15 October 2021 19:30 (N) Scorecard
| Chennai Super Kings 192/3 (20 overs) | v | Kolkata Knight Riders 165/9 (20 overs) |
| Faf du Plessis 86 (59) Sunil Narine 2/26 (4 overs) | | Shubman Gill 51 (43) Shardul Thakur 3/38 (4 overs) |
* Chennai Super Kings won by 27 runs Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai Umpires: Richard Illingworth (Eng) and Nitin Menon (Ind) Player of the match: Faf du Plessis (Chennai Super Kings)
* Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field.

## Statistics
### Most runs

| No. | Name | Match | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave. | BF | SR | 100s | 50s | 0s | 4s | 6s |
| 1 | Shubman Gill | 17 | 17 | 0 | 478 | 94 | 45.11 | 402 | 118.90 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 39 | 11 |
| 2 | Rahul Tripathi | 17 | 16 | 2 | 397 | 74* | 28.35 | 283 | 140.28 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 41 | 11 |
| 3 | Nitish Rana | 17 | 16 | 3 | 383 | 80 | 29.46 | 314 | 121.97 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 34 | 17 |
| 4 | Venkatesh Iyer | 10 | 10 | 1 | 370 | 67 | 41.11 | 288 | 128.47 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 37 | 14 |
| 5 | Dinesh Karthik | 17 | 15 | 5 | 223 | 40 | 22.30 | 170 | 131.17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 7 |
| 6 | Andre Russell | 10 | 9 | 2 | 183 | 54 | 26.14 | 120 | 152.50 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 14 |
| 7 | Eoin Morgan | 17 | 16 | 4 | 133 | 47* | 11.08 | 139 | 95.68 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 6 |
| 8 | Pat Cummins | 7 | 5 | 2 | 93 | 66* | 31.00 | 56 | 166.07 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| 9 | Sunil Narine | 14 | 10 | 2 | 62 | 26 | 7.75 | 47 | 113.91 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 |
| 10 | Shakib Al Hasan | 8 | 6 | 1 | 47 | 26 | 9.40 | 48 | 97.91 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 11 | Shivam Mavi | 9 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 20 | 12.50 | 20 | 125.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
* Source: ESPNcricinfo

### Most wickets

| No. | Name | Match | Inns | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | BBI | Avg. | Econ. | SR | 4W | 5W |
| 1 | Varun Chakravarthy | 17 | 17 | 68.0 | 0 | 448 | 18 | 3/13 | 24.88 | 6.58 | 22.66 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Sunil Narine | 14 | 14 | 56.0 | 0 | 361 | 16 | 4/21 | 22.56 | 6.44 | 21.0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | Lockie Ferguson | 8 | 8 | 30.0 | 0 | 224 | 13 | 3/18 | 17.23 | 7.46 | 13.84 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Prasidh Krishna | 10 | 10 | 38.3 | 0 | 351 | 12 | 3/30 | 29.25 | 9.11 | 19.25 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Shivam Mavi | 9 | 9 | 32.1 | 0 | 233 | 11 | 4/21 | 21.18 | 7.24 | 17.54 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | Andre Russell | 10 | 8 | 19.0 | 0 | 188 | 11 | 5/15 | 17.09 | 9.89 | 10.36 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Pat Cummins | 7 | 7 | 26.5 | 0 | 237 | 9 | 3/24 | 26.33 | 8.83 | 17.88 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Shakib Al Hasan | 8 | 8 | 26.0 | 0 | 187 | 4 | 1/1 | 46.75 | 7.19 | 39.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Venkatesh Iyer | 10 | 4 | 8.3 | 0 | 69 | 3 | 2/29 | 20.00 | 8.11 | 17.00 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Tim Southee | 3 | 3 | 12.0 | 0 | 95 | 3 | 2/26 | 31.66 | 7.91 | 24.00 | 0 | 0 |
* Source: ESPNcricinfo

## Player of the match awards

| No. | Date | Player | Opponent | Result | Contribution |
| 1 | 11 April 2021 | Nitish Rana | Sunrisers Hyderabad | Won by 10 runs | 80 (56) |
| 2 | 26 April 2021 | Eoin Morgan | Punjab Kings | Won by 5 Wickets | 47* (40) |
| 3 | 20 September 2021 | Varun Chakravarthy | Royal Challengers Bangalore | Won by 9 Wickets | 3/13 (4) |
| 4 | 23 September 2021 | Sunil Narine | Mumbai Indians | Won by 7 Wickets | 1/20 (4) |
| 5 | 28 September 2021 | Sunil Narine | Delhi Capitals | Won by 3 Wickets | 2/18 (4) and 21 (10) |
| 6 | 3 October 2021 | Shubman Gill | Sunrisers Hyderabad | Won by 6 Wickets | 57 (51) |
| 7 | 7 October 2021 | Shivam Mavi | Rajasthan Royals | Won by 86 runs | 4/21 (4 overs) |
| 8 | 11 October 2021: Eliminator | Sunil Narine | Royal Challengers Bangalore | Won by 4 wickets | 4/21 (4 overs) and 26 (15) |
| 9 | 13 October 2021: Qualifier 2 | Venkatesh Iyer | Delhi Capitals | Won by 3 wickets | 55 (41) |