# 2022 Kolkata Knight Riders season

The 2022 season was the 15th season for the Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR). They were one of the ten teams that competed in the 2022 Indian Premier League. The franchise qualified for the IPL playoffs for the first time in 2011 and won the tournament in 2012 and 2014. The franchise also qualified for the playoffs in the three consecutive years of 2016, 2017 and 2018 as well as in 2021 when they were runners up.

## Background

The team retained four players from the 2021 season ahead of the 2022 mega-auction.

### Retained

    Andre Russell, Varun Chakaravarthy, Venkatesh Iyer, Sunil Narine

### Acquired during the auction

    Nitish Rana, Pat Cummins, Shreyas Iyer, Shivam Mavi, Sheldon Jackson, Ajinkya Rahane, Rinku Singh, Anukul Roy, Rasikh Dar, Baba Indrajith, Chamika Karunaratne, Abhijeet Tomar, Pratham Singh, Ashok Sharma, Sam Billings, Alex Hales, Tim Southee, Ramesh Kumar, Mohammad Nabi, Umesh Yadav, Aman Khan

## Squad

* Players with international caps are listed in bold.
* Squad strength: 25 (17 - Indian, 8 - overseas)
| No. | Name | Nationality | Birth date | Batting style | Bowling style | Year signed | Salary | Notes |
| Batters |||||||||
| 41 | Shreyas Iyer | India | (1994-12-06) 6 December 1994 (age 29) | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | 2022 | ₹12.25 crore (US$1.5 million) | Captain |
| 3 | Ajinkya Rahane | India | (1988-06-06) 6 June 1988 (age 36) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 2022 | ₹1 crore (US$120,000) | |
| | Alex Hales | England | (1989-01-03) 3 January 1989 (age 35) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 2022 | ₹1.5 crore (US$180,000) | Overseas |
| 5 | Aaron Finch | Australia | (1986-11-17) 17 November 1986 (age 37) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 2022 | ₹1.5 crore (US$180,000) | Overseas Replacement for Alex Hales |
| 35 | Rinku Singh | India | (1997-10-12) 12 October 1997 (age 26) | Left-handed | Right-arm off break | 2022 | ₹55 lakh (US$66,000) | |
| 23 | Aman Hakim Khan | India | (1996-11-23) 23 November 1996 (age 27) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 2022 | ₹20 lakh (US$24,000) | |
| 24 | Abhijeet Tomar | India | (1995-03-14) 14 March 1995 (age 29) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | 2022 | ₹40 lakh (US$48,000) | |
| | Pratham Singh | India | (1992-08-31) 31 August 1992 (age 32) | Left-handed | Right-arm off break | 2022 | ₹20 lakh (US$24,000) | |
| | Baba Indrajith | India | (1994-07-08) 8 July 1994 (age 30) | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | 2022 | ₹20 lakh (US$24,000) | |
| | Ramesh Kumar | India | (1999-01-01) 1 January 1999 (age 25) | Left-handed | Left-arm orthodox | 2022 | ₹20 lakh (US$24,000) | |
| All-rounders |||||||||
| 12 | Andre Russell | West Indies | (1988-04-29) 29 April 1988 (age 36) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | 2014 | ₹12 crore (US$1.4 million) | Overseas |
| 25 | Venkatesh Iyer | India | (1994-12-25) 25 December 1994 (age 29) | Left-handed | Right-arm medium | 2021 | ₹8 crore (US$960,000) | |
| 27 | Nitish Rana | India | (1993-12-27) 27 December 1993 (age 30) | Left-handed | Right-arm off break | 2018 | ₹8 crore (US$960,000) | |
| 6 | Anukul Roy | India | (1998-11-30) 30 November 1998 (age 25) | Left-handed | Left-arm orthodox | 2022 | ₹20 lakh (US$24,000) | |
| 7 | Mohammad Nabi | Afghanistan | (1985-01-01) 1 January 1985 (age 39) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | 2022 | ₹1 crore (US$120,000) | Overseas |
| Wicket-Keepers |||||||||
| 77 | Sam Billings | England | (1991-06-15) 15 June 1991 (age 33) | Right-handed | | 2022 | ₹2 crore (US$240,000) | Overseas |
| 21 | Sheldon Jackson | India | (1986-09-27) 27 September 1986 (age 38) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | 2021 | ₹60 lakh (US$72,000) | |
| Spin bowlers |||||||||
| 29 | Varun Chakravarthy | India | (1991-08-29) 29 August 1991 (age 33) | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | 2020 | ₹8 crore (US$960,000) | |
| 74 | Sunil Narine | West Indies | (1988-05-26) 26 May 1988 (age 36) | Left-handed | Right-arm off break | 2012 | ₹6 crore (US$720,000) | Overseas |
| Pace bowlers |||||||||
| 30 | Pat Cummins | Australia | (1993-05-08) 8 May 1993 (age 31) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast | 2020 | ₹7.25 crore (US$870,000) | Overseas |
| 26 | Shivam Mavi | India | (1998-11-26) 26 November 1998 (age 25) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | 2018 | ₹7.25 crore (US$870,000) | |
| | Chamika Karunaratne | Sri Lanka | (1996-05-29) 29 May 1996 (age 28) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | 2022 | ₹50 lakh (US$60,000) | Overseas |
| 38 | Tim Southee | New Zealand | (1988-12-11) 11 December 1988 (age 35) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | 2022 | ₹1.5 crore (US$180,000) | Overseas |
| 19 | Umesh Yadav | India | (1987-10-25) 25 October 1987 (age 36) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast | 2022 | ₹2 crore (US$240,000) | |
| 4 | Rasikh Salam | India | (2000-04-05) 5 April 2000 (age 24) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 2022 | ₹20 lakh (US$24,000) | |
| 22 | Harshit Rana | India | (2001-12-22) 22 December 2001 (age 22) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 2022 | ₹20 lakh (US$24,000) | |
| | Paras Sharma | India | (2002-06-17) 17 June 2002 (age 22) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 2022 | ₹55 lakh (US$66,000) | |
| Source:KKR Players |||||||||

## Administration and support staff

| Position | Name |
| CEO and Managing Director | Venky Mysore |
| Team manager | Wayne Bentley |
| Head coach | Brendon McCullum |
| Assistant coach | Abhishek Nayar |
| Mentor | David Hussey |
| Bowling coach | Bharat Arun |
| Fielding coach | James Foster |
| Source:KKR Staff ||

## Teams and standings
### Results by match

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
| Teams | CSK | RCB | PBKS | MI | DC | SRH | RR | GT | DC | RR | LSG | MI | SRH | LSG |
| Result | W | L | W | W | L | L | L | L | L | W | L | W | W | L |

### Point table

| Pos | Grp | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
| 1 | B | Gujarat Titans (C) | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 0.316 | Advanced to Qualifier 1 |
| 2 | A | Rajasthan Royals (R) | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 0.298 | Advanced to Qualifier 1 |
| 3 | A | Lucknow Super Giants (4th) | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 0.251 | Advanced to Eliminator |
| 4 | B | Royal Challengers Bangalore (3rd) | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 16 | −0.253 | Advanced to Eliminator |
| 5 | A | Delhi Capitals | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 0.204 | |
| 6 | B | Punjab Kings | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 0.126 | |
| 7 | A | Kolkata Knight Riders | 14 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 12 | 0.146 | |
| 8 | B | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 14 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 12 | −0.379 | |
| 9 | B | Chennai Super Kings | 14 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 8 | −0.203 | |
| 10 | A | Mumbai Indians | 14 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 8 | −0.506 | |

## Fixtures

* Match 1 26 March 2022 19:30 (N) Scorecard
| Chennai Super Kings 131/5 (20 overs) | v | Kolkata Knight Riders 133/4 (18.3 overs) |
| MS Dhoni 50* (38) Umesh Yadav 2/20 (4 overs) | | Ajinkya Rahane 44 (34) Dwayne Bravo 3/20 (4 overs) |
* Kolkata Knight Riders won by 6 wickets Wankhede Stadium,
* Mumbai Umpires: Anil Chaudhary (Ind) and Nitin Menon (Ind) Player of the match: Umesh Yadav (Kolkata Knight Riders)
* Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field.
* Match 6 30 March 2022 19:30 (N) Scorecard
| Kolkata Knight Riders 128 (18.5 overs) | v | Royal Challengers Bangalore 132/7 (19.2 overs) |
| Andre Russell 25 (18) Wanindu Hasaranga 4/20 (4 overs) | | Sherfane Rutherford 28 (40) Tim Southee 3/20 (4 overs) |
* Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 3 wickets DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai Umpires: Jayaraman Madanagopal (Ind) and Navdeep Singh (Ind) Player of the match: Wanindu Hasaranga (Royal Challengers Bangalore)
* Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to field.
* Match 8 1 April 2022 19:30 (N) Scorecard
| Punjab Kings 137 (18.2 overs) | v | Kolkata Knight Riders 141/4 (14.3 overs) |
| Bhanuka Rajapaksa 31 (9) Umesh Yadav 4/23 (4 overs) | | Andre Russell 70* (31) Rahul Chahar 2/13 (4 overs) |
* Kolkata Knight Riders won by 6 wickets Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai Umpires: Anil Chaudhary (Ind) and Saiyed Khalid (Ind) Player of the match: Umesh Yadav (Kolkata Knight Riders)
* Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field.
* Match 14 6 April 2022 19:30 (N) Scorecard
| Mumbai Indians 161/4 (20 overs) | v | Kolkata Knight Riders 162/5 (16 overs) |
| Suryakumar Yadav 52 (36) Pat Cummins 2/49 (4 overs) | | Pat Cummins 56* (15) Murugan Ashwin 2/25 (3 overs) |
* Kolkata Knight Riders won by 5 wickets MCA International Stadium, Pune Umpires: K. N. Ananthapadmanabhan (Ind) and Bruce Oxenford (Aus) Player of the match: Pat Cummins (Kolkata Knight Riders)
* Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field.
* Pat Cummins (Kolkata Knight Riders) scored the joint-fastest half-century in the IPL (14 balls).
* Match 19 10 April 2022 15:30 (D/N) Scorecard
| Delhi Capitals 215/5 (20 overs) | v | Kolkata Knight Riders 171 (19.4 overs) |
| David Warner 61 (45) Sunil Narine 2/21 (4 overs) | | Shreyas Iyer 54 (33) Kuldeep Yadav 4/35 (4 overs) |
* Delhi Capitals won by 44 runs Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai Umpires: Chris Gaffaney (NZ) and Jayaraman Madanagopal (Ind) Player of the match: Kuldeep Yadav (Delhi Capitals)
* Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field.
* Match 25 15 April 2022 19:30 (N) Scorecard
| Kolkata Knight Riders 175/8 (20 overs) | v | Sunrisers Hyderabad 176/3 (17.5 overs) |
| Nitish Rana 54 (36) T. Natarajan 3/37 (4 overs) | | Rahul Tripathi 71 (37) Andre Russell 2/20 (2 overs) |
* Sunrisers Hyderabad won by 7 wickets Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai Umpires: Sadashiv Iyer (Ind) and Virender Sharma (Ind) Player of the match: Rahul Tripathi (Sunrisers Hyderabad)
* Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and elected to field.
* Match 30 18 April 2022 19:30 (N) Scorecard
| Rajasthan Royals 217/5 (20 overs) | v | Kolkata Knight Riders 210 (19.4 overs) |
| Jos Buttler 103 (61) Sunil Narine 2/21 (4 overs) | | Shreyas Iyer 85 (51) Yuzvendra Chahal 5/40 (4 overs) |
* Rajasthan Royals won by 7 runs Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai Umpires: Sadashiv Iyer (Ind) and Virender Sharma (Ind) Player of the match: Yuzvendra Chahal (Rajasthan Royals)
* Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field.
* Yuzvendra Chahal (Rajasthan Royals) took a hat-trick and a five-wicket haul.
* Match 35 23 April 2022 15:30 (D/N) Scorecard
| Gujarat Titans 156/9 (20 overs) | v | Kolkata Knight Riders 148/8 (20 overs) |
| Hardik Pandya 67 (49) Andre Russell 4/5 (1 over) | | Andre Russell 48 (25) Mohammed Shami 2/20 (4 overs) |
* Gujarat Titans won by 8 runs DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai Umpires: Ulhas Gandhe (Ind) and K. N. Ananthapadmanabhan (Ind) Player of the match: Rashid Khan (Gujarat Titans)
* Gujarat Titans won the toss and elected to bat.
* Match 41 28 April 2022 19:30 (N) Scorecard
| Kolkata Knight Riders 146/9 (20 overs) | v | Delhi Capitals 150/6 (19 overs) |
| Nitish Rana 57 (34) Kuldeep Yadav 4/14 (3 overs) | | David Warner 42 (26) Umesh Yadav 3/24 (4 overs) |
* Delhi Capitals won by 4 wickets Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai Umpires: Anil Chaudhary (Ind) and Pashchim Pathak (Ind) Player of the match: Kuldeep Yadav (Delhi Capitals)
* Delhi Capitals won the toss and elected to field.
* Harshit Rana (Kolkata Knight Riders) made his T20 debut.
* Match 47 2 May 2022 19:30 (N) Scorecard
| Rajasthan Royals 152/5 (20 overs) | v | Kolkata Knight Riders 158/3 (19.1 overs) |
| Sanju Samson 54 (49) Tim Southee 2/46 (4 overs) | | Nitish Rana 48* (37) Trent Boult 1/25 (4 overs) |
* Kolkata Knight Riders won by 7 wickets Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai Umpires: Jayaraman Madanagopal (Ind) and Nitin Pandit (Ind) Player of the match: Rinku Singh (Kolkata Knight Riders)
* Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field.
* Match 53 7 May 2022 19:30 (N) Scorecard
| Lucknow Super Giants 176/7 (20 overs) | v | Kolkata Knight Riders 101 (14.3 overs) |
| Quinton de Kock 50 (29) Andre Russell 2/22 (3 overs) | | Andre Russell 45 (19) Avesh Khan 3/19 (3 overs) |
* Lucknow Super Giants won by 75 runs MCA International Stadium, Pune Umpires: Anil Chaudhary (Ind) and Michael Gough (Eng) Player of the match: Avesh Khan (Lucknow Super Giants)
* Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field.
* Match 56 9 May 2022 19:30 (N) Scorecard
| Kolkata Knight Riders 165/9 (20 overs) | v | Mumbai Indians 113 (17.3 overs) |
| Venkatesh Iyer 43 (24) Jasprit Bumrah 5/10 (4 overs) | | Ishan Kishan 51 (43) Pat Cummins 3/22 (4 overs) |
* Kolkata Knight Riders won by 52 runs DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai Umpires: Sadashiv Iyer (Ind) and Bruce Oxenford (Aus) Player of the match: Jasprit Bumrah (Mumbai Indians)
* Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to field.
* Match 61 14 May 2022 19:30 (N) Scorecard
| Kolkata Knight Riders 177/6 (20 overs) | v | Sunrisers Hyderabad 123/8 (20 overs) |
| Andre Russell 49* (28) Umran Malik 3/33 (4 overs) | | Abhishek Sharma 43 (28) Andre Russell 3/22 (4 overs) |
* Kolkata Knight Riders won by 54 runs MCA International Stadium, Pune Umpires: K. N. Ananthapadmanabhan (Ind) and Anil Chaudhary (Ind) Player of the match: Andre Russell (Kolkata Knight Riders)
* Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to bat.
* Match 66 18 May 2022 19:30 (N) Scorecard
| Lucknow Super Giants 210/0 (20 overs) | v | Kolkata Knight Riders 208/8 (20 overs) |
| Quinton de Kock 140* (70) | | Shreyas Iyer 50 (29) Mohsin Khan 3/20 (4 overs) |
* Lucknow Super Giants won by 2 runs DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai Umpires: Yeshwant Barde (Ind) and Rohan Pandit (Ind) Player of the match: Quinton de Kock (Lucknow Super Giants)
* Lucknow Super Giants won the toss and elected to bat.
* Lucknow Super Giants qualified for the playoffs and Kolkata Knight Riders were eliminated as a result of this match.

## Statistics
### Most runs

| No. | Name | Match | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave. | BF | SR | 100s | 50s | 4s | 6s |
| 1 | Shreyas Iyer | 14 | 14 | 1 | 401 | 85 | 30.85 | 298 | 134.56 | 0 | 3 | 41 | 11 |
| 2 | Nitish Rana | 14 | 14 | 1 | 361 | 57 | 27.77 | 251 | 143.82 | 0 | 2 | 29 | 22 |
| 3 | Andre Russell | 14 | 12 | 3 | 335 | 70* | 37.22 | 192 | 174.47 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 32 |
| 4 | Venkatesh Iyer | 12 | 12 | 1 | 182 | 50* | 16.55 | 169 | 107.69 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 7 |
| 5 | Rinku Singh | 7 | 7 | 2 | 174 | 42* | 34.80 | 117 | 148.71 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 7 |
| 6 | Sam Billings | 8 | 8 | 1 | 169 | 36 | 24.14 | 138 | 122.46 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 10 |
| 7 | Ajinkya Rahane | 7 | 7 | 0 | 133 | 44 | 19.00 | 128 | 103.90 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 4 |
| 8 | Aaron Finch | 5 | 5 | 0 | 86 | 58 | 17.20 | 61 | 140.98 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 |
| 9 | Sunil Narine | 14 | 10 | 2 | 71 | 22 | 8.88 | 40 | 177.50 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 10 | Pat Cummins | 5 | 5 | 1 | 63 | 56* | 15.75 | 24 | 262.50 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
* Source: https://www.iplt20.com/stats/

### Most wickets

| No. | Name | Match | Inns | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | BBI | Avg. | Econ. | SR | 4W | 5W |
| 1 | Andre Russell | 14 | 13 | 28.1 | 0 | 278 | 17 | 4/5 | 16.35 | 9.86 | 9.94 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | Umesh Yadav | 12 | 12 | 48.0 | 2 | 339 | 16 | 4/23 | 21.18 | 7.06 | 18.00 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | Tim Southee | 9 | 9 | 35.0 | 0 | 275 | 14 | 3/20 | 19.64 | 7.85 | 15.00 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Sunil Narine | 14 | 14 | 56.0 | 0 | 312 | 9 | 2/21 | 34.66 | 5.57 | 37.33 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Pat Cummins | 5 | 5 | 19.5 | 0 | 212 | 7 | 3/22 | 30.28 | 10.68 | 17.00 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Varun Chakravarthy | 11 | 11 | 39.0 | 0 | 332 | 6 | 1/22 | 55.33 | 8.51 | 39.00 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Shivam Mavi | 6 | 6 | 22.0 | 0 | 227 | 5 | 1/33 | 45.40 | 10.31 | 26.40 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Anukul Roy | 2 | 2 | 7.0 | 0 | 55 | 1 | 1/28 | 55.00 | 7.85 | 42.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Harshit Rana | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 51 | 1 | 1/24 | 51.00 | 10.20 | 30.00 | 0 | 0 |
* Source: https://www.iplt20.com/stats/