Kolkata Knight Riders Squad - List of KKR Players in IPL 2022

Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) are a franchise cricket team representing the city of Kolkata in the Indian Premier League. The franchise, which has gained immense popularity due to its association with celebrity owners, qualified for the IPL playoffs for the first time in 2011. They became the IPL champions in 2012, by defeating Chennai Super Kings in the final. They repeated the feat in 2014, defeating Kings XI Punjab.

KKR Players List 2022: Complete Kolkata Knight Riders Squad & Players List for IPL 2022

The first player to be bought by KKR on Sunday was under-pressure India batsman Ajinkya Rahane. Knights picked him up for his base price of Rs. 1 crore. Towards the closing stages of the auction, Knights added Umesh Yadav and a hoard of players to their squad.

KKR IPL 2022 Team

Kolkata Knight Riders Full Squad

IPL Win: 2012, 2014

KKR Captain

Shreyas Iyer (C)

Nitish Rana

Ajinkya Rahane

Rinku Singh

Abhijeet Tomar

Pratham Singh

Sheldon Jackson(WK)

Ramesh Kumar

Baba Indrajith

Varun Chakravarty

Rasikh Dar

Ashok Sharma

Umesh Yadav

Shivam Mavi

Venkatesh Iyer

Anukul Roy

Aman Khan

Sunil Narine

Alex Hales

Sam Billings(WK)

Pat Cummins

Tim Southee

Chamika Karunaratne

Andre Russell

Sunil Narine

Mohammad Nabi

What are the IPL 2022 Retention rules?

The rules of retention for the IPL 2022 mega auction is slightly different from the previous mega auction held ahead of the 2018 edition of IPL, as teams have a purse of INR 90 crores this time, with the option to retain a maximum of three Indian players before the deadline ends on Tuesday.

Following the retention of players by the eight original teams, the two new IPL franchises - Lucknow Super Giants and Gujarat Titans, will have the option to pick three players from the rest of the players, which will include two Indian players and a foreign player. Out of the eight original teams, if a team chooses to retain four players in total, it will head to the auctions with a purse of INR 48 crores. The IPL 2022 player auction is likely to take place in the first week of January, while no official date is confirmed so far.


Kolkata Knight Riders Team IPL 2022 Retained Players

Which players retained by KKR in IPL 2022? Kolkata Knight Riders have spent Rs 42 crore on the retentions ahead of the mega auction, which will be held before the new season. KKR have managed to retain the core that has served them well over the years as the likes of Sunil Narine who was part of their winning teams. Russell is the highest-paid player at INR 12 crore. Venkatesh Iyer and Varun CV have contracts worth INR 8 crore each, whereas Narina has a salary of INR 6 crore.

Following are the details of the KKR Retained Players IPL 2022:

   
Player Role Retained Amount
Andre Russell All-rounder INR 12 Crores
Varun Chakravarty Bowler INR 8 Crores
Venkatesh Iyer All-rounder INR 8 Crores
Sunil Narine All-rounder INR 6 Crores

Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) IPL 2022 Schedule & Fixtures

No.DayDateTimeHome TeamAway TeamVenuResult
1SAT26-Mar-202207:30 PMChennai Super KingsKolkata Knight RidersQueens ParkKolkata Knight Riders won by 6 wkts
6WED30-Mar-202207:30 PMRoyal Challengers BangaloreKolkata Knight RidersRoyal Challengers Bangalore won by 3 wkts
8FRI01-Apr-202207:30 PMKolkata Knight RidersPunjab KingsQueens ParkKolkata Knight Riders won by 6 wkts
14WED06-Apr-202207:30 PMKolkata Knight RidersMumbai IndiansKKR won by 5 wkts
19SUN10-Apr-202203:30 PMKolkata Knight RidersDelhi CapitalsDelhi Capitals won by 44 runs
25FRI15-Apr-202207:30 PMSunrisers HyderabadKolkata Knight RidersSunrisers Hyderabad won by 7 wickets
30MON18-Apr-202207:30 PMRajasthan RoyalsKolkata Knight RidersRajasthan Royals won by 7 runs
35SAT23-Apr-202203:30 PMKolkata Knight RidersGujarat TitansGujrat Titans won by 8 runs
41THU28-Apr-202207:30 PMDelhi CapitalsKolkata Knight RidersQueens ParkDelhi Capitals won by 4 wickets
47MON02-May-202207:30 PMKolkata Knight RidersRajasthan RoyalsQueens ParkKolkata knight riders won by 7 wickets
53SAT07-May-202207:30 PMLucknow Super GiantsKolkata Knight RidersLucknow Supergiants won by 75 runs
56MON09-May-202207:30 PMMumbai IndiansKolkata Knight RidersKolkata win by 52 runs
61SAT14-May-202207:30 PMKolkata Knight RidersSunrisers HyderabadKolkata knight Riders won by 54 runs
66WED18-May-202207:30 PMKolkata Knight RidersLucknow Super GiantsEden GardensLucknow Super Giants won by 2 runs