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.
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.
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![]() KKR IPL 2022 TeamKolkata Knight Riders Full SquadIPL Win: 2012, 2014 |
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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 |
Total Players: 25Overseas Players: 8 |
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.
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.
Player | Role | Retained Amount |
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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 |
No. | Day | Date | Time | Home Team | Away Team | Venu | Result |
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1 | SAT | 26-Mar-2022 | 07:30 PM | Chennai Super Kings | Kolkata Knight Riders | Queens Park | Kolkata Knight Riders won by 6 wkts |
6 | WED | 30-Mar-2022 | 07:30 PM | Royal Challengers Bangalore | Kolkata Knight Riders | Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 3 wkts | |
8 | FRI | 01-Apr-2022 | 07:30 PM | Kolkata Knight Riders | Punjab Kings | Queens Park | Kolkata Knight Riders won by 6 wkts |
14 | WED | 06-Apr-2022 | 07:30 PM | Kolkata Knight Riders | Mumbai Indians | KKR won by 5 wkts | |
19 | SUN | 10-Apr-2022 | 03:30 PM | Kolkata Knight Riders | Delhi Capitals | Delhi Capitals won by 44 runs | |
25 | FRI | 15-Apr-2022 | 07:30 PM | Sunrisers Hyderabad | Kolkata Knight Riders | Sunrisers Hyderabad won by 7 wickets | |
30 | MON | 18-Apr-2022 | 07:30 PM | Rajasthan Royals | Kolkata Knight Riders | Rajasthan Royals won by 7 runs | |
35 | SAT | 23-Apr-2022 | 03:30 PM | Kolkata Knight Riders | Gujarat Titans | Gujrat Titans won by 8 runs | |
41 | THU | 28-Apr-2022 | 07:30 PM | Delhi Capitals | Kolkata Knight Riders | Queens Park | Delhi Capitals won by 4 wickets |
47 | MON | 02-May-2022 | 07:30 PM | Kolkata Knight Riders | Rajasthan Royals | Queens Park | Kolkata knight riders won by 7 wickets |
53 | SAT | 07-May-2022 | 07:30 PM | Lucknow Super Giants | Kolkata Knight Riders | Lucknow Supergiants won by 75 runs | |
56 | MON | 09-May-2022 | 07:30 PM | Mumbai Indians | Kolkata Knight Riders | Kolkata win by 52 runs | |
61 | SAT | 14-May-2022 | 07:30 PM | Kolkata Knight Riders | Sunrisers Hyderabad | Kolkata knight Riders won by 54 runs | |
66 | WED | 18-May-2022 | 07:30 PM | Kolkata Knight Riders | Lucknow Super Giants | Eden Gardens | Lucknow Super Giants won by 2 runs |