Know your IPL Team: Kolkata Knight Riders

Rajneesh Gupta presents statistical summary of Kolkata Knight Riders and much more.

IMAGE: Kolkata Knight Riders players celebrate with the trophy after winning the seventh edition of the IPL. Photograph: BCCI

Captain and coach: Dinesh Karthik and Jacques Kallis

Total players: 21

Number of overseas players: 8

Openers: Chris Lynn, Robin Uthappa

Middle-order batsmen: Shubman Gill, Nitish Rana, Rinku Singh

Wicketkeepers: Dinesh Karthik, Nikhil Naik

Allrounders: Andre Russell, Joe Denly, Shrikant Mundhe, Carlos Brathwaite

Wrist spinners: Piyush Chawla, Kuldeep Yadav

Finger spinners: Sunil Narine, KC Cariappa

Fast bowlers: Prasidh Krishna, Prithvi Raj, Harry Gurney, Anrich Nortje, Lockie Ferguson, Sandeep Warrior

Note: Warrior and Cariappa replaced pace bowling duo of Kamlesh Nagarkoti and Shivam Mavi, who have been ruled out of the tournament because of injury.

Result Summary In Each Edition

Year	Played	Won	Lost	Tied	NR	Win%	W/L Ratio	Position
2008	14	6	7	0	1	46.15	0.85	6th
2009	14	3	9	1	1	23.07	0.33	8th
2010	14	7	7	0	0	50.00	1.00	6th
2011	15	8	7	0	0	53.33	1.14	4th
2012	18	12	5	0	1	70.58	2.40	1st
2013	16	6	10	0	0	37.50	0.60	7th
2014	16	11	4	1	0	68.75	2.75	1st
2015	14	7	6	0	1	53.84	1.16	5th
2016	15	8	7	0	0	53.33	1.14	4th
2017	16	9	7	0	0	56.25	1.28	3rd
2018	16	9	7	0	0	56.25	1.28	3rd

Result Summary vs Each Opponent

Vs	Played	Won	Lost	Tied	NR	Win%	W/L Ratio
Chennai Super Kings	19	7	11	0	1	38.88	0.63
Deccan Chargers	10	7	2	0	1	77.77	3.50
Delhi Daredevils	22	13	8	0	1	61.90	1.62
Gujarat Lions	4	1	3	0	0	25.00	0.33
Kings XI Punjab	23	15	8	0	0	65.21	1.87
Kochi Tuskers Kerala	2	0	2	0	0	0.00	0.00
Mumbai Indians	23	5	18	0	0	21.73	0.27
Pune Warriors	5	4	1	0	0	80.00	4.00
Rajasthan Royals	19	9	7	2	1	50.00	1.28
Rising Pune Supergiant	4	3	1	0	0	75.00	3.00
Royal Challengers Bangalore	22	13	9	0	0	59.09	1.44
Sunrisers Hyderabad	15	9	6	0	0	60.00	1.50

Note: Kolkata Knight Riders’ matches vs Delhi Daredevils (in 2008), Chennai Super Kings (in 2009), Deccan Chargers (in 2012) and Rajasthan Royals (in 2015) were abandoned without a toss (included in the above tally for reference purpose).

In 2009 and 2014 Kolkata Knight Riders lost to Rajasthan Royals in Super Over after a tie

Highest Totals

Score	Overs	Vs	Venue	Year	Result
245-6	20	Kings XI Punjab	Indore	2018	Won
222-3	20	Royal Challengers Bangalore	Bengaluru	2008	Won
204-4	20	Deccan Chargers	Hyderabad	2008	Won
202-6	20	Chennai Super Kings	Chennai	2018	Lost
200-3	20	Kings XI Punjab	Kolkata	2010	Lost
200-7	19.3	Kings XI Punjab	Bengaluru	2014	Won
200-9	20	Delhi Daredevils	Kolkata	2018	Won
195-4	20	Royal Challengers Bangalore	Kolkata	2014	Won
192-5	19.4	Chennai Super Kings	Chennai	2012	Won
191-7	20	Kings XI Punjab	Kolkata	2018	Lost

Lowest Totals

Score	Overs	Vs	Venue	Year	Result
67	15.2	Mumbai Indians	Mumbai WS	2008	Lost
95	15.2	Mumbai Indians	Port Elizabeth	2009	Lost
101	19.4	Deccan Chargers	Cape Town	2009	Lost
105	18.2	Mumbai Indians	Mumbai WS	2013	Lost
107	18.5	Mumbai Indians	Bengaluru	2017	Lost
108	18.1	Mumbai Indians	Kolkata	2018	Lost
109	19.2	Chennai Super Kings	Kolkata	2010	Lost
109	18.2	Kings XI Punjab	Abu Dhabi	2014	Lost
119-9	20	Chennai Super Kings	Kolkata	2013	Lost
123-8	20	Delhi Daredevils	Johannesburg	2009	Lost

Highest Individual Innings

Score	Player	Vs	Venue	Year
158*	BB McCullum	Royal Challengers Bangalore	Bengaluru	2008
94	MK Pandey	Kings XI Punjab	Bengaluru	2014
93*	CA Lynn	Gujarat Lions	Rajkot	2017
93	G Gambhir	Royal Challengers Bangalore	Kolkata	2012
92	M Bisla	Chennai Super Kings	Chennai	2013
91	SC Ganguly	Deccan Chargers	Hyderabad	2008
90*	G Gambhir	Sunrisers Hyderabad	Hyderabad	2016
89	M Bisla	Chennai Super Kings	Chennai	2012
88*	AD Russell	Chennai Super Kings	Chennai	2018
88	SC Ganguly	Deccan Chargers	Kolkata	2010
88	CH Gayle	Kings XI Punjab	Kolkata	2010

Leading Batsmen

Player	Mts	Runs	Avg	SR	100	50
G Gambhir	108	3035	31.61	124.28	0	27
RV Uthappa	74	2157	30.38	139.61	0	15
YK Pathan	106	1893	31.55	138.27	0	7
JH Kallis	56	1295	26.42	106.76	0	7
MK Pandey	55	1270	31.75	125.12	0	6
SC Ganguly	40	1031	28.63	110.50	0	7
MK Tiwary	54	1002	29.47	111.70	0	4
BB McCullum	35	882	27.56	120.65	1	4
CA Lynn	27	869	36.20	142.22	0	6
AD Russell	43	832	28.68	180.08	0	4

Best Bowling

Bowling	Player	Vs	Venue	Year
5-19	SP Narine	Kings XI Punjab	Kolkata	2012
4-11	Shoaib Akhtar	Delhi Daredevils	Kolkata	2008
4-13	SP Narine	Delhi Daredevils	Kolkata	2013
4-15	SP Narine	Mumbai Indians	Mumbai	2012
4-18	L Balaji	Royal Challengers Bangalore	Bengaluru	2012
4-19	AD Mathews	Royal Challengers Bangalore	Kolkata	2010
4-19	SP Narine	Kings XI Punjab	Kolkata	2015
4-20	SP Narine	Mumbai Indians	Abu Dhabi	2014
4-20	SP Narine	Royal Challengers Bangalore	Kolkata	2014
4-20	AD Russell	Kings XI Punjab	Kolkata	2016
4-20	K Yadav	Rajasthan Royals	Kolkata	2018

Leading Bowlers

Player	Mts	Wkts	Avg	RPO	4W
SP Narine	98	112	22.30	6.54	7
PP Chawla	57	56	25.64	8.02	1
UT Yadav	47	48	29.02	8.62	1
AD Russell	43	43	23.76	8.51	1
Shakib Al Hasan	43	43	25.60	7.17	0
JH Kallis	56	42	27.45	7.53	0
Kuldeep Yadav	31	35	24.51	8.22	1
L Balaji	35	33	27.87	7.38	1
M Morkel	29	32	27.18	7.8	0
R Bhatia	46	32	29.09	7.21	0