Kolkata Knight Riders in 2016

Kolkata Knight Riders

2016 season
Coach	Jacques Kallis
Captain	Gautam Gambhir
Ground(s)	Eden Gardens, Kolkata
IPL	4th
Most runs	Gautam Gambhir (501)
Most wickets	Andre Russell (15)
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The Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) are a franchise cricket team based in Kolkata, India, which plays in the Indian Premier League (IPL). They are one of the eight teams that are competing in the 2016 Indian Premier League. They will be captained by Gautam Gambhir, and have new coaching staff for the season. Jacques Kallis is head coach in the place of Trevor Bayliss who is coach for England cricket team, while Simon Katich is the new assistant coach.

Squad

• Players with international caps are listed in bold.
•  *  denotes a player who is currently unavailable for selection.
•  *  denotes a player who is unavailable for rest of the season.

No.	Name	Nationality	Birth date	Batting style	Bowling style	Signed year	Salary	Notes
Batsmen
1	Manish Pandey		(1989-09-10) 10 September 1989	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2014	₹17 million (US$250,000)
10	Robin Uthappa		(1985-09-11) 11 September 1985	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	2014	₹50 million (US$740,000)	Occasional wicketkeeper
23	Gautam Gambhir		(1981-10-14) 14 October 1981	Left-handed	Right-arm leg break	2014	₹100 million (US$1.5 million)	Captain
50	Chris Lynn		(1990-04-10) 10 April 1990	Right-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	2014	₹13 million (US$190,000)	Overseas
82	Colin Munro		(1987-03-11) 11 March 1987	Left-handed	Right-arm medium	2016	₹3 million (US$45,000)	Overseas
212	Suryakumar Yadav		(1990-09-14) 14 September 1990	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	2014	₹7 million (US$100,000)	Vice-captain
All-rounders
7	Rajagopal Sathish		(1981-01-14) 14 January 1981	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	2016	₹2 million (US$30,000)
09	Manan Sharma		(1991-03-19) 19 March 1991	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	2016	₹1 million (US$15,000)
12	Andre Russell		(1988-04-29) 29 April 1988	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	2014	₹6 million (US$89,000)	Overseas
24	Yusuf Pathan		(1982-11-17) 17 November 1982	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2014	₹32.5 million (US$480,000)
41	John Hastings		(1985-11-04) 4 November 1985	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	2016	₹13 million (US$190,000)	Overseas
75	Shakib Al Hasan		(1987-03-24) 24 March 1987	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	2014	₹28 million (US$420,000)	Overseas
98	Jason Holder		(1991-11-05) 5 November 1991	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2016	₹7 million (US$100,000)
Wicket-keepers
27	Sheldon Jackson		(1986-09-27) 27 September 1986	Right-handed		2015	₹1.5 million (US$22,000)
Bowlers
03	Ankit Rajpoot		(1993-12-04) 4 December 1993	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2016	₹15 million (US$220,000)
18	Kuldeep Yadav		(1994-12-14) 14 December 1994	Left-handed	Slow left-arm chinaman	2014	₹4 million (US$59,000)
19	Umesh Yadav		(1987-10-25) 25 October 1987	Right-handed	Right-arm fast	2014	₹26 million (US$390,000)
21	Piyush Chawla		(1988-12-24) 24 December 1988	Left-handed	Right-arm leg break	2014	₹42.5 million (US$630,000)
31	Brad Hogg		(1971-02-06) 6 February 1971	Left-handed	Slow left-arm chinaman	2015	₹5 million (US$74,000)	Overseas
32	Shaun Tait		(1983-02-22) 22 February 1983	Right-handed	Right-arm fast	2016	₹15 million (US$220,000)	Overseas
65	Morne Morkel		(1984-10-06) 6 October 1984	Left-handed	Right-arm fast	2014	₹28 million (US$420,000)	Overseas
74	Sunil Narine		(1988-05-26) 26 May 1988	Left-handed	Right-arm off break	2014	₹80 million (US$1.2 million)	Overseas
77	Jaydev Unadkat		(1992-10-18) 18 October 1992	Right-handed	Left-arm medium-fast	2016	₹16 million (US$240,000)

Indian Premier League

Season standings

Team	Pld	W	L	T	NR	Pts	NRR
(3)	14	9	5	0	0	18	-0.374
Royal Challengers Bangalore (RU)	14	8	6	0	0	16	+0.932
Sunrisers Hyderabad (C)	14	8	6	0	0	16	+0.245
Kolkata Knight Riders (4)	14	8	6	0	0	16	+0.106
Mumbai Indians	14	7	7	0	0	14	-0.146
Delhi Daredevils	14	7	7	0	0	14	-0.155
	14	5	9	0	0	10	+0.015
Kings XI Punjab	14	4	10	0	0	8	-0.646

• The four top ranked teams qualified for the playoffs
•      advanced to Qualifier 1
•      advanced to the Eliminator

Source:

Match log

Kolkata Knight Riders 2016 IPL Fixtures

No.	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorecard link
1	April 10, 2016	Delhi Daredevils	Kolkata	Won by 9 wickets, MoM - Andre Russell 3/24 (3 Overs)	Scorecard
2	April 13, 2016	Mumbai Indians	Kolkata	Lost by 6 wickets	Scorecard
3	April 16, 2016	Sunrisers Hyderabad	Hyderabad	Won by 8 wickets, MoM - Gautam Gambhir 90*(60)	Scorecard
4	April 19, 2016	Kings XI Punjab	Mohali	Won by 6 wickets, MoM - Robin Uthappa 53(28)	Scorecard
5	April 24, 2016		Pune	Won by 2 Wickets, MoM - Suryakumar Yadav 60(49)	Scorecard
6	April 28, 2016	Mumbai Indians	Mumbai	Lost by 6 Wickets	Scorecard
7	April 30, 2016	Delhi Daredevils	Delhi	Lost by 27 Runs	Scorecard
8	May 2, 2016	Royal Challengers Bangalore	Bengaluru	Won by 5 Wickets, MoM - Andre Russell 39(24) & 1/24 (4 Overs)	Scorecard
9	May 4, 2016	Kings XI Punjab	Kolkata	Won by 7 Runs, MoM - Andre Russell 16(10) & 4/20 (4 Overs)	Scorecard
10	May 8, 2016		Kolkata	Lost by 5 Wickets	Scorecard
11	May 14, 2016		Kolkata	Won by 8 Wickets (D/L), MoM - Yusuf Pathan 37*(18)	Scorecard
12	May 16, 2016	Royal Challengers Bangalore	Kolkata	Lost by 9 Wickets	Scorecard
13	May 19, 2016		Kanpur	Lost by 6 Wickets	Scorecard
14	May 22, 2016	Sunrisers Hyderabad	Kolkata	Won by 22 runs, MoM - Yusuf Pathan 52*(34)	Scorecard
Play-offs
15	25 May 2016	Sunrisers Hyderabad (Eliminator)	Delhi	Lost by 22 Runs	Scorecard
Overall record of 8-7 Failed to make Finals, ended 4/8

References