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 competed in the 2016 Indian Premier League. They were captained by Gautam Gambhir, and had new coaching staff for the season. Jacques Kallis was head coach in the place of Trevor Bayliss, while Wasim Akram became the new bowling coach. The KKR were placed fourth at the end of the season.
Squad Players with international caps before the start of 2016 IPL are listed in bold. No. Name Nationality Birth date Batting style Bowling style Year signed Salary Notes Batsmen1 Manish Pandey Right-handed Right-arm off break 2014 10 Robin Uthappa Right-handed Right-arm medium 2014 Occasional wicket-keeper23 Gautam Gambhir Left-handed Right-arm leg break 2014 Captain50 Chris Lynn Right-handed Slow left-arm orthodox 2014 Overseas82 Colin Munro Left-handed Right-arm medium 2016 Overseas212 Suryakumar Yadav Right-handed Right-arm medium 2014 Vice-captain All-rounders7 Rajagopal Sathish Right-handed Right-arm medium 2016 9 Manan Sharma Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox 2016 12 Andre Russell Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2014 Overseas24 Yusuf Pathan Right-handed Right-arm off break 2014 41 John Hastings Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2016 Overseas75 Shakib Al Hasan Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox 2014 Overseas98 Jason Holder Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2016 Overseas Wicket-keepers27 Sheldon Jackson Right-handed 2015 Bowlers3 Ankit Rajpoot Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2016 18 Kuldeep Yadav Left-handed Left-arm unorthodox spin 2014 19 Umesh Yadav Right-handed Right-arm fast 2014 21 Piyush Chawla Left-handed Right-arm leg break 2014 31 Brad Hogg Left-handed Left-arm unorthodox spin 2015 Overseas32 Shaun Tait Right-handed Right-arm fast 2016 Overseas65 Morne Morkel Left-handed Right-arm fast 2014 Overseas74 Sunil Narine Left-handed Right-arm off break 2014 Overseas77 Jaydev Unadkat Right-handed Left-arm medium-fast 2016
Indian Premier League Season standings
Match log No.DateOpponentVenueResultScorecard 1 Delhi Daredevils Kolkata Won by 9 wickets, MoM - Andre Russell 3/24 (3 Overs) Scorecard 2 Mumbai Indians Kolkata Lost by 6 wickets Scorecard 3 Sunrisers Hyderabad Hyderabad Won by 8 wickets, MoM - Gautam Gambhir 90*(60) Scorecard 4 Kings XI Punjab Mohali Won by 6 wickets, MoM - Robin Uthappa 53(28) Scorecard 5 Rising Pune Supergiant Pune Won by 2 wickets, MoM - Suryakumar Yadav 60(49) Scorecard 6 Mumbai Indians Mumbai Lost by 6 wickets Scorecard 7 Delhi Daredevils Delhi Lost by 27 runs Scorecard 8 Royal Challengers Bangalore Bengaluru Won by 5 wickets, MoM - Andre Russell 39(24) & 1/24 (4 Overs) Scorecard 9 Kings XI Punjab Kolkata Won by 7 runs, MoM - Andre Russell 16(10) & 4/20 (4 Overs) Scorecard 10 Gujarat Lions Kolkata Lost by 5 wickets Scorecard 11 Rising Pune Supergiant Kolkata Won by 8 wickets (D/L), MoM - Yusuf Pathan 37*(18) Scorecard 12 Royal Challengers Bangalore Kolkata Lost by 9 wickets Scorecard 13 Gujarat Lions Kanpur Lost by 6 wickets Scorecard 14 Sunrisers Hyderabad Kolkata Won by 22 runs, MoM - Yusuf Pathan 52*(34) Scorecard Play-offs 15 Sunrisers Hyderabad (Eliminator) Delhi Lost by 22 runs Scorecard Overall record: 8–7. Eliminated in the first stage of the playoffs.
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