Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) is a franchise cricket team based in Kolkata, India, which plays in the Indian Premier League (IPL). They were one of the nine teams that competed in the 2013 IPL. They were captained by Gautam Gambhir. Kolkata Knight Riders finished 7th in the IPL and did not qualify for the Champions League T20.
Background KKR were the defending champions but they had a disappointing IPL season in 2013, as they failed to make the play-offs, losing ten and winning only six out of their sixteen matches. Although the overall performance was disappointing, a few individual performances gained attention, like Sunil Narine who took 22 wickets in 16 matches and Gautam Gambhir who made some good runs. But due to lack of rhythm and perfect combination of players, and bad form of a few players, the KKR could not win a few easy matches and ended up 6/10.
Squad Players with international caps prior to the 2013 season are listed in bold. No.NameNationalityBirth dateBatting StyleBowling StyleNotes Batters05 Gautam Gambhir Left-handed Right-arm leg break Captain07 Paras Dogra Right-handed Right-arm leg break 09 Manoj Tiwary Right-handed Right-arm leg break 16Eoin Morgan Left-handed Right-arm medium Overseas63 Debabrata Das Right-handed Right-arm leg break All-rounders03 Jacques Kallis Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast Vice-captain, Overseas06 Laxmi Ratan Shukla Right-handed Right-arm medium 22 Rajat Bhatia Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 23 Ryan McLaren Left-handed Right-arm medium-fast Overseas27 Ryan ten Doeschate Right-handed Right arm medium-fast Overseas75 Shakib Al Hasan Left-handed Slow left arm orthodox Overseas999 Yusuf Pathan Right-handed Right-arm off break – Sumit Narwal Left-handed Right-arm medium-fast Wicket-keepers24 Brad Haddin Right-handed – Overseas36 Manvinder Bisla Right-handed – 42 Brendon McCullum Right-handed Right-arm medium Overseas Bowlers01 Sarabjit Ladda Right-handed Right-arm leg break 04 James Pattinson Left-handed Right-arm fast-medium Overseas08 Pradeep Sangwan Right-handed Left-arm medium-fast 14 Shami Ahmed Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 18 Sachithra Senanayake Right-handed Right-arm off break Overseas21 Iqbal Abdulla Left-handed Slow left arm orthodox 55 Lakshmipathy Balaji Right-handed Right arm medium-fast 58 Brett Lee Right-handed Right-arm fast Overseas74 Sunil Narine Left-handed Right-arm off break Overseas
Indian Premier League Season standings Kolkata Knight Riders finished 7th in the league stage of IPL 2013.
Match log
No.DateOpponentVenueResultScorecard 1 Delhi Daredevils Kolkata Won by 6 wickets, MoM - Sunil Narine 4/13 2 Rajasthan Royals Jaipur Lost by 19 runs 3 Royal Challengers Bangalore Bengaluru Lost by 8 wickets 4 Sunrisers Hyderabad Kolkata Won by 48 runs, MoM – Gautam Gambhir 53(45)Score Card 5 Kings XI Punjab Mohali Lost by 4 runs 6 Chennai Super Kings Kolkata Lost by 4 wickets 7 Mumbai Indians Kolkata Lost by 5 wickets 8 Kings XI Punjab Kolkata Won by 6 wickets, MoM – Jacques Kallis 2/14 (4 overs) and 44 9 Chennai Super Kings Chennai Lost by 14 runs 38th match: Chennai Super Kings v Kolkata Knight Riders at Chennai, Apr 28, 2013 | Cricket Scorecard. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved on 23 December 2013. 10 Delhi Daredevils Raipur Lost by 7 wickets 44th match: Delhi Daredevils v Kolkata Knight Riders at Raipur, May 1, 2013 | Cricket Scorecard. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved on 23 December 2013. 11 Rajasthan Royals Kolkata Won by 8 wickets; MoM – Yusuf Pathan 49* (35) 12 Mumbai Indians Mumbai Lost by 65 runs 13 Pune Warriors India Pune Won By 46 runs; MoM – Gautam Gambhir 50(44) 14 Royal Challengers Bangalore Ranchi Won By 5 wickets; MoM – Jacques Kallis 2/17 (4 overs) and 41(45) 15 Pune Warriors India Ranchi Lost by 7 runs 16 Sunrisers Hyderabad Hyderabad Lost by 5 wickets Overall record: 6–10. Failed to advance.
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