The 2022 season was the 15th season for the Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR). They were one of the ten teams that competed in the 2022 Indian Premier League. The franchise qualified for the IPL playoffs for the first time in 2011 and won the tournament in 2012 and 2014. The franchise also qualified for the playoffs in the three consecutive years of 2016, 2017 and 2018 as well as in 2021 when they were runners up.
Background The team retained four players from the 2021 season ahead of the 2022 mega-auction. Retained Andre Russell, Varun Chakaravarthy, Venkatesh Iyer, Sunil Narine Acquired during the auction Nitish Rana, Pat Cummins, Shreyas Iyer, Shivam Mavi, Sheldon Jackson, Ajinkya Rahane, Rinku Singh, Anukul Roy, Rasikh Dar, Baba Indrajith, Chamika Karunaratne, Abhijeet Tomar, Pratham Singh, Ashok Sharma, Sam Billings, Alex Hales, Tim Southee, Ramesh Kumar, Mohammad Nabi, Umesh Yadav, Aman Khan
Squad Players with international caps are listed in bold. Squad strength: 25 (17 - Indian, 8 - overseas) No. Name Nationality Birth date Batting style Bowling style Year signed Salary NotesBatters3 Ajinkya Rahane Right-handed Right-arm medium 2022 5Aaron FinchRight-handedRight-arm medium 2022 Overseas Replacement for Alex Hales24 Abhijeet Tomar Right-handed Right-arm off break 2022 35 Rinku Singh Left-handed Right-arm off break 2022 41 Shreyas Iyer Right-handed Right-arm leg break 2022 Captain Alex Hales Right-handed Right-arm medium 2022 Overseas Pratham Singh Left-handed Right-arm off break 2022 Baba Indrajith Right-handed Right-arm leg break 2022 Paras Sharma Right-handed Right-arm medium 2022 All-rounders6 Anukul Roy Left-handed Left-arm orthodox 2022 7 Mohammad Nabi Right-handed Right-arm off break 2022 Overseas12 Andre Russell Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium 2014 Overseas23 Aman Hakim Khan Right-handed Right-arm medium 2022 25 Venkatesh Iyer Left-handed Right-arm medium 2021 27 Nitish Rana Left-handed Right-arm off break 2018 Chamika Karunaratne Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium 2022 Overseas Wicket-Keepers21 Sheldon Jackson Right-handed Right-arm off break 2021 77 Sam Billings Right-handed 2022 Overseas Spin bowlers29 Varun Chakravarthy Right-handed Right-arm leg break 2020 74 Sunil Narine Left-handed Right-arm off break 2012 Overseas Ramesh Kumar Left-handed Left-arm orthodox 2022 Pace bowlers4 Rasikh Salam Right-handed Right-arm medium 2022 19 Umesh Yadav Right-handed Right-arm fast 2022 22 Harshit Rana Right-handed Right-arm medium 2022 26 Shivam Mavi Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium 2018 30 Pat Cummins Right-handed Right-arm fast 2020 Overseas38 Tim Southee Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium 2022 Overseas Source: KKR Players
Administration and support staff Position NameCEO and Managing Director Venky MysoreTeam manager Wayne Bentley Head coach Brendon McCullumAssistant coach Abhishek NayarMentor David HusseyBowling coach Bharat ArunFielding coach James Foster Source:KKR Staff
Kit manufacturers and sponsors
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Teams and standings Results by match
Point table
Fixtures
Statistics Most runs No. Name Match Inns NO Runs HS Ave. BF SR 100s 50s 4s 6s 1 Shreyas Iyer 14 14 1 401 85 30.85 401
134.56 0 3 41 11 2 Nitish Rana 14 14 1 361 57 27.77 251 143.82 0 2 29 22 3 Andre Russell 14 12 3 335 70* 37.22 192 174.47 0 1 18 32 4 Venkatesh Iyer 12 12 1 182 50* 16.55 169 107.69 0 1 17 7 5 Rinku Singh 7 7 2 174 42* 34.80 117 148.71 0 0 17 7 6 Sam Billings 8 8 1 169 36 24.14 138 122.46 0 0 9 10 7 Ajinkya Rahane 7 7 0 133 44 19.00 128 103.90 0 0 14 4 8 Aaron Finch 5 5 0 86 58 17.20 61 140.98 0 1 10 3 9 Sunil Narine 14 10 2 71 22 8.88 40 177.50 0 0 6 6 10 Pat Cummins 5 5 1 63 56* 15.75 24 262.50 0 1 5 6 Source: https://www.iplt20.com/stats/
Most wickets No. Name Match Inns Overs Maidens Runs Wickets BBI Avg. Econ. SR 4W 5W 1 Andre Russell 14 13 28.1 0 278 17 4/5 16.35 9.86 9.94 1 0 2 Umesh Yadav 12 12 48.0 2 339 16 4/23 21.18 7.06 18.00 1 0 3 Tim Southee 9 9 35.0 0 275 14 3/20 19.64 7.85 15.00 0 0 4 Sunil Narine 14 14 56.0 0 312 9 2/21 34.66 5.57 37.33 0 0 5 Pat Cummins 5 5 19.5 0 212 7 3/22 30.28 10.68 17.00 0 0 6 Varun Chakravarthy 11 11 39.0 0 332 6 1/22 55.33 8.51 39.00 0 0 6 Shivam Mavi 6 6 22.0 0 227 5 1/33 45.40 10.31 26.40 0 0 8 Anukul Roy 2 2 7.0 0 55 1 1/28 55.00 7.85 42.0 0 0 9 Harshit Rana 2 2 5 0 51 1 1/24 51.00 10.20 30.00 0 0 Source: https://www.iplt20.com/stats/
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