2025 Kolkata Knight Riders season

2025 Indian Premier League cricket team

Kolkata Knight Riders2025 season

Coach| Chandrakant Pandit
Captain| Ajinkya Rahane
Ground(s)| Eden Gardens, Kolkata
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2025 Indian Premier League Teams

Group A

*     * Chennai Super Kings
* Kolkata Knight Riders
* Rajasthan Royals
* Royal Challengers Bengaluru
* Punjab Kings

Group B

*     * Mumbai Indians
* Sunrisers Hyderabad
* Gujarat Titans
* Delhi Capitals
* Lucknow Super Giants

Note: Teams are listed per the playing order.

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The 2025 season is the 18th season for the Indian Premier League franchise Kolkata Knight Riders. They are one of the ten teams competing in the 2025 Indian Premier League. They are the defending champions having won their third title previous season.[1] Ahead of the season, Ajinkya Rahane was announced as the captain. However their season has not gone as expected.

## Pre-season

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Further information: List of 2025 Indian Premier League personnel changes

The 2025 Indian Premier League is the 18th edition of the Indian Premier League, a franchise Twenty20 cricket league held in India, organized by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). The tournament features ten teams competing in 74 matches from 22 March to 25 May 2025 across 13 venues in India.[2]

In September 2024, it was announced that the bowling coach of the Chennai Super Kings, Dwayne Bravo would join Kolkata in a mentorship role replacing Gautam Gambhir.[3] In March 2025, Ottis Gibson joined Kolkata in an assistant coach role replacing Ryan ten Doeschate.[4]

### Player retention

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Franchises were allowed to retain a maximum of six players from their squad,[5][6] including a maximum of five recent international players.[7] Franchises were required to submit their retention lists before 31 October 2024.[8] Kolkata retained six players.[9]

Retained players[9][10] No.  | Player  | Salary

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35 | Rinku Singh | ₹13 crore (US$1.5 million)
29 | Varun Chakravarthy | ₹12 crore (US$1.4 million)
74 | Sunil Narine | ₹12 crore (US$1.4 million)
12 | Andre Russell | ₹12 crore (US$1.4 million)
19 | Ramandeep Singh | ₹4 crore (US$470,000)
22 | Harshit Rana | ₹4 crore (US$470,000)
Released players[9][11] Batters | Wicket-keepers | All-rounders | Fast bowlers | Spin bowlers

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* Angkrish Raghuvanshi
* Manish Pandey
* Nitish Rana
* Shreyas Iyer

* K. S. Bharat
* Phil Salt
* Rahmanullah Gurbaz

* Anukul Roy
* Sherfane Rutherford
* Venkatesh Iyer

* Chetan Sakariya
* Dushmantha Chameera
* Mitchell Starc
* Sakib Hussain
* Vaibhav Arora

* Allah Ghazanfar
* Suyash Sharma

### Auction

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The season's auction took place in November 2024 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.[12] The auction purse for each franchise was set at ₹120 crore (US$14 million), with franchises deducted an amount from the purse for every retained player.[13] Kolkata had a purse remaining of ₹51 crore (US$6.0 million).[14] Franchises who did not retain six players, were allowed Right-to-Match cards at the auction for each player not retained.[15] Kolkata had no card left.[16]

Kolkata bought 15 players in the auction, including ten capped players and six overseas players.[17]

## Squad

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* Players with international caps as of start of 2025 IPL are listed in bold.
* Ages are as of 22 March 2025 (2025-03-22).
* Withdrawn players are indicated by a dagger symbol (†) and placed at the bottom of the table.

Kolkata Knight Riders squad for the 2025 Indian Premier League[18] No. | Name | Nationality | Birth date | Batting style | Bowling style | Year signed | Salary | Notes

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2 | Anrich Nortje |  South Africa |  (1993-11-16)16 November 1993 (aged 31) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast | 2025 | ₹6.5 crore (US$770,000) | Overseas
3 | Ajinkya Rahane |  India |  (1988-06-06)6 June 1988 (aged 36) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 2025 | ₹1.5 crore (US$180,000) | Captain[19]
9 | Manish Pandey |  India |  (1989-09-10)10 September 1989 (aged 35) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 2024 | ₹75 lakh (US$89,000) |
10 | Moeen Ali |  England |  (1987-06-18)18 June 1987 (aged 37) | Left-handed | Right-arm off break | 2025 | ₹2 crore (US$240,000) | Overseas
11 | Mayank Markande |  India |  (1997-11-11)11 November 1997 (aged 27) | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | 2025 | ₹30 lakh (US$35,000) |
12 | Andre Russell |  West Indies |  (1988-04-29)29 April 1988 (aged 36) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | 2014 | ₹12 crore (US$1.4 million) | Overseas
13 | Quinton de Kock |  South Africa |  (1992-12-17)17 December 1992 (aged 32) | Left-handed | — | 2025 | ₹3.6 crore (US$430,000) | Overseas
14 | Vaibhav Arora |  India |  (1997-12-14)14 December 1997 (aged 27) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast medium | 2021 | ₹1.8 crore (US$210,000) |
18 | Angkrish Raghuvanshi |  India |  (2004-06-05)5 June 2004 (aged 20) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | 2024 | ₹3 crore (US$350,000) |
19 | Ramandeep Singh |  India |  (1997-04-13)13 April 1997 (aged 27) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 2024 | ₹4 crore (US$470,000) |
21 | Rahmanullah Gurbaz |  Afghanistan |  (2001-11-28)28 November 2001 (aged 23) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium fast | 2023 | ₹2 crore (US$240,000) | Overseas
22 | Harshit Rana |  India |  (2001-12-22)22 December 2001 (aged 23) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast medium | 2022 | ₹4 crore (US$470,000) |
25 | Venkatesh Iyer |  India |  (1994-12-25)25 December 1994 (aged 30) | Left-handed | Right-arm medium | 2021 | ₹23.75 crore (US$2.8 million) |
29 | Varun Chakravarthy |  India |  (1991-08-29)29 August 1991 (aged 33) | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | 2020 | ₹12 crore (US$1.4 million) |
35 | Rinku Singh |  India |  (1997-10-12)12 October 1997 (aged 27) | Left-handed | Right-arm off break | 2018 | ₹13 crore (US$1.5 million) |
45 | Anukul Roy |  India |  (1998-11-30)30 November 1998 (aged 26) | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | 2022 | ₹40 lakh (US$47,000) |
47 | Spencer Johnson |  Australia |  (1995-12-16)16 December 1995 (aged 29) | Left-handed | Left-arm fast | 2025 | ₹2.8 crore (US$330,000) | Overseas
52 | Rovman Powell |  West Indies |  (1993-07-23)23 July 1993 (aged 31) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 2025 | ₹1.5 crore (US$180,000) | Overseas
55 | Chetan Sakariya |  India |  (1998-02-28)28 February 1998 (aged 27) | Left-handed | Left-arm medium fast | 2025 | ₹75 lakh (US$89,000) | Replacement[a]
73 | Luvnith Sisodia |  India |  (2000-01-15)15 January 2000 (aged 25) | Left-handed | — | 2025 | ₹30 lakh (US$35,000) |
74 | Sunil Narine |  West Indies |  (1988-05-26)26 May 1988 (aged 36) | Left-handed | Right-arm off break | 2012 | ₹12 crore (US$1.4 million) | Overseas
— | Umran Malik† |  India |  (1999-11-22)22 November 1999 (aged 25) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast | 2025 | ₹75 lakh (US$89,000) | Withdrawn[a]

1. ^ a b Chetan Sakariya replaced Umran Malik, after the latter withdrew due to an injury.[20]

## Support staff

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Position | Name

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Head coach | Chandrakant Pandit
Assistant coach | Ottis Gibson
Bowling coach | Bharat Arun
Spin bowling coach | Carl Crowe
Mentor | Dwayne Bravo

* Source: Wisden[21]

## League stage

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### Points table

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Pos | Grp | Team

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1  | B  | Gujarat Titans | 11  | 8  | 3  | 0  | 16  | 0.793  | Advance to  Qualifier 1
2  | A  | Royal Challengers Bengaluru | 11  | 8  | 3  | 0  | 16  | 0.482
3  | A  | Punjab Kings | 12  | 7  | 3  | 2  | 16  | 0.376  | Advance to  Eliminator
4  | B  | Mumbai Indians | 12  | 7  | 5  | 0  | 14  | 1.156
5  | B  | Delhi Capitals | 12  | 6  | 4  | 2  | 14  | 0.362  |
6  | A  | Kolkata Knight Riders | 12  | 5  | 6  | 1  | 11  | 0.193
7  | B  | Lucknow Super Giants | 11  | 5  | 6  | 0  | 10  | −0.469
8  | B  | Sunrisers Hyderabad (E) | 11  | 3  | 7  | 1  | 7  | −1.192
9  | A  | Rajasthan Royals (E) | 12  | 3  | 9  | 0  | 6  | −0.718
10  | A  | Chennai Super Kings (E) | 12  | 3  | 9  | 0  | 6  | −0.992

Updated to match(es) played on 8 May 2025. Source: ESPNcricinfo[22]
(E) Eliminated

### League progression

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League progression  Team  | Group matches  | Playoffs

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1  | 2  | 3  | 4  | 5  | 6  | 7  | 8  | 9  | 10  | 11  | 12  | 13  | 14  | Q1/E | Q2 | F
Kolkata Knight Riders | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 11 |  |  |  |  |
Win  | Loss  | No result

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* Note: The total points at the end of each group match are listed.
* Note: Click on the points (group matches) or W/L (playoffs) to see the match summary.

### Fixtures

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All times are in Indian Standard Time (UTC+05:30)

Match 1
22 March 2025 (2025-03-22)
19:30 (N)
Scorecard

Kolkata Knight Riders (H)
174/8 (20 overs)

Royal Challengers Bengaluru
177/3 (16.2 overs)

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Ajinkya Rahane 56 (31)
Krunal Pandya 3/29 (4 overs)

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Virat Kohli 59* (36)
Sunil Narine 1/27 (4 overs)

Royal Challengers Bengaluru won by 7 wickets
Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Umpires: Abhijeet Bengeri (Ind) and Vinod Seshan (Ind)
Player of the match: Krunal Pandya (Royal Challengers Bengaluru)

* Royal Challengers Bengaluru won the toss and elected to field.

* * *

Match 6
26 March 2025 (2025-03-26)
19:30 (N)
Scorecard

Rajasthan Royals (H)
151/9 (20 overs)

Kolkata Knight Riders
153/2 (17.3 overs)

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Dhruv Jurel 33 (28)
Varun Chakravarthy 2/17 (4 overs)

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Quinton de Kock 97* (61)
Wanindu Hasaranga 1/34 (3 overs)

Kolkata Knight Riders won by 8 wickets
ACA Cricket Stadium, Guwahati
Umpires: Rohan Pandit (Ind) and Akshay Totre (Ind)
Player of the match: Quinton de Kock (Kolkata Knight Riders)

* Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field.

* * *

Match 12
31 March 2025 (2025-03-31)
19:30 (N)
Scorecard

Kolkata Knight Riders
116 (16.2 overs)

Mumbai Indians (H)
121/2 (12.5 overs)

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Angkrish Raghuvanshi 26 (16)
Ashwani Kumar 4/24 (3 overs)

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Ryan Rickelton 62* (41)
Andre Russell 2/35 (2.5 overs)

Mumbai Indians won by 8 wickets
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Umpires: Saiyed Khalid (Ind) and Saidharshan Kumar (Ind)
Player of the match: Ashwani Kumar (Mumbai Indians)

* Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to field.
* Ashwani Kumar (Mumbai Indians) made his IPL debut.[23]

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Match 15
3 April 2025 (2025-04-03)
19:30 (N)
Scorecard

Kolkata Knight Riders (H)
200/6 (20 overs)

Sunrisers Hyderabad
120 (16.4 overs)

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Venkatesh Iyer 60 (29)
Kamindu Mendis 1/4 (1 over)

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Heinrich Klaasen 33 (21)
Varun Chakravarthy 3/22 (4 overs)

Kolkata Knight Riders won by 80 runs
Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Umpires: Adrian Holdstock (SA) and Akshay Totre (Ind)
Player of the match: Vaibhav Arora (Kolkata Knight Riders)

* Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and elected to field.
* Kamindu Mendis (Sunrisers Hyderabad) made his IPL debut.

* * *

Match 21
8 April 2025 (2025-04-08)
15:30 (D/N)
Scorecard

Lucknow Super Giants
238/3 (20 overs)

Kolkata Knight Riders (H)
234/7 (20 overs)

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Nicholas Pooran 87* (36)
Harshit Rana 2/51 (4 overs)

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Ajinkya Rahane 61 (35)
Shardul Thakur 2/52 (4 overs)

Lucknow Super Giants won by 4 runs
Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Umpires: Adrian Holdstock (SA) and Akshay Totre (Ind)
Player of the match: Nicholas Pooran (Lucknow Super Giants)

* Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field.
* This match was originally scheduled for 6 April but was rescheduled to 8 April.[24]

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Match 25
11 April 2025 (2025-04-11)
19:30 (N)
Scorecard

Chennai Super Kings (H)
103/9 (20 overs)

Kolkata Knight Riders
107/2 (10.1 overs)

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Shivam Dube 31* (29)
Sunil Narine 3/13 (4 overs)

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Sunil Narine 44 (18)
Noor Ahmad 1/8 (2 overs)

Kolkata Knight Riders won by 8 wickets
M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
Umpires: Chris Gaffaney (NZ) and Parashar Joshi (Ind)
Player of the match: Sunil Narine (Kolkata Knight Riders)

* Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field.

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Match 31
15 April 2025 (2025-04-15)
19:30 (N)
Scorecard

Punjab Kings (H)
111 (15.3 overs)

Kolkata Knight Riders
95 (15.1 overs)

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Prabhsimran Singh 30 (15)
Harshit Rana 3/25 (3 overs)

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Angkrish Raghuvanshi 37 (28)
Yuzvendra Chahal 4/28 (4 overs)

Punjab Kings won by 16 runs
Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium, Mullanpur
Umpires: Mohit Krishnadas (Ind) and Saidharshan Kumar (Ind)
Player of the match: Yuzvendra Chahal (Punjab Kings)

* Punjab Kings won the toss and elected to bat.
* Xavier Bartlett and Josh Inglis (Punjab Kings) made their IPL debuts.[25][26]

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Match 39
21 April 2025 (2025-04-21)
19:30 (N)
Scorecard

Gujarat Titans
198/3 (20 overs)

Kolkata Knight Riders (H)
159/8 (20 overs)

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Shubman Gill 90 (55)
Andre Russell 1/13 (1 over)

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Ajinkya Rahane 50 (36)
Prasidh Krishna 2/25 (4 overs)
Rashid Khan 2/25 (4 overs)

Gujarat Titans won by 39 runs
Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Umpires: Rohan Pandit (Ind) and Anish Sahasrabudhe (Ind)
Player of the match: Shubman Gill (Gujarat Titans)

* Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field.

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Match 44
26 April 2025 (2025-04-26)
19:30 (N)
Scorecard

Punjab Kings
201/4 (20 overs)

Kolkata Knight Riders (H)
7/0 (1 over)

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Prabhsimran Singh 83 (49)
Vaibhav Arora 2/34 (4 overs)

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Sunil Narine 4* (3)

No result
Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Umpires: Adrian Holdstock (SA) and Anish Sahasrabudhe (Ind)

* Punjab Kings won the toss and elected to bat.
* No further play was possible due to rain.

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Match 48
29 April 2025 (2025-04-29)
19:30 (N)
Scorecard

Kolkata Knight Riders
204/9 (20 overs)

Delhi Capitals (H)
190/9 (20 overs)

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Angkrish Raghuvanshi 44 (32)
Mitchell Starc 3/43 (4 overs)

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Faf du Plessis 62 (45)
Sunil Narine 3/29 (4 overs)

Kolkata Knight Riders won by 14 runs
Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi
Umpires: Mohit Krishnadas (Ind) and Saidharshan Kumar (Ind)
Player of the match: Sunil Narine (Kolkata Knight Riders)

* Delhi Capitals won the toss and elected to field.

* * *

Match 53
4 May 2025 (2025-05-04)
15:30 (D/N)
Scorecard

Kolkata Knight Riders (H)
206/4 (20 overs)

Rajasthan Royals
205/8 (20 overs)

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Andre Russell 57* (25)
Riyan Parag 1/21 (3 overs)

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Riyan Parag 95 (45)
Varun Chakravarthy 2/32 (4 overs)

Kolkata Knight Riders won by 1 run
Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Umpires: Rohan Pandit (Ind) and Anish Sahasrabudhe (Ind)
Player of the match: Andre Russell (Kolkata Knight Riders)

* Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to bat.

* * *

Match 57
7 May 2025 (2025-05-07)
19:30 (N)
Scorecard

Kolkata Knight Riders (H)
179/6 (20 overs)

Chennai Super Kings
183/8 (19.4 overs)

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Ajinkya Rahane 48 (33)
Noor Ahmad 4/31 (4 overs)

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Dewald Brevis 52 (25)
Vaibhav Arora 3/48 (3 overs)

Chennai Super Kings won by 2 wickets
Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Umpires: Adrian Holdstock (SA) and Anish Sahasrabudhe (Ind)
Player of the match: Noor Ahmad (Chennai Super Kings)

* Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to bat.
* Urvil Patel (Chennai Super Kings) made his IPL debut.

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Match 60

Scorecard

Sunrisers Hyderabad (H)

Kolkata Knight Riders

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Umpires: Michael Gough (Eng) and Kannur Swaroopanand (Ind)

* * *

Match 68

Scorecard

Royal Challengers Bengaluru (H)

Kolkata Knight Riders

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Umpires: K. N. Ananthapadmanabhan (Ind) and Nitin Menon (Ind)

## Statistics

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As of 4 May 2025
Most runs[27] Runs | Player

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327  | Ajinkya Rahane
285  | Angkrish Raghuvanshi
189  | Sunil Narine
188  | Rinku Singh
143  | Quinton de Kock
142  | Venkatesh Iyer
Most wickets[28] Wickets | Player

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15  | Varun Chakravarthy
13  | Vaibhav Arora
13  | Harshit Rana
10  | Sunil Narine
8  | Andre Russell

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## External links

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* Official website
* Kolkata Knight Riders on IPLT20 website
* 2025 Indian Premier League at ESPNcricinfo

* v
* t
* e

Kolkata Knight Riders

* Players
* Records

Home grounds|

* Eden Gardens (2008–present)
* JSCA Stadium, Ranchi (2013)
* Barabati Stadium

Captains|

* Sourav Ganguly (2008–10)
* Brendon McCullum† (2009)
* Gautam Gambhir (2011–17)
* Jacques Kallis† (2011)
* Dinesh Karthik (2018–20)
* Eoin Morgan (2020–21)
* Shreyas Iyer (2022; 2024)
* Sunil Narine (2023)
* Ajinkya Rahane (2025–present)

Coaches|

* John Buchanan (2008–09)
* Dav Whatmore (2010–11)
* Trevor Bayliss (2012–15)
* Jacques Kallis (2016–19)
* Brendon McCullum (2020–22)
* Chandrakant Pandit (2023–present)

Honours|

IPL
2012
2014
2024

Seasons|

* 2008
* 2009
* 2010
* 2011
* 2012
* 2013
* 2014
* 2015
* 2016
* 2017
* 2018
* 2019
* 2020
* 2021
* 2022
* 2023
* 2024
* 2025

Rivalries|

* Mumbai Indians
* Royal Challengers Bengaluru

See also|

* Abu Dhabi Knight Riders
* Los Angeles Knight Riders
* Trinbago Knight Riders
* CPL
* WCPL

† denotes a stand-in captain

* v
* t
* e

Kolkata Knight Riders - current squad

* 2 Nortje
* 3 Rahane (c)
* 9 Pandey
* 10 Moeen
* 11 Markande
* 12 Russell
* 13 de Kock (wk)
* 14 Arora
* 18 Raghuvanshi
* 19 Ramandeep
* 21 Gurbaz (wk)
* 22 Harshit
* 25 Venkatesh
* 29 Chakravarthy
* 35 Rinku
* 45 Roy
* 47 Johnson
* 52 Powell
* 55 Sakariya
* 73 Sisodia (wk)
* 74 Narine
* – ~~Malik~~

* Head coach: Chandrakant Pandit
* Assistant coach: Ottis Gibson
* Bowling coach: Bharat Arun
* Spin bowling coach: Carl Crowe

* v
* t
* e

2025 Indian Premier League

* Indian Premier League
* Board of Control for Cricket in India

Stages|

* League Stage
* Playoffs
* Final

Teams|

Group A
Chennai Super Kings
Kolkata Knight Riders
Rajasthan Royals
Royal Challengers Bengaluru
Punjab Kings

Group B
Mumbai Indians
Sunrisers Hyderabad
Gujarat Titans
Delhi Capitals
Lucknow Super Giants

* Auction
* Points table
* Squads

*[Pos]: Position
*[Grp]: Group
*[v]: View this template
*[t]: Discuss this template
*[e]: Edit this template
*[Pld]: Played
*[W]: Won
*[L]: Lost
*[NR]: No result
*[Pts]: Points
*[NRR]: Net run rate
*[Q1/E]: Qualifier 1 or Eliminator
*[Q2]: Qualifier 2
*[F]: Final