Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR)
Owner : Knight Riders Sports Private Ltd
Venue : Eden Gardens
Coach : Brendon McCullum
Captain : Shreyas Iyer
Here’s the 2022 Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) Squad : Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) Squad (Final List)
| Andre Russell | Rasikh Dar |
| Varun Chakravarthy | Baba Indrajith |
| Venkatesh Iyer | Chamika Karunaratne |
| Sunil Narine | Abhijeet Tomar |
| Shreyas Iyer | Pratham Singh |
| Pat Cummins | Ashok Sharma |
| Nitish Rana | Sam Billings |
| Shivam Mavi | Tim Southee |
| Sheldon Jackson | Alex Hales |
| Ajinkya Rahane | Ramesh Kumar |
| Rinku Singh | Mohammad Nabi |
| Anukul Roy | Umesh Yadav |
| Aman Khan |
Coach : Brendon McCullum Captain : Shreyas Iyer
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) Team 2022 IPL Retained Players
Kolkata Knight Riders have also decided to retain four players ahead of the mega auction. The four names of KKR Retained Players list are Andre Russell, Venkatesh Iyer, Varun CV and Sunil Narine.
Russell is the highest-paid player at INR 12 crore. Venkatesh Iyer and Varun CV have contracts worth INR 8 crore each, whereas Narina has a salary of INR 6 crore.
| Player Name | Role | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Andre Russell | All-Rounder | 12 Cr |
| Axar Patel | Bowler | 8 Cr |
| Prithvi Shaw | All-Rounder | 8 Cr |
| Anrich Nortje | All-Rounder | 6 Cr |
No. of Retentions – 4 Players
Remaining Purse of KKR – 48 CR.
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) 2022 Details
Team Sponsors : Kolkata Knight Riders have never had any trouble finding sponsors, thanks to its Bollywood contacts. As of 2021, KKR have sponsorship deals with MPL, Jio, Lux cozi, tv9, Astral Pipes, Colgate, Sampark, Fever 104 FM, kotak, Kingfisher, BKT, iB cricket, Bewakoof.com, Boat, cricfig, Wrogn, Gully, Suditi and The Souled Store.
KKR – Batting Stats |
KKR – Bowling Stats |
| Most Runs: Gautam Gambhir: 3346 runs Most Centuries: Brendon McCullum: 1 Most Fifties: Gautam Gambhir: 30 Fastest Fifty: Yusuf Pathan, Sunil Narine: 15 balls Fastest Century: Brendon McCullum: 53 balls Best Batting Average: Owais Shah: 57.50 Best Strike Rate: KC Cariappa: 300.00 Most Sixes: Andre Russell: 131 Most Fours: Gautam Gambhir: 383 Highest Individual Score: Brendon McCullum: 158* |
Most Wickets: Sunil Narine: 145 wickets Best Economy: John Hastings: 5.55 |
