- Source: 2021 Kolkata Knight Riders season
The 2021 season was the 14th season for the Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR). They were one of the eight teams that competed in the 2021 IPL. The franchise won the tournament in 2012 and 2014. The team was captained by Eoin Morgan with Brendon McCullum as the team coach. They finished their 2021 IPL campaign as runners-up.
Background
= Player retention and transfers
=The franchise retained 17 players and released six players.
Retained
Eoin Morgan, Andre Russell, Dinesh Karthik, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Kuldeep Yadav, Lockie Ferguson, Nitish Rana, Prasidh Krishna, Rinku Singh, Sandeep Warrier, Shivam Mavi, Shubman Gill, Sunil Narine, Pat Cummins, Rahul Tripathi, Varun Chakravarthy, Tim Seifert
Released
Chris Green, Harry Gurney, M Siddharth, Nikhil Naik, Siddhesh Lad, Tom Banton
Added
Harbhajan Singh, Shakib Al Hasan, Sheldon Jackson, Vaibhav Arora, Venkatesh Iyer, Karun Nair, Ben Cutting
Squad
Players with international caps are listed in bold.
Administration and support staff
Kit manufacturers and sponsors
Teams and standings
= Results by match
== League table
=League stage
The full schedule was published on the IPL website on 7 March 2021.
= Matches
=Playoffs
Eliminator
Qualifier 2
Final
Statistics
= Most runs
=Source: ESPNcricinfo
= Most wickets
=Source: ESPNcricinfo
Player of the match awards
References
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- 2021 Kolkata Knight Riders season
- Kolkata Knight Riders
- 2024 Kolkata Knight Riders season
- 2022 Kolkata Knight Riders season
- 2025 Kolkata Knight Riders season
- 2023 Kolkata Knight Riders season
- 2020 Kolkata Knight Riders season
- Trinbago Knight Riders
- Kolkata Knight Riders–Royal Challengers Bangalore rivalry
- List of Kolkata Knight Riders records
