Kolkata Knight Riders in 2021

Kolkata Knight Riders
	2021 season
Coach	Brendon McCullum
Captain	Eoin Morgan
Ground(s)	Eden Gardens
Tournament performance	Runner up
Most runs	Shubman Gill (478)
Most wickets	Varun Chakravarthy (18)
← 2020	2022 →

The 2021 season was the 14th season for the Indian Premier League franchise Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR). They were one of the eight teams that compete in the 2021 Indian Premier League.^[1] The franchise qualified for the IPL playoffs for the first time in 2011 and won the tournament in 2012 and 2014.^[2]^[3] Post this, the franchise also qualified for the playoffs in the three consecutive years of 2016, 2017 and 2018. It had again qualified in the 2021 season (14th season) for the seventh time.^[4] The team was captained by Eoin Morgan with Brendon McCullum as the new team coach.

Background[]

Player retention and transfers[]

The Kolkata Knight Riders retained 17 players and released six players.^[5]

Retained Players: 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 Players: Chris Green, Harry Gurney, M Siddharth, Nikhil Naik, Siddhesh Lad, Tom Banton

Added Players: Harbhajan Singh, Shakib Al Hasan, Sheldon Jackson, Vaibhav Arora, Venkatesh Iyer, Karun Nair, Ben Cutting

Supportive Players :

Squad[]

Players with international caps are listed in bold.
* denotes a player who is currently unavailable for selection.
* denotes a player who is unavailable for rest of the season.

No.	Name	Birth date	Batting style	Bowling style	Signed year	Salary	Notes
Batsmen
16	Eoin Morgan	(1986-09-10) 10 September 1986 (age 35)	Left-handed	Right-arm medium	2020	₹5.25 crore (US$697,000)	Overseas; Captain
18	Gurkeerat Singh	(1990-06-29) 29 June 1990 (age 31)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2021	₹50 lakh (US$66,000)	Replacement for Rinku Singh^[6]
52	Rahul Tripathi	(1991-03-02) 2 March 1991 (age 30)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast medium	2020	₹60 lakh (US$80,000)
66	Karun Nair	(1991-12-06) 6 December 1991 (age 30)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2021	₹50 lakh (US$66,000)
27	Nitish Rana	(1993-12-27) 27 December 1993 (age 28)	Left-handed	Right-arm off break	2018	₹3.4 crore (US$452,000)
35	Rinku Singh	(1997-10-12) 12 October 1997 (age 24)	Left-handed	Right-arm off break	2018	₹80 lakh (US$106,000)	Unavailable due to knee injury^[7]
77	Shubman Gill	(1999-09-08) 8 September 1999 (age 22)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2018	₹1.8 crore (US$239,000)
All-Rounder
31	Ben Cutting	(1987-01-30) 30 January 1987 (age 35)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	2021	₹75 lakh (US$100,000)	Overseas
75	Shakib Al Hasan	(1987-03-24) 24 March 1987 (age 34)	Left-handed	Left-arm orthodox	2021	₹3.2 crore (US$425,000)	Overseas
12	Andre Russell	(1988-04-29) 29 April 1988 (age 33)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	2018	₹7 crore (US$929,600.00)	Overseas, Injured
15	Pawan Negi	(1993-01-06) 6 January 1993 (age 29)	Left-handed	Left-arm orthodox	2021	₹50 lakh (US$66,000)
25	Venkatesh Iyer	(1994-12-25) 25 December 1994 (age 27)	Left-handed	Right-arm medium	2021	₹20 lakh (US$27,000)
26	Shivam Mavi	(1998-11-26) 26 November 1998 (age 23)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	2018	₹3 crore (US$398,000)
Wicket-Keepers
19	Dinesh Karthik	(1985-06-01) 1 June 1985 (age 36)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2018	₹7.4 crore (US$982,720.00)	Vice-captain
21	Sheldon Jackson	(1986-09-27) 27 September 1986 (age 35)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2021	₹20 lakh (US$27,000)
43	Tim Seifert	(1994-12-14) 14 December 1994 (age 27)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	2020	₹20 lakh (US$27,000)	Overseas
Spin-Bowlers
3	Harbhajan Singh	(1980-07-03) 3 July 1980 (age 41)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2021	₹2 crore (US$270,000)
74	Sunil Narine	(1988-05-26) 26 May 1988 (age 33)	Left-handed	Right-arm off break	2018	₹8.5 crore (US$1.1 million)	Overseas
29	Varun Chakravarthy	(1991-08-29) 29 August 1991 (age 30)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	2020	₹4 crore (US$530,000)
23	Kuldeep Yadav	(1994-12-14) 14 December 1994 (age 27)	Left-handed	Left-arm unorthodox	2018	₹5.8 crore (US$770,000)
Pace Bowlers
63	Sandeep Warrier	(1991-04-04) 4 April 1991 (age 30)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2019	₹20 lakh (US$27,000)
69	Lockie Ferguson	(1991-06-13) 13 June 1991 (age 30)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast	2019	₹1.6 crore (US$210,000)	Overseas
30	Pat Cummins	(1993-05-08) 8 May 1993 (age 28)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast	2020	₹15.5 crore (US$2.1 million)	Overseas, Unavailable due to Personal reasons^[8]
24	Prasidh Krishna	(1996-02-19) 19 February 1996 (age 25)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	2018	₹20 lakh (US$27,000)
14	Vaibhav Arora	(1997-12-14) 14 December 1997 (age 24)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	2021	₹20 lakh (US$27,000)
5	Kamlesh Nagarkoti	(1999-12-28) 28 December 1999 (age 22)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast	2018	₹3.2 crore (US$425,000)
43	Tim Southee	(1988-12-11) 11 December 1988 (age 33)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	2021	₹75 lakh (US$100,000)	Overseas, Replacement for Pat Cummins^[9]
Source:KKR Players

Administration and support staff[]

Position	Name
Owner	Shah Rukh Khan (Red Chillies Entertainment), Jay Mehta (Mehta Group)
CEO and Managing Director	Venky Mysore
Team manager	Wayne Bentley
Head coach	Brendon McCullum
Assistant coach	Abhishek Nayar
Mentor	David Hussey
Bowling coach	Kyle Mills
Assistant bowling coach	Omkar Salvi
Fielding coach	James Foster
Head Physiotherapist	Kamlesh Jain
Assistant physio
Strength and Conditioning coach	Chris Donaldson
Assistant trainer
Performance Analyst	AR Srikanth
Strategic consultant	Nathan Leamon
Source:KKR Staff

Kit manufacturers and sponsors[]

Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor (chest)	Shirt sponsor (back)	Chest Branding
Wrogn Active	MPL	Unacademy	Lux Cozi
Source :kkr.in

T20 uniform

Teams and standings[]

Results by match[]

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
Result	W	L	L	L	L	W	L	W	W	L	W	L	W	W
Position	2	5	6	6	8	5	7	5	4	4	4	4	4	4

Source: Fixtures
W = Win; L = Loss; NR = No Result

League table[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	L	Pts	NRR
1	Delhi Capitals (3rd)	14	10	4	20	0.481
2	Chennai Super Kings (C)	14	9	5	18	0.455
3	Royal Challengers Bangalore (4th)	14	9	5	18	−0.140
4	Kolkata Knight Riders (R)	14	7	7	14	0.587
5	Mumbai Indians	14	7	7	14	0.116
6	Punjab Kings	14	6	8	12	−0.001
7	Rajasthan Royals	14	5	9	10	−0.993
8	Sunrisers Hyderabad	14	3	11	6	−0.545

Source: IPLT20.com
(C) Champion; (R) Runners-up

The four top-ranked teams qualified for the playoffs
- advanced to Qualifier 1
- advanced to the Eliminator

League Stage[]

The full schedule was published on the IPL website on 7 March 2021.^[10]

Matches[]

Match 3
11 April 2021
19:30 (N)
Scorecard

Kolkata Knight Riders 187/6 (20 overs)	v	Sunrisers Hyderabad 177/5 (20 overs)
Nitish Rana 80 (56) Rashid Khan 2/24 (4 overs)		Manish Pandey 61* (44) Prasidh Krishna 2/35 (4 overs)

Kolkata Knight Riders won by 10 runs
M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
Umpires: K. N. Ananthapadmanabhan (Ind) and Nitin Menon (Ind)
Player of the match: Nitish Rana (Kolkata Knight Riders)

Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and elected to field.
This was the 100th win in the IPL for Kolkata Knight Riders.^[11]

Match 5
13 April 2021
19:30 (N)
Scorecard

Mumbai Indians 152 (20 overs)	v	Kolkata Knight Riders 142/7 (20 overs)
Suryakumar Yadav 56 (36) Andre Russell 5/15 (2 overs)		Nitish Rana 57 (47) Rahul Chahar 4/27 (4 overs)

Mumbai Indians won by 10 runs
M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
Umpires: Chris Gaffaney (NZ) and Chettithody Shamshuddin (Ind)
Player of the match: Rahul Chahar (Mumbai Indians)

Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field.

Match 10
18 April 2021
15:30 (D/N)
Scorecard

Royal Challengers Bangalore 204/4 (20 overs)	v	Kolkata Knight Riders 166/8 (20 overs)
Glenn Maxwell 78 (49) Varun Chakravarthy 2/39 (4 overs)		Andre Russell 31 (20) Kyle Jamieson 3/41 (3 overs)

Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 38 runs
M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
Umpires: Nitin Menon (Ind) and Chettithody Shamshuddin (Ind)
Player of the match: AB de Villiers (Royal Challengers Bangalore)

Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to bat.

Match 15
21 April 2021
19:30 (N)
Scorecard

Chennai Super Kings 220/3 (20 overs)	v	Kolkata Knight Riders 202 (19.1 overs)
Faf du Plessis 95* (60) Andre Russell 1/27 (2 overs)		Pat Cummins 66* (34) Deepak Chahar 4/29 (4 overs)

Chennai Super Kings won by 18 runs
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Umpires: Anil Dandekar (Ind) and Paul Reiffel (Aus)
Player of the match: Faf du Plessis (Chennai Super Kings)

Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field.

Match 18
24 April 2021
19:30 (N)
Scorecard

Kolkata Knight Riders 133/9 (20 overs)	v	Rajasthan Royals 134/4 (18.5 overs)
Rahul Tripathi 36 (26) Chris Morris 4/23 (4 overs)		Sanju Samson 42* (41) Varun Chakravarthy 2/32 (4 overs)

Rajasthan Royals won by 6 wickets
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Umpires: Sundaram Ravi (Ind) and Navdeep Singh (Ind)
Player of the match: Chris Morris (Rajasthan Royals)

Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to field.

Match 21
26 April 2021
19:30 (N)
Scorecard

Punjab Kings 123/9 (20 overs)	v	Kolkata Knight Riders 126/5 (16.4 overs)
Mayank Agarwal 31 (34) Prasidh Krishna 3/30 (4 overs)		Eoin Morgan 47* (40) Moises Henriques 1/5 (1 over)

Kolkata Knight Riders won 5 wickets
Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad
Umpires: Yeshwant Barde (Ind) and Paul Reiffel (Aus)
Player of the match: Eoin Morgan (Kolkata Knight Riders)

Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field.

Match 25
29 April 2021
19:30 (N)
Scorecard

Kolkata Knight Riders 154/6 (20 overs)	v	Delhi Capitals 156/3 (16.3 overs)
Andre Russell 45* (27) Lalit Yadav 2/13 (3 overs)		Prithvi Shaw 82 (41) Pat Cummins 3/24 (4 overs)

Delhi Capitals won by 7 wickets
Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad
Umpires: Yeshwant Barde (Ind) and Anil Chaudhary (Ind)
Player of the match: Prithvi Shaw (Delhi Capitals)

Delhi Capitals won the toss and elected to field.

Match 31
20 September 2021
19:30 (N)
Scorecard

Royal Challengers Bangalore 92 (19 overs)	v	Kolkata Knight Riders 94/1 (10 overs)
Devdutt Padikkal 22 (20) Andre Russell 3/9 (3 overs)		Shubman Gill 48 (34) Yuzvendra Chahal 1/23 (2 overs)

Kolkata Knight Riders won by 9 wickets
Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi
Umpires: Chris Gaffaney (NZ) and Sundaram Ravi (Ind)
Player of the match: Varun Chakravarthy (Kolkata Knight Riders)

Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to bat.
Virat Kohli (Royal Challengers Bangalore) became the first player to play 200 matches for a single franchise.^[12]

Match 34
23 September 2021
19:30 (N)
Scorecard

Mumbai Indians 155/6 (20 overs)	v	Kolkata Knight Riders 159/3 (15.1 overs)
Quinton de Kock 55 (42) Lockie Ferguson 2/27 (4 overs)		Rahul Tripathi 74* (42) Jasprit Bumrah 3/43 (4 overs)

Kolkata Knight Riders won by 7 wickets
Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi
Umpires: Sundaram Ravi (Ind) and Virender Sharma (Ind)
Player of the match: Sunil Narine (Kolkata Knight Riders)

Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field.

Match 38
26 September 2021
15:30 (D/N)
Scorecard

Kolkata Knight Riders 171/6 (20 overs)	v	Chennai Super Kings 172/8 (20 overs)
Rahul Tripathi 45 (33) Shardul Thakur 2/20 (4 overs)		Faf du Plessis 43 (30) Sunil Narine 3/41 (4 overs)

Chennai Super Kings won by 2 wickets
Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi
Umpires: Chris Gaffaney (NZ) and Tapan Sharma (Ind)
Player of the match: Ravindra Jadeja (Chennai Super Kings)

Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to bat.

Match 41
28 September 2021
15:30 (D/N)
Scorecard

Delhi Capitals 127/9 (20 overs)	v	Kolkata Knight Riders 130/7 (18.2 overs)
Steve Smith 39 (34) Lockie Ferguson 2/10 (2 overs)		Nitish Rana 36* (27) Avesh Khan 3/13 (3 overs)

Kolkata Knight Riders won by 3 wickets
Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah
Umpires: Saiyed Khalid (Ind) and Nitin Menon (Ind)
Player of the match: Sunil Narine (Kolkata Knight Riders)

Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field.

Match 45
1 October 2021
19:30 (N)
Scorecard

Kolkata Knight Riders 165/7 (20 overs)	v	Punjab Kings 168/5 (19.3 overs)
Venkatesh Iyer 67 (49) Arshdeep Singh 3/32 (4 overs)		KL Rahul 67 (55) Varun Chakravarthy 2/24 (4 overs)

Punjab Kings won by 5 wickets
Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai
Umpires: K. N. Ananthapadmanabhan (Ind) and Richard Illingworth (Eng)
Player of the match: KL Rahul (Punjab Kings)

Punjab Kings won the toss and elected to field.
Delhi Capitals qualified for the playoffs as a result of this match.^[13]

Match 49
3 October 2021
19:30 (N)
Scorecard

Sunrisers Hyderabad 115/8 (20 overs)	v	Kolkata Knight Riders 119/4 (19.4 overs)
Kane Williamson 26 (21) Tim Southee 2/26 (4 overs) Varun Chakravarthy 2/26 (4 overs)		Shubman Gill 57 (51) Jason Holder 2/32 (4 overs)

Kolkata Knight Riders won by 6 wickets
Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai
Umpires: Michael Gough (Eng) and Jayaraman Madanagopal (Ind)
Player of the match: Shubman Gill (Kolkata Knight Riders)

Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and elected to bat.

Match 54
7 October 2021
19:30 (N)
Scorecard

Kolkata Knight Riders 171/4 (20 overs)	v	Rajasthan Royals 85 (16.1 overs)
Shubman Gill 56 (44) Rahul Tewatia 1/11 (1 over)		Rahul Tewatia 44 (36) Shivam Mavi 4/21 (3.1 overs)

Kolkata Knight Riders won by 86 runs
Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah
Umpires: Michael Gough (Eng) and Saiyed Khalid (Ind)
Player of the match: Shivam Mavi (Kolkata Knight Riders)

Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to field.
Punjab Kings and Rajasthan Royals were eliminated as a result of this match.^[14]

Playoffs[]

Eliminator

11 October 2021
19:30 (N)
Scorecard

Royal Challengers Bangalore 138/7 (20 overs)	v	Kolkata Knight Riders 139/6 (19.4 overs)
Virat Kohli 39 (33) Sunil Narine 4/21 (4 overs)		Shubman Gill 29 (18) Yuzvendra Chahal 2/16 (4 overs)

Kolkata Knight Riders won by 4 wickets
Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah
Umpires: Chris Gaffaney (NZ) and Virender Sharma (Ind)
Player of the match: Sunil Narine (Kolkata Knight Riders)

Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to bat.

Qualifier 2

13 October 2021
19:30 (N)
Scorecard

Delhi Capitals 135/5 (20 overs)	v	Kolkata Knight Riders 136/7 (19.5 overs)
Shikhar Dhawan 36 (39) Varun Chakravarthy 2/26 (4 overs)		Venkatesh Iyer 55 (41) Kagiso Rabada 2/23 (4 overs)

Kolkata Knight Riders won by 3 wickets
Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah
Umpires: K. N. Ananthapadmanabhan (Ind) and Michael Gough (Eng)
Player of the match: Venkatesh Iyer (Kolkata Knight Riders)

Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field.

Final

15 October 2021
19:30 (N)
Scorecard

Chennai Super Kings 192/3 (20 overs)	v	Kolkata Knight Riders 165/9 (20 overs)
Faf du Plessis 86 (59) Sunil Narine 2/26 (4 overs)		Shubman Gill 51 (43) Shardul Thakur 3/38 (4 overs)

Chennai Super Kings won by 27 runs
Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai
Umpires: Richard Illingworth (Eng) and Nitin Menon (Ind)
Player of the match: Faf du Plessis (Chennai Super Kings)

Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field.

Statistics[]

Most runs[]

No.	Name	Match	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave.	BF	SR	50s	0s	4s	6s
1	Shubman Gill	17	17	0	478	57	28.11	402	118.90	2	0	39	11
2	Rahul Tripathi	17	16	2	397	74*	28.35	283	140.28	2	0	41	11
3	Nitish Rana	17	16	3	383	80	29.46	314	121.97	2	2	34	17
4	Venkatesh Iyer	10	10	1	370	67	41.11	288	128.47	4	0	37	14
5	Dinesh Karthik	17	15	5	223	40	22.30	170	131.17	0	1	22	7
6	Andre Russell	10	9	2	183	54	26.14	120	152.50	1	0	14	14
7	Eoin Morgan	17	16	4	133	47*	11.08	139	95.68	0	4	8	6
8	Pat Cummins	7	5	2	93	66*	31.00	56	166.07	1	1	5	8
9	Sunil Narine	14	10	2	62	26	7.75	47	113.91	0	3	3	5
10	Shakib Al Hasan	8	6	1	47	26	9.40	48	97.91	0	2	3	1
11	Shivam Mavi	9	2	0	25	20	12.50	20	125.00	0	0	2	2

Last updated: 18 October 2021
Source: ESPN Cricinfo^[15]

Most wickets[]

No.	Name	Match	Inns	Overs	Runs	Wickets	BBI	Avg.	Econ.	SR	4W	5W
1	Varun Chakravarthy	17	17	68.0	448	18	3/13	24.88	6.58	22.66	0	0
2	Sunil Narine	14	14	56.0	361	16	4/21	22.56	6.44	21.0	1	0
3	Lockie Ferguson	8	8	30.0	224	13	3/18	17.23	7.46	13.84	0	0
4	Prasidh Krishna	10	10	38.3	351	12	3/30	29.25	9.11	19.25	0	0
5	Shivam Mavi	9	9	32.1	233	11	4/21	21.18	7.24	17.54	1	0
6	Andre Russell	10	8	19.0	188	11	5/15	17.09	9.89	10.36	0	1
7	Pat Cummins	7	7	26.5	237	9	3/24	26.33	8.83	17.88	0	0
8	Shakib Al Hasan	8	8	26.0	187	4	1/1	46.75	7.19	39.0	0	0
9	Venkatesh Iyer	10	4	8.3	69	3	2/29	20.00	8.11	17.00	0	0
10	Tim Southee	3	3	12.0	95	3	2/26	31.66	7.91	24.00	0	0

Last updated: 10 October 2021
Source: ESPN Cricinfo^[16]

Awards and achievements[]

Awards[]

Man of the Match

League stage

No.	Date	Player	Opponent	Result	Contribution	Ref.
1	11 April 2021	Nitish Rana	Sunrisers Hyderabad	Won by 10 runs	80 (56)	^[17]
2	26 April 2021	Eoin Morgan	Punjab Kings	Won by 5 Wickets	47* (40)	^[18]
3	20 September 2021	Varun Chakravarthy	Royal Challengers Bangalore	Won by 9 Wickets	3/13 (4)	^[19]
4	23 September 2021	Sunil Narine	Mumbai Indians	Won by 7 Wickets	1/20 (4)	^[20]
5	28 September 2021	Sunil Narine	Delhi Capitals	Won by 3 Wickets	2/18 (4) and 21 (10)	^[21]
6	3 October 2021	Shubman Gill	Sunrisers Hyderabad	Won by 6 Wickets	57 (51)	^[22]
7	7 October 2021	Shivam Mavi	Rajasthan Royals	Won by 86 runs	4/21 (4 overs)	^[23]

Playoffs

No.	Date	Playoffs	Player	Opponent	Result	Contribution	Ref.
1	11 October 2021	Eliminator	Sunil Narine	Royal Challengers Bangalore	Won by 4 wickets	4/21 (4 overs) and 26 (15)	^[24]
2	13 October 2021	Qualifier 2	Venkatesh Iyer	Delhi Capitals	Won by 3 wickets	55 (41)	^[25]

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v t 2021 Indian Premier League
Stages	Group Stage Playoffs Final
Teams	Chennai Super Kings Delhi Capitals Kolkata Knight Riders Mumbai Indians Punjab Kings Rajasthan Royals Royal Challengers Bangalore Sunrises Hyderabad
General information	Auction Points Table

v t Kolkata Knight Riders
Lists	Players Records
Home ground	Eden Gardens
Captains	Sourav Ganguly (2008-10) Brendon McCullum (2009) Gautam Gambhir (2011-2017) Dinesh Karthik (2018-present)
Coaches	John Buchanan (2008-09) Dav Whatmore (2010-11) Trevor Bayliss (2012–2015) Jacques Kallis (2016–present)
Honours	2012 Indian Premier League 2014 Indian Premier League
Seasons	2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Affiliated teams	Trinbago Knight Riders