Kolkata Knight Riders will be one of the 10 teams competing this year in the top League of the Cricketing World, Indian Premier League 2024 edition. The winner of IPL trophies in 2012 & 2014 they will surely begin the IPL 17th edition as one of the favorites.
KKR Squad 2024
Kolkata Knight Riders squad has the potential to repeat what happened in 2012 and 2014 when they reached the podium.
Although KKR last won the IPL Trophy 8 years back but their team on paper is surely strong enough to make them a contender Ito feature in IPL winners list once again.
Kolkata Knight Riders Full Squad 2024
Nitish Rana, Rinku Singh, Rahmanullah Gurbaz (Afg), Shreyas Iyer, Jason Roy (Eng), Anukul Roy, Andre Russell (WI), Venkatesh Iyer, Suyash Sharma, Harshit Rana, Sunil Narine (WI), Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakravarthy, KS Bharat, Chetan Sakariya, Mitchell Starc (Aus), Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Ramandeep Singh, Sherfane Rutherford (WI) Manish Pandey, Mujeeb Ur Rahman (Afg), Gus Atkinson (Eng), Sakib Hussain, Dushmantha Chameera(SL) (replacement for Gus Atkinson)
Kolkata Knight Riders Players List
Kolkata Knight Riders Retained Players: Nitish Rana, Rinku Singh, Shreyas Iyer, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Sunil Narine, Jason Roy. Suyash Sharma, Anukul Roy, Andre Russell,Venkatesh Iyer, Harshit Rana, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakravarthy.
KKR Released Players: Shakib Al Hasan, Litton Das, David Wiese, Arya Desai, N Jagadeesan, Mandeep Singh, Kulwant Khejroliya, Shardul Thakur, Lockie Ferguson, Umesh Yadav, Tim Southee, Johnson Charles.
KKR Overseas Players: Rahmanullah Gurbaz (Afg), Jason Roy (Eng), Andre Russell (WI), Sunil Narine (WI), Mitchell Starc (Aus), Sherfane Rutherford (WI), Mujeeb Ur Rahman (Afg), Dushmantha Chameera(SL)
Kolkata Knight Riders Captain
Young Indian batting sensation Shreays Iyer has been appointed as new captain of KKR for IPL 2022 and he will continue to lead the side in 2024 season. He took charge from Eoin Morgan who led the Kolkata franchise 2021.
KKR Coaching and Supporting Staff
Kolkata Knight Riders Head Coach
KKR management has appointed former Indian wicket-keeper and renowned coach in first class cricket Chandrakant Pandit for IPL season 2023. He replaced Former Captain and Opener of KKR, Brendon Mcullum who has taken the job as England’s men coach few months earlier. McCullum took the reins of KKR in 2019.
KKR Assistant Coach
Former Indian ODI cricketer and Mumbai player Abhishik Nayar appointed as Assistant coach of KKR for IPL 2022 edition. Nayar was a useful contributor both with bat and ball for Mumbai at domestic level. He represented Mumbai Indians, Pune and Rajasthan Royals during his IPL career.
Kolkata Knight Riders Bowling Coach
Former Indian bowling coach Bharat Aarun appointed as KKR bowling coach for 2022 IPL edition. He replaced former New Zealand fast bowler Kyle Mills.
KKR Fielding Coach
Former England wicket keeper James Foster who was appointed as fielding coach of KKR last year will continue his role this year as well.
KKR Mentor
Australian all-rounder David Hussey continues to perform the duties of mentor of Kolkata. Hussey is one of the limited over specialist and has represented different teams in various T20 franchise cricket leagues.
| Designation | Name |
| Owner | Shahrukh Khan, Juhi Chawla and Jay Mehta |
| Team Manager | Wayne Bentley |
| Direct of Cricket Operations | Wenky Mysore |
| Head Coach | Chanderkanth Pandit |
| Bowling Coach | Bharat Aarun |
| Mentor | David Hussey (Aus) |
| Fielding Coach | James Foster (Eng) |
| Talent Scouts | AR Srikanth |
Kolkata Knight Riders Home Ground
Kolkata Knight Riders Home Ground is the iconic Eden Gardens Kolkata Stadium. It has hosted many big matches including World Cup finals as well and it is the third biggest Stadium of the world.
