KKR Team 2023 Matches, Fixtures, Players List, Captain, Retained Players

KKR Team 2023 Matches, Fixtures, Players List, Captain, and Retained Players list can be checked from the official website. Kolkata Knight Rider (KKR), owned by actors Shah Rukh Khan, Juhi Chawla, and Chawla’s spouse Jay Mehta represents the Kolkata city of West Bengal in the IPL tournament. KKR is one of three teams who have won multiple IPL championships.

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KKR Team 2023
KKR Team List 2023
KKR Team Players 2023
Captain of the KKR team
Retained Players of KKR team
Schedule of the matches to be played by the KKR team:

KKR Team 2023

The franchise has gained immense popularity due to ownership by famous Bollywood personalities. One of the most well-liked teams in the competition, the franchise was acquired in 2008 for approximately US$75.09 million (roughly Rs 262.5 crore). KKR has been part of the IPL tournament since its launch season in 2008. They had held the IPL trophy in 2012 and 2014 and had also ended as runners-up in IPL 2021 season.

Under Gautam Gambhir, KKR made their first playoff appearance in 2011. Along with Jacques Kallis, Yusuf Pathan emerged as a crucial player for the team. Sunil Narine and Robin Uthappa were recent additions that helped KKR win their first championship in 2012. They repeated as champions in 2014, the first year they included Andre Russell in their lineup. The following three years held a lot of potentials, but they fell short of helping KKR win another championship, and Gambhir was let go before the 2018 auction.

KKR team

KKR Team List 2023

The two-time IPL champions could not perform well during the previous season. Out of 14 games played during the league stage, the team led by Shreyas Iyer won six and lost eight. With 12 points, they came in at the seventh spot in the points standings.

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Position	Name
Owner	Shah Rukh Khan, Jay Mehta, Juhi Chawla
CEO	Venky Mysore
Team Manager	Wayne Bentley
Brand	Red Chillies Entertainment
Head coach	Chandrakant Pandit
Assistant coach	James Foster
Mentor	David Hussey
Home ground	Eden Gardens, Kolkata

KKR Team Players 2023

KKR added eight players to their roster at the December 2022 IPL 2023 auction. With a price tag of Rs. 1.5 crores, Shakib Al Hasan was their most expensive player. Additionally, David Wiese was purchased by the squad for Rs. 1 crore. There are 11 open positions for KKR, including three positions abroad. They will need to approach their auction with extreme caution. They only have one crore remaining, but they might need eleven players.

Name of the player	Country	Age	Role in the team	Price
Anukul Roy	India	24 yrs	All-Rounder	20 lakh
Nitish Rana	India	28 yrs	Batsmen	8 crore
Venkatesh Iyer	India	27 yrs	All-Rounder	8 Crore
Andre Russell	West Indies	34 yrs	All-Rounder	12 Crore
Shreyas Iyer	India	28 yrs	Batsmen	12.25 crore
Umesh Yadav	India	35 yrs	Bowler	2 crore
Tim Southee	New Zealand	34 yrs	Bowler	1.5 crore
Harshit Rana	India	21 yrs	Bowler	20 lakh
Varun Chakravarthy	India	31 yrs	Bowler	8 Crore
Sunil Narine	West Indies	34 yrs	All-Rounder	6 Crore
Rinku Singh	India	25 yrs	Batsmen	55 lakh
Mandeep Singh	India	31 yrs	Batsmen	50 lakh
Shardul Thakur	India	31 yrs	Bowler	10.75 Crore
Lockie Ferguson	New Zealand	31 yrs	Bowler	10 Crore
Rahmanullah Gurbaz	Afghanistan	21 yrs	Batter/ Wicket-keeper	50 lakh
Vaibhav Arora	India	25 yrs	Bowler	60 lakh
N Jagadeesan	India	26 yrs	Batter	90 lakh
David Wiese	Namibia	37 yrs	All-Rounder	1 crore
Kulwant Khejroliya	India	30 yrs	Bowler	20 lakh
Litton Das	Bangladesh	28 yrs	Wicket-keeper	50 lakh
Suyash Sharma	India	19 yrs	Bowler	20 lakh
Shakib Al Hasan	Bangladesh	35 yrs	All-Rounder	1.5 crore

Captain of the KKR team

In IPL 2023, Shreyas Iyer will lead the Kolkata Knight Riders. Last year, he assumed the team’s captainship. Shreyas Iyer will lead the Kolkata Knight Riders following the conclusion of the IPL auction from the previous season (KKR). In the franchise’s auction, Shreyas Iyer was purchased by the Men in Purple club for Rs 12.25 crore. Shreyas Iyer rose to prominence as one of the most well-known players after being acquired at a high price at the auction.

He was brought in to help the Kolkata Knight Riders win more championships (KKR). Sourav Ganguly, from 2008 to 2010, Brendon McCullum, and from 2011 to 2017 were the team’s previous captains. From 2018 through 2020, Gautam Gambhir In 2020–21, Dinesh Karthik Morgan and Eoin. The vice-captain of the Kolkata knight rider’s team is Andre Russell.

Retained Players of KKR team

The list of players retained by the KKR team is as follows:

Shreyas Iyer

Sunil Narine

Rinku Singh

Varun Chakraborty

Gurbaj

Andre Russell

Lockie Ferguson

Umesh Yadav

Nitish Rana

Anukul Roy

Venkatesh Iyer

Shardul Thakur

Harshit Rana

Tim Southee

Schedule of the matches to be played by the KKR team:

S No.	Date	Time	Home ground	Possible Venues
1	01-Apr-23	3: 30 pm	PBKS vs KKR	PCA Stadium, Mohali
2	06-Apr-23	7: 30 pm	KKR vs RCB	Eden Gardens, Kolkata
3	09-Apr-23	3: 30 pm	GT vs KKR	Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahemdabad
4	14-Apr-23	7: 30 pm	KKR vs SRH	Eden Gardens, Kolkata
5	16-Apr-23	3: 30 pm	MI vs KKR	Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai/ D Y Patil Sports Stadium in Mumbai
6	20-Apr-23	7: 30 pm	DC vs KKR	Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi
7	23-Apr-23	7: 30 pm	KKR vs CSK	Eden Gardens, Kolkata
8	26-Apr-23	7: 30 pm	RCB vs KKR	M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru
9	29-Apr-23	3: 30 pm	KKRvs GT	Eden Gardens, Kolkata
10	04-May-23	7: 30 pm	SRH vs KKR	Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Hyderabad
11	08-May-23	7: 30 pm	KKR vs PBKS	Eden Gardens, Kolkata
12	11-May-23	7: 30 pm	KKR vs RR	Eden Gardens, Kolkata
13	14-May-23	7: 30 pm	CSK vs KKR	Chepauk Stadium, Chennai
14	20-May-23	7: 30 pm	KKR vs LSG	Eden Gardens, Kolkata
15	TBD	7: 30 pm	QUALIFIER 1 ELIMINATOR QUALIFIER 2 FINAL	To be decided
16	TBD	7: 30 pm		To be decided
17	TBD	7: 30 pm		To be decided
18	28-May-23	7: 30 pm		Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad or Eden Gardens Cricket Ground in Kolkata.