2021 Kolkata Knight Riders season
The 2021 season was the 14th season for the Indian Premier League franchise Kolkata Knight Riders. 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.
League stage
The full schedule was published on the IPL website on 7 March 2021.Matches
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Playoffs
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;Qualifier 2
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;Final