2026 Kolkata Knight Riders season

Kolkata Knight Riders
2026 season
Eden Gardens in 2023
Eden Gardens, home ground of Kolkata Knight Riders
CoachAbhishek Nayar
CaptainAjinkya Rahane
Ground(s)Eden Gardens, Kolkata
League stage7th place
Most runsAngkrish Raghuvanshi (422)[1]
Most wicketsKartik Tyagi (18)[2]
Most catchesRinku Singh (10)[3]
Most wicket-keeping dismissalsAngkrish Raghuvanshi (4)[4]
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The 2026 season was Kolkata Knight Riders' nineteenth appearance in the Indian Premier League (IPL). They were one of the ten cricket teams that competed in the 2026 IPL. The team was captained by Ajinkya Rahane and coached by Abhishek Nayar.

Kolkata Knight Riders were one of the last teams to be eliminated from the 2026 IPL and finished the season in seventh place with six wins from 14 matches. Angkrish Raghuvanshi scored the most runs (422) while Kartik Tyagi took the most wickets (18) for Kolkata in the 2026 season.

Pre-season

The 2026 Indian Premier League was the 19th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL), a professional Twenty20 (T20) cricket league held in India, organised by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).[5] Kolkata Knight Riders had won the IPL title three times.[6] The team finished in eighth place in the previous season.[7] The tournament featured ten teams competing in 74 matches from 28 March to 31 May 2026.[8][9][10] Kolkata played all their home matches at Eden Gardens.[11]

Player retention

Franchises were allowed to retain any number of players from their squad,[12] including traded players while excluding players signed as temporary replacements.[13] Franchises were required to submit their retention lists before 15 November 2025.[14] Kolkata retained twelve players, including captain Ajinkya Rahane.[15][16][17] Kolkata also traded Mayank Markande to Mumbai Indians.[18]

Retained players[15][16][17]
DomesticOverseas
Released players[19][17][20]
BattersWicket-keepersAll-roundersBowlers
  1. ↑ Andre Russell announced his retirement from IPL in November 2025.[21]
  2. ↑ Kolkata Knight Riders traded Mayank Markande to Mumbai Indians.[18]

Auction

The season's auction took place on 16 December 2025 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.[22] The auction purse for each franchise was set at ₹125 crore (US$13 million),[15] with franchises being deducted an amount from the purse for every retained player.[12][23] Kolkata had a purse remaining of ₹64.3 crore (US$6.7 million).[24] Kolkata bought thirteen players in the auction, including eight capped players and six overseas players.[25][26]

Auctioned players[25][26]
DomesticOverseas
CappedUncappedCappedUncapped
N/a

Squad

  • Players with international caps as of start of 2026 IPL are listed in bold.
  • Ages are as of 28 March 2026.
  • Withdrawn players are indicated by a dagger symbol (†) and placed at the bottom of the table.
Kolkata Knight Riders squad for the 2026 Indian Premier League[27][16][25]
S/NNameNationalityBirth dateBatting styleBowling styleSalaryNotes
3Ajinkya Rahane India6 June 1988 (aged 37)Right-handedRight-arm medium₹1.5 crore (US$160,000)Captain
4Sarthak Ranjan India25 September 1996 (aged 29)Right-handedRight-arm leg-break₹30 lakh (US$31,000)
8Rachin Ravindra New Zealand18 November 1999 (aged 26)Left-handedLeft-arm orthodox₹2 crore (US$210,000)Overseas
9Manish Pandey India10 September 1989 (aged 36)Right-handedRight-arm medium₹75 lakh (US$78,000)
14Vaibhav Arora India14 December 1997 (aged 28)Right-handedRight-arm fast-medium₹1.8 crore (US$190,000)
16Finn Allen New Zealand22 April 1999 (aged 26)Right-handedRight-arm off-break₹2 crore (US$210,000)Overseas
18Angkrish Raghuvanshi India5 June 2004 (aged 21)Right-handedRight-arm off-break₹3 crore (US$310,000)
19Ramandeep Singh India13 April 1997 (aged 28)Right-handedRight-arm medium₹4 crore (US$420,000)
21Tejasvi Singh India18 April 2002 (aged 23)Right-handedN/a₹3 crore (US$310,000)
23Navdeep Saini India23 November 1992 (aged 33)Right-handedRight-arm fast₹75 lakh (US$78,000)Replacement[a]
24Umran Malik India22 November 1999 (aged 26)Right-handedRight-arm fast₹75 lakh (US$78,000)
26Kartik Tyagi India8 November 2000 (aged 25)Right-handedRight-arm fast-medium₹30 lakh (US$31,000)
28Rahul Tripathi India2 March 1991 (aged 35)Right-handedRight-arm medium₹75 lakh (US$78,000)
29Varun Chakravarthy India29 August 1991 (aged 34)Right-handedRight-arm leg-break₹12 crore (US$1.2 million)
33Saurabh Dubey India23 January 1998 (aged 28)Right-handedLeft-arm fast-medium₹30 lakh (US$31,000)Replacement[b]
35Rinku Singh India12 October 1997 (aged 28)Left-handedRight-arm off-break₹13 crore (US$1.3 million)
40Blessing Muzarabani Zimbabwe2 October 1996 (aged 29)Right-handedRight-arm fast-medium₹75 lakh (US$78,000)Overseas; replacement[c]
42Cameron Green Australia3 June 1999 (aged 26)Right-handedRight-arm fast-medium₹25.2 crore (US$2.6 million)Overseas
43Tim Seifert New Zealand14 December 1994 (aged 31)Right-handedN/a₹1.5 crore (US$160,000)Overseas
45Anukul Roy India30 November 1998 (aged 27)Left-handedLeft-arm orthodox₹40 lakh (US$42,000)
52Rovman Powell West Indies23 July 1993 (aged 32)Right-handedRight-arm medium₹1.5 crore (US$160,000)Overseas
63Daksh Kamra India9 January 2003 (aged 23)Right-handedRight-arm leg-break₹30 lakh (US$31,000)
74Sunil Narine West Indies26 May 1988 (aged 37)Left-handedRight-arm off-break₹12 crore (US$1.2 million)Overseas
N/aLuvnith Sisodia India15 January 2000 (aged 26)Left-handedLeft-arm medium₹30 lakh (US$31,000)Replacement[d]
N/aPrashant Solanki India22 February 2000 (aged 26)Right-handedRight-arm leg-break₹30 lakh (US$31,000)
22Harshit Rana † India22 December 2001 (aged 24)Right-handedRight-arm fast-medium₹4 crore (US$420,000)Withdrawn[a]
81Matheesha Pathirana † Sri Lanka18 December 2002 (aged 23)Right-handedRight-arm fast₹18 crore (US$1.9 million)Overseas; withdrawn[d]
N/aAkash Deep † India15 December 1996 (aged 29)Right-handedRight-arm fast-medium₹1 crore (US$100,000)Withdrawn[b]
N/aMustafizur Rahman † Bangladesh6 September 1995 (aged 30)Right-handedRight-arm fast-medium₹9.2 crore (US$960,000)Overseas; withdrawn[c]
  1. 1 2 Navdeep Saini replaced Harshit Rana, after the latter withdrew due to knee injury.[28]
  2. 1 2 Saurabh Dubey replaced Akash Deep, after the latter withdrew due to lower-back injury.[30]
  3. 1 2 Blessing Muzarabani replaced Mustafizur Rahman, after the latter was released per the BCCI request.[31][32]
  4. 1 2 Luvnith Sisodia replaced Matheesha Pathirana, after the latter withdrew due to hamstring injury.[29]

Support staff

Abhishek Nayar replaced Chandrakant Pandit as the head coach[33][34] while Shane Watson replaced Ottis Gibson as an assistant coach[35] and Tim Southee replaced Bharat Arun and Carl Crowe as bowling coach.[36][37] Dishant Yagnik also joined the squad as a fielding coach.[38]

PositionName
Head coachAbhishek Nayar
Assistant coachShane Watson
Bowling coachTim Southee
Fielding coachDishant Yagnik
MentorDwayne Bravo

League stage

Kolkata Knight Riders began their season with two losses to Mumbai[40] and Sunrisers Hyderabad.[41] Their third match against Punjab Kings was abandoned due to rain.[42] They lost their next three matches to Lucknow Super Giants,[43] Chennai Super Kings[44] and Gujarat Titans.[45] This was the first time Kolkata did not win any of their opening matches in a season.[46] The won their next four matches against Rajasthan Royals,[47] Lucknow,[48] Hyderabad[49] and Delhi Capitals;[50] lost to Royal Challengers Bengaluru[51] and won against Gujarat[52] and Mumbai.[53] They lost their last game of the season to Delhi[54] to finish the league stage at the seventh place with thirteen points and were eliminated.[55]

Points table

League stage standings
Pos Grp Team Pld W L NR Pts NRR Qualification
1 A Royal Challengers Bengaluru (C) 14 9 5 0 18 0.783 Advanced to Qualifier 1
2 B Gujarat Titans (R) 14 9 5 0 18 0.695
3 B Sunrisers Hyderabad (4th) 14 9 5 0 18 0.524 Advanced to Eliminator
4 A Rajasthan Royals (3rd) 14 8 6 0 16 0.189
5 A Punjab Kings 14 7 6 1 15 0.309 Eliminated
6 B Delhi Capitals 14 7 7 0 14 −0.651
7 A Kolkata Knight Riders 14 6 7 1 13 −0.147
8 A Chennai Super Kings 14 6 8 0 12 −0.345
9 B Mumbai Indians 14 4 10 0 8 −0.584
10 B Lucknow Super Giants 14 4 10 0 8 −0.740
Source: ESPNcricinfo[55]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Wins; 3) Net run rate; 4) Wickets taken per fair deliveries; 5) drawing lots[56]
(C) Champions; (R) Runners-up

League progression

League progression[55]
Team Group matches Playoffs
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Q1/E Q2 F
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Win Loss No result
  • Note: The total points at the end of each group match are listed.
  • Note: Click on the points (group matches) or W/L (playoffs) to see the match summary.

Fixtures

Match 2
29 March 2026 (2026-03-29)
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Kolkata Knight Riders
220/4 (20 overs)
v
Mumbai Indians (H)
224/4 (19.1 overs)
Ajinkya Rahane 67 (40)
Shardul Thakur 3/39 (4 overs)
Ryan Rickelton 81 (43)
Sunil Narine 1/30 (3 overs)
Mumbai Indians won by 6 wickets
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Umpires: Saidarshan Kumar (Ind) and Anish Sahasrabudhe (Ind)
Player of the match: Shardul Thakur (Mumbai Indians)
  • Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to field.
  • Mumbai Indians became the first franchise to play in 300 T20 matches.[57]
  • Allah Ghazanfar (Mumbai Indians), Finn Allen and Blessing Muzarabani (Kolkata Knight Riders) all made their IPL debuts.[58][59][60]
  • Ajinkya Rahane (Kolkata Knight Riders) played in his 200th IPL match.[61]
  • This was Mumbai Indians' highest successful run chase in the IPL.[62]
  • For the first time since the 2012 season, Mumbai Indians won their opening match.[63]
Match 6
2 April 2026 (2026-04-02)
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Sunrisers Hyderabad
226/8 (20 overs)
v
Kolkata Knight Riders (H)
161 (16 overs)
Heinrich Klaasen 52 (35)
Blessing Muzarabani 4/41 (4 overs)
Angkrish Raghuvanshi 52 (29)
Jaydev Unadkat 3/21 (3 overs)
Sunrisers Hyderabad won by 65 runs
Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Umpires: Vinod Seshan (Ind) and Saidarshan Kumar (Ind)
Player of the match: Nitish Kumar Reddy (Sunrisers Hyderabad)
  • Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field.
  • Abhishek Sharma became the first Indian player and overall second player to hit 100 sixes for Sunrisers Hyderabad.[64]
Match 12
6 April 2026 (2026-04-06)
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Kolkata Knight Riders (H)
25/2 (3.4 overs)
v
Ajinkya Rahane 8* (6)
Xavier Bartlett 2/9 (1.4 overs)
No result
Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Umpires: Abhijeet Bengeri (Ind) and Jayaraman Madanagopal (Ind)
  • Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to bat.
  • No further play was possible due to rain.
Match 15
9 April 2026 (2026-04-09)
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Kolkata Knight Riders (H)
181/4 (20 overs)
v
Lucknow Super Giants
182/7 (20 overs)
Angkrish Raghuvanshi 45 (33)
Digvesh Rathi 1/25 (4 overs)
Mukul Choudhary 54* (27)
Anukul Roy 2/32 (4 overs)
Lucknow Super Giants won by 3 wickets
Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Umpires: Adrian Holdstock (SA) and Akshay Totre (Ind)
Player of the match: Mukul Choudhary (Lucknow Super Giants)
  • Lucknow Super Giants won the toss and elected to field.
Match 22
14 April 2026 (2026-04-14)
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Chennai Super Kings (H)
192/5 (20 overs)
v
Kolkata Knight Riders
160/7 (20 overs)
Sanju Samson 48 (32)
Kartik Tyagi 2/35 (4 overs)
Ramandeep Singh 35 (23)
Noor Ahmad 3/21 (4 overs)
Chennai Super Kings won by 32 runs
M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
Umpires: Nitin Menon (Ind) and Saidharshan Kumar (Ind)
Player of the match: Noor Ahmad (Chennai Super Kings)
  • Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field.
Match 25
17 April 2026 (2026-04-17)
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Kolkata Knight Riders
180 (20 overs)
v
Gujarat Titans (H)
181/5 (19.4 overs)
Cameron Green 79 (55)
Kagiso Rabada 3/29 (4 overs)
Shubman Gill 86 (50)
Varun Chakravarthy 2/34 (4 overs)
Gujarat Titans won by 5 wickets
Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad
Umpires: Rohan Pandit (Ind) and Ulhas Gandhe (Ind)
Player of the match: Shubman Gill (Gujarat Titans)
  • Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Jos Buttler (Gujarat Titans) became the fourth player to take 300 catches in T20s.[65]
Match 28
19 April 2026 (2026-04-19)
15:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
Rajasthan Royals
155/9 (20 overs)
v
Kolkata Knight Riders (H)
161/6 (19.4 overs)
Rinku Singh 53* (34)
Ravindra Jadeja 2/8 (3 overs)
Kolkata Knight Riders won by 4 wickets
Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Umpires: Kumar Dharmasena (SL) and Mohit Krishnadas (Ind)
Player of the match: Varun Chakravarthy (Kolkata Knight Riders)
  • Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to bat.
Match 38
26 April 2026 (2026-04-26)
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Kolkata Knight Riders
155/7 (20 overs)
v
Lucknow Super Giants (H)
155/8 (20 overs)
Rinku Singh 83* (51)
Mohsin Khan 5/23 (4 overs)
Rishabh Pant 42 (38)
Vaibhav Arora 2/24 (4 overs)
Match tied (Kolkata Knight Riders won the Super Over)
Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow
Umpires: Abhijeet Bengeri (Ind) and Keyur Kelkar (Ind)
Player of the match: Rinku Singh (Kolkata Knight Riders)
  • Lucknow Super Giants won the toss and elected to field.
  • Super Over: Lucknow Super Giants 1/2 (0.3 overs), Kolkata Knight Riders 4/0 (0.1 overs)
Match 45
3 May 2026 (2026-05-03)
15:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
Sunrisers Hyderabad (H)
165 (19 overs)
v
Kolkata Knight Riders
169/3 (18.2 overs)
Travis Head 61 (28)
Varun Chakravarthy 3/36 (4 overs)
Angkrish Raghuvanshi 59 (47)
Sakib Hussain 1/17 (3 overs)
Kolkata Knight Riders won by 7 wickets
Rajiv Gandhi Stadium, Hyderabad
Umpires: Abhijeet Bengeri (Ind) and Jayaraman Madanagopal (Ind)
Player of the match: Varun Chakravarthy (Kolkata Knight Riders)
  • Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Smaran Ravichandran (Sunrisers Hyderabad) made his IPL debut.[66]
  • Sunil Narine (Kolkata Knight Riders) became the first overseas player to take 200 wickets in IPL.[67]
Match 51
8 May 2026 (2026-05-08)
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Delhi Capitals (H)
142/8 (20 overs)
v
Kolkata Knight Riders
147/2 (14.2 overs)
Pathum Nissanka 50 (29)
Kartik Tyagi 2/25 (4 overs)
Finn Allen 100* (47)
Axar Patel 1/27 (4 overs)
Kolkata Knight Riders won by 8 wickets
Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi
Umpires: Nitin Menon (Ind) and Rohan Pandit (Ind)
Player of the match: Finn Allen (Kolkata Knight Riders)
  • Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field.
  • Finn Allen (Kolkata Knight Riders) scored his maiden century in IPL.[68]
Match 57
13 May 2026 (2026-05-13)
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Kolkata Knight Riders
192/4 (20 overs)
v
Royal Challengers Bengaluru (H)
194/4 (19.1 overs)
Virat Kohli 105* (60)
Kartik Tyagi 3/32 (4 overs)
Royal Challengers Bengaluru won by 6 wickets
Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh Stadium, Raipur
Umpires: Nitin Menon (Ind) and Rohan Pandit (Ind)
Player of the match: Virat Kohli (Royal Challengers Bengaluru)
  • Royal Challengers Bengaluru won the toss and elected to field.
  • Saurabh Dubey (Kolkata Knight Riders) made his IPL debut.[69]
  • Virat Kohli (Royal Challengers Bengaluru) became the fastest player to score 14,000 runs in T20s, in terms of innings played (409). He also became the first Indian player to score 10 centuries in T20s.[70]
Match 60
16 May 2026 (2026-05-16)
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Kolkata Knight Riders (H)
247/2 (20 overs)
v
Gujarat Titans
218/4 (20 overs)
Finn Allen 93 (35)
Sai Kishore 1/38 (3 overs)
Shubman Gill 85 (49)
Sunil Narine 2/29 (4 overs)
Kolkata Knight Riders won by 29 runs
Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Umpires: Virender Sharma (Ind) and Kannur Swaroopanand (Ind)
Player of the match: Sunil Narine (Kolkata Knight Riders)
  • Gujarat Titans won the toss and elected to field.
  • Kolkata Knight Riders became the second IPL team to play in 100 matches at a home venue.[71]
  • Sunil Narine (Kolkata Knight Riders) became the first overseas player to play in 200 IPL matches.[72]
  • Cameron Green (Kolkata Knight Riders) scored his 1,000th run in IPL.[73]
Match 65
20 May 2026 (2026-05-20)
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Mumbai Indians
147/8 (20 overs)
v
Kolkata Knight Riders (H)
148/6 (18.5 overs)
Corbin Bosch 32* (18)
Cameron Green 2/23 (3 overs)
Manish Pandey 45 (33)
Corbin Bosch 3/30 (3 overs)
Kolkata Knight Riders won by 4 wickets
Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Umpires: Saiyed Khalid (Ind) and Kannur Swaroopanand (Ind)
Player of the match: Manish Pandey (Kolkata Knight Riders)
Match 70
24 May 2026 (2026-05-24)
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Delhi Capitals
203/5 (20 overs)
v
Kolkata Knight Riders (H)
163 (18.4 overs)
KL Rahul 60 (30)
Saurabh Dubey 2/28 (4 overs)
Ajinkya Rahane 63 (39)
Lungi Ngidi 3/27 (3.4 overs)
Delhi Capitals won by 40 runs
Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Umpires: Saiyed Khalid (Ind) and Kannur Swaroopanand (Ind)
Player of the match: Kuldeep Yadav (Delhi Capitals)
  • Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field.

Statistics

Most runs[1]
Runs Player
422 Angkrish Raghuvanshi
349 Finn Allen
335 Ajinkya Rahane
322 Cameron Green
295 Rinku Singh
Most wickets[2]
Wickets Player
18 Kartik Tyagi
15 Sunil Narine
11 Varun Chakravarthy
Vaibhav Arora
9 Anukul Roy

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