IPL 2024 Kolkata Knight Riders Schedule : In the last few seasons of IPL, Kolkata Knight Riders team has not been able to perform as per expectations. The team could not even qualify for the playoffs in IPL 2022 and 2023. The franchise has made many changes before the upcoming season, considering which better performance will be expected from the team. The schedule of IPL 2024 has been announced. However, due to the Lok Sabha elections, the schedule of only 21 matches has been announced. According to the schedule, Kolkata Knight Riders team will play its first match against Sunrisers Hyderabad. Kolkata team will play only three games in the ongoing schedule.
ipl 2024 schedule According to the Kolkata Knight Riders team, it will play its first match against Sunrisers Hyderabad in Kolkata, while the second match will be played against Royal Challengers Bangalore on March 29 in Bangalore. KKR team led by Shreyas Iyer will play its third match against Delhi Capitals on April 3 in Visakhapatnam. After consecutive flop seasons, the two-time champion franchise has decided to bring in former captain Gautam Gambhir as a mentor. Under the leadership of the left-hander, Knight Riders won the trophy in 2012 and 2014. Gambhir did a commendable job as the mentor of Lucknow Super Giants.
Kolkata Knight Riders schedule (KKR schedule)
March 23- Kolkata Knight Riders vs Sunrisers Hyderabad (7:30 pm IST, Kolkata)
March 29 – Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bangalore (7:30 pm IST, Bengaluru)
April 3 – Kolkata Knight Riders vs Delhi Capitals (7:30 pm IST, Visakhapatnam)
Kolkata Knight Riders have bought 10 players in the IPL auction 2024. KKR spent Rs 24 crore 75 lakh for Starc, making him the most expensive player in IPL history.
Players bought by KKR in IPL 2024 auction: KKR players: Mitchell Starc (Rs 24.75 crore), Angkrish Raghuvanshi (Rs 20 lakh), Ramandeep Singh (Rs 20 lakh), Sherfane Rutherford (Rs 1.5 crore), Manish Pandey (Rs 50 lakh), Mujeeb ur Rahman (Rs 2 Rs crore), Gus Atkinson (Rs 1 crore), Saqib Hussain (Rs 20 lakh), KS Bharat (Rs 50 lakh), Chetan Sakariya (Rs 50 lakh).
KKR's squad for IPL 2024: Shreyas Iyer (captain), Nitish Rana (vice-captain), Rinku Singh, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Jason Roy, Mitchell Starc, Sherfane Rutherford, Manish Pandey, Sunil Narine, Suyyash Sharma, Anukul Roy, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Ramandeep Singh, Harshit Rana, Mujeeb Ur. Rahman, Dushmantha Chameera, Chetan Sakariya, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakraborty, Saqib Hussain, KS Bharat, Andre Russell, Venkatesh Iyer.