2016 Kolkata Knight Riders season

Indian Premier League cricket team season May 2026 Kolkata Knight Riders 2016 Jacques Kallis Gautam Gambhir Eden Gardens, Kolkata IPL 4th Gautam Gambhir (501) Andre Russell (15) 2015 2017 Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) are a franchise cricket team based in Kolkata, India, which plays in the Indian Premier League (IPL). They are one of the eight teams that competed in the 2016 Indian Premier League. They were captained by Gautam Gambhir, and had new coaching staff for the season. Jacques Kallis was head coach in the place of Trevor Bayliss, while Wasim Akram became the new bowling coach. The KKR were placed fourth at the end of the season. Squad Players with international caps before the start of 2016 IPL are listed in bold.KKR Indian Premier League 2016 Squad https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/ipl-2016-968923/kolkata-knight-riders-squad-969883/series-squads 17 April 2026 ESPNcricinfo No. Name Nationality Birth date Batting style Bowling style Year signed Salary Notes Batsmen1 Manish Pandey IND 2016 04 09 1989 09 10 y Right-handed Right-arm off break 2014 1.7 c 2016 historical -4 10 Robin Uthappa IND 2016 04 09 1985 09 11 y Right-handed Right-arm medium 2014 5 c 2016 historical Occasional wicket-keeper23 Gautam Gambhir IND 2016 04 09 1981 10 14 y Left-handed Right-arm leg break 2014 10 c 2016 historical Captain50 Chris Lynn AUS 2016 04 09 1990 04 10 y Right-handed Slow left-arm orthodox 2014 1.3 c 2016 historical -4 Overseas82 Colin Munro NZ 2016 04 09 1987 03 11 y Left-handed Right-arm medium 2016 30 l 2016 historical -3 Overseas212 Suryakumar Yadav IND 2016 04 09 1990 09 14 y Right-handed Right-arm medium 2014 70 l 2016 historical -3 Vice-captain All-rounders7 Rajagopal Sathish IND 2016 04 09 1981 01 14 y Right-handed Right-arm medium 2016 20 l 2016 historical -3 9 Manan Sharma IND 2016 04 09 1991 03 19 y Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox 2016 10 l 2016 historical -3 12 Andre Russell JAM 2016 04 09 1988 04 29 y Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2014 60 l 2016 historical -3 Overseas24 Yusuf Pathan IND 2016 04 09 1982 11 17 y Right-handed Right-arm off break 2014 3.25 c 2016 historical -4 41 John Hastingslower-alpha ruled out of the season with an injury AUS 2016 04 09 1985 11 04 y Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2016 1.3 c 2016 historical -4 Overseas75 Shakib Al Hasan BAN 2016 04 09 1987 03 24 y Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox 2014 2.8 c 2016 historical -4 Overseas98 Jason Holder BAR 2016 04 09 1991 11 05 y Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2016 70 l 2016 historical -3 Overseas Wicket-keepers27 Sheldon Jackson IND 2016 04 09 1986 09 27 y Right-handed 2015 15 l 2016 historical -3 Bowlers3 Ankit Rajpoot IND 2016 04 09 1993 12 04 y Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2016 1.5 c 2016 historical -4 18 Kuldeep Yadav IND 2016 04 09 1994 12 14 y Left-handed Left-arm unorthodox spin 2014 40 l 2016 historical -3 19 Umesh Yadav IND 2016 04 09 1987 10 25 y Right-handed Right-arm fast 2014 2.6 c 2016 historical -4 21 Piyush Chawla IND 2016 04 09 1988 12 24 y Left-handed Right-arm leg break 2014 4.25 c 2016 historical -4 31 Brad Hogg AUS 2016 04 09 1971 02 06 y Left-handed Left-arm unorthodox spin 2015 50 l 2016 historical -3 Overseas32 Shaun Tait AUS 2016 04 09 1983 02 22 y Right-handed Right-arm fast 2016 1.5 c 2016 historical -4 Overseas65 Morne Morkel RSA 2016 04 09 1984 10 06 y Left-handed Right-arm fast 2014 2.8 c 2016 historical -4 Overseas74 Sunil Narine TRI 2016 04 09 1988 05 26 y Left-handed Right-arm off break 2014 8 c 2016 historical Overseas77 Jaydev Unadkat IND 2016 04 09 1992 10 18 y Right-handed Left-arm medium-fast 2016 1.6 c 2016 historical -4 Indian Premier League Season standings KKR Match log No.DateOpponentVenueResultScorecard 1 2016 4 10 mdy Delhi Daredevils Kolkata Won by 9 wickets, MoM - Andre Russell 3/24 (3 Overs) Scorecard 2 2016 4 13 mdy Mumbai Indians Kolkata Lost by 6 wickets Scorecard 3 2016 4 16 mdy Sunrisers Hyderabad Hyderabad Won by 8 wickets, MoM - Gautam Gambhir 90*(60) Scorecard 4 2016 4 19 mdy Kings XI Punjab Mohali Won by 6 wickets, MoM - Robin Uthappa 53(28) Scorecard 5 2016 4 24 mdy Rising Pune Supergiant Pune Won by 2 wickets, MoM - Suryakumar Yadav 60(49) Scorecard 6 2016 4 28 mdy Mumbai Indians Mumbai Lost by 6 wickets Scorecard 7 2016 4 30 mdy Delhi Daredevils Delhi Lost by 27 runs Scorecard 8 2016 5 2 mdy Royal Challengers Bangalore Bengaluru Won by 5 wickets, MoM - Andre Russell 39(24) & 1/24 (4 Overs) Scorecard 9 2016 5 4 mdy Kings XI Punjab Kolkata Won by 7 runs, MoM - Andre Russell 16(10) & 4/20 (4 Overs) Scorecard 10 2016 5 8 mdy Gujarat Lions Kolkata Lost by 5 wickets Scorecard 11 2016 5 14 mdy Rising Pune Supergiant Kolkata Won by 8 wickets (D/L), MoM - Yusuf Pathan 37*(18) Scorecard 12 2016 5 16 mdy Royal Challengers Bangalore Kolkata Lost by 9 wickets Scorecard 13 2016 5 19 mdy Gujarat Lions Kanpur Lost by 6 wickets Scorecard 14 2016 5 22 mdy Sunrisers Hyderabad Kolkata Won by 22 runs, MoM - Yusuf Pathan 52*(34) Scorecard Play-offs 15 2016 5 25 dmy Sunrisers Hyderabad (Eliminator) Delhi Lost by 22 runs Scorecard Overall record: 8–7. Eliminated in the first stage of the playoffs. References Category:Kolkata Knight Riders seasons Category:2016 Indian Premier League