Kolkata Knight Riders in 2013

Kolkata Knight Riders

2013 season
Coach	Trevor Bayliss
Captain	Gautam Gambhir
Ground(s)	Eden Gardens, Kolkata
IPL	7th
CLT20	did not qualify
Most runs	Gautam Gambhir (406)[1]
Most wickets	Sunil Narine (22)[2]
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The Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) is a franchise cricket team based in Kolkata, India, which plays in the Indian Premier League (IPL). They were one of the nine teams that competed in the 2013 Indian Premier League. They were captained by Gautam Gambhir. Kolkata Knight Riders finished 7th in the IPL and did not qualify for the Champions League T20.

Background

KKR had a disappointing IPL season in 2013, as they failed to make the play-offs, losing ten and winning only six out of their sixteen matches. Although the overall performance was disappointing, a few individual performances gained attention, like Sunil Narine who took 22 wickets in 16 matches and Gautam Gambhir who made some good runs. But due to lack of rhythm and perfect combination of players, and bad form of a few players, the KKR could not win few easy matches and ended up 7/9.

Indian Premier League

Season standings

Kolkata Knight Riders finished 7th in the league stage of IPL 2013.

Team[3]	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR
Chennai Super Kings (R)	16	11	5	0	22	+0.530
Mumbai Indians (C)	16	11	5	0	22	+0.441
Rajasthan Royals (3)	16	10	6	0	20	+0.322
Sunrisers Hyderabad (4)	16	10	6	0	20	+0.003
Royal Challengers Bangalore	16	9	7	0	18	+0.457
Kings XI Punjab	16	8	8	0	16	+0.226
Kolkata Knight Riders	16	6	10	0	12	−0.065
Pune Warriors India	16	4	12	0	8	−1.006
Delhi Daredevils	16	3	13	0	6	−0.848

Match log

No.	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorecard link
1	April 3, 2013	Delhi Daredevils	Kolkata	Won by 6 wickets, MoM - Sunil Narine 4/13
2	April 8, 2013	Rajasthan Royals	Jaipur	Lost by 19 runs
3	April 11, 2013	Royal Challengers Bangalore	Bengaluru	Lost by 8 Wickets
4	April 14, 2013	Sunrisers Hyderabad	Kolkata	Won by 48 runs, MoM – Gautam Gambhir 53(45)	Score Card
5	April 16, 2013	Kings XI Punjab	Mohali	Lost by 4 Runs
6	April 20, 2013	Chennai Super Kings	Kolkata	Lost by 4 Wickets
7	April 24, 2013	Mumbai Indians	Kolkata	Lost by 5 Wickets
8	April 26, 2013	Kings XI Punjab	Kolkata	Won by 6 Wickets, MoM – Jacques Kallis 2/14 (4 overs) and 44
9	April 28, 2013	Chennai Super Kings	Chennai	Lost by 14 runs	[4]
10	May 1, 2013	Delhi Daredevils	Raipur	Lost by 7 wickets	[5]
11	May 3, 2013	Rajasthan Royals	Kolkata	Won by 8 Wickets; MoM – Yusuf Pathan 49* (35)
12	May 7, 2013	Mumbai Indians	Mumbai	Lost by 65 Runs
13	May 9, 2013	Pune Warriors India	Pune	Won By 46 Runs; MoM – Gautam Gambhir 50(44)
14	May 12, 2013	Royal Challengers Bangalore	Ranchi	Won By 5 Wickets; MoM – Jacques Kallis 2/17 (4 overs) and 41(45)
15	May 14, 2013	Pune Warriors India	Ranchi	Lost by 7 runs
16	May 19, 2013	Sunrisers Hyderabad	Hyderabad	Lost by 5 Wickets
Overall record of 6 - 10 Failed to make Play-offs, ended 7/9

References

1. "Indian Premier League, 2013/ Records / Most runs". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
2. "Indian Premier League, 2013/ Records / Most runs". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
3. "Points Table | Indian Premier League 2013 | ESPN Cricinfo". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 21 December 2012.
4. 38th match: Chennai Super Kings v Kolkata Knight Riders at Chennai, Apr 28, 2013 | Cricket Scorecard. ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved on 23 December 2013.
5. 44th match: Delhi Daredevils v Kolkata Knight Riders at Raipur, May 1, 2013 | Cricket Scorecard. ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved on 23 December 2013.