Bet on Kolkata Knight Riders IPL Team 2023
A top-rated franchise owing to its celebrity owners – Shah Rukh Khan along with Juhi Chawla and her husband Jay Mehta, Kolkata Knight Riders represents the city of Kolkata in the Indian Premier League. The team has bagged the IPL trophy twice – once in 2012 and the other time in 2014. Not known to many, they hold the record for the most significant IPL victory, having defeated Royal Challengers Bangalore in the first match of the IPL 1 by 140 runs.
Having won the tournament twice before, Kolkata Knight Riders has Gautam Gambhir as its all-time leading run-scorer and Sunil Narine as the leading wicket-taker. In June 2015, the team's ownership group bought a stake in the Caribbean Premier League's Trinidad and Tobago Red Steel, and renamed it the . In IPL 2022, KKR could not make it to the playoffs and finished seventh in the points table.
The tagline of the team, "All the King's Men" was replaced by "New Dawn, New Knights" in the fifth season.
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| Owner | Coach | Venue | Captain |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kolkata Knight Riders Pvt. Ltd. | Brendon McCullum | Eden Gardens |
Kolkata Knight Riders Players of IPL 2023
Here’s the complete squad/Team 2023 for KKR Betting:
| Shreyas Iyer (C) | Andre Russell | Varun Chakaravarthy | Venkatesh Iyer | Sunil Narine |
| Rahmanullah Gurbaz | Nitish Rana | Lockie Ferguson | Narayan Jagadeesan | Shakib Al Hasan |
| Rinku Singh | Anukul Roy | Harshit Rana | Tim Southee | Kulwant Khejroliya |
| David Weise | Suyash Sharma | Shardul Thakur | Litton Das | Vaibhav Arora |
| Umesh Yadav | Mandeep Singh | - | - | - |
Kolkata Knight Riders Retained Players for IPL 2023
Check out the details of the KKR Retained Players for .
| Player | Role | Salary (₹) |
|---|---|---|
| Shreyas Iyer | Right-handed batsman | 12.25 Cr |
| Allrounder | 16 Cr | |
| Venkatesh Iyer | Allrounder | 8 Cr |
| Sunil Narine | Bowling allrounder | 6 Cr |
| Varun Chakravarthy | Right arm leg break bowler | 12 Cr |
| Nitish Rana | Left-handed batsman | 8 Cr |
| Rinku Singh | Left-handed batsman | 55 L |
| Anukul Roy | Batting allrounder | 20 L |
| Harshit Rana | Right-arm medium bowler | 20 L |
| Tim Southee | Right-arm medium fast bowler | 1.5 Cr |
| Umesh Yadav | Right-arm medium fast bowler | 2 Cr |
| Lockie Ferguson | Right-arm fast bowler | 10 Cr |
| Rahmanullah Gurbaz | Wicketkeeper batter | 50 L |
| Shardul Thakur | Right-arm medium bowler | 10.75 Cr |
Kolkata Knight Riders Released Players For IPL 2023
This is the list of players released by KKR for the IPL 2023 season.
| Aaron Finch | Abhijeet Tomar | Ajinkya Rahane | Alex Hales |
| Ashok Sharma | Baba Indrajith | Chamika Karunaratne | Mohammad Nabi |
| Pat Cummins | Pratham Singh | Ramesh Kumar | Rasikh Dar |
| Sam Billings | Sheldon Jackson | Shivam Mavi | - |
Kolkata Knight Riders Bought Players For IPL 2023
| Player | Role | Base Price (₹) | Auction Price (₹) |
|---|---|---|---|
| David Wiese | Allrounder | 1 Cr | 1 Cr |
| Kulwant Khejroliya | Left arm Medium fast | 20 L | 20 L |
| Litton Das | Wicketkeeper | 50 L | 50 L |
| Mandeep Singh | Right handed batter | 50 L | 50 L |
| Narayan Jagadeesan | Opening batter | 20 L | 90 L |
| Shakib Al Hasan | Allrounder | 1.5 Cr | 1.5 Cr |
| Suyash Sharma | Leg break bowler | 20 L | 20 L |
| Vaibhav Arora | Fast arm fast medium bowler | 20 L | 60 L |
Kolkata Knight Riders Betting Odds to win IPL 2023
It would be beneficial for you to be aware of the betting odds of each IPL team if you enjoy betting on the IPL. Here, the KKR betting odds in are 10.00, making them the ninth favorites out of 10.
It was definitely a winning move by Kolkata Knight Riders to rope in Shreyas Iyer, as the team was in need of a strong leader who is superbly efficient with the bat. Given that Iyer has an impressive record with the bat, one can safely assume that he will lead the side for three or four more years, thus lending more stability to the team.
Besides the captaincy, Iyer is expected to be a rock for the team in the third position. Additionally, with Venkatesh Iyer and (presumably) N Jagadeesan as opening batsmen, the team is expected to have a formidable top 3, and all this while the consistent Nitish Rana hasn’t even entered the picture.
Sunil Narine and Varun Chakaravarthy have proved their mettle as spinners, and as we know, Eden Gardens offers a good pitch for spins, so this duo will prove to be instrumental to the team’s performance in this edition of the IPL. Buying back Lockie Ferguson is also considered a strategic move, as he is one of the top bowlers and performed well in previous IPL seasons.
With batters like , Venkatesh Iyer, Gurbaz, Nitish Rana, and Shreyas Iyer, the decision to trade in Shardul Thakur is the wise choice as the player is an allrounder and well-known for his ability to swing the ball away and will be a great addition for the Kolkata side in the 2023 IPL edition.
Kolkata Knight Riders IPL Betting Tips for 2023
Fun88 experts have the following observations, which bettors can keep in mind when betting for Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL 2023:
- The team has a strong and aggressive top 4 comprising Shreyas Iyer, Venkatesh Iyer, Anukul Roy, and Nitish Rana.
- Chakravarthy and Narine are expected to bring on their best spinning performances at Eden Gardens.
- Fans are looking forward to finding a good skipper in Shreyas Iyer.
- Though they have been two-time champions, the last few seasons led them to be labeled as underachievers due to lukewarm performances.
- The squad still has some average cricketers.
- The team has retained and trade-in fast bowlers like Varun Chakaravarthy, and Shardul Thakur for the IPL 2023
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Kolkata Knight Riders IPL FAQs
- Who is the coach of KKR?
- How many times has KKR won the IPL?
- Who has been appointed as the captain of KKR?
- What is the brand value of KKR?
- Who is the most expensive KKR player bought in IPL 2023?
Kolkata Knight Riders is coached by Brendon McCullum, a former Kolkata player and New Zealand captain.
KKR has been the champion of IPL in two seasons, in 2012 and 2014. It holds the record for the longest winning streak in the T20s.
In IPL 2022, Shreyas Iyer was appointed as the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) captain. He was bought for Rs. 12.25 crore in the IPL mega-auction, held in Bangalore.
KKR is the second-most valuable IPL brand after Mumbai Indians, with a valuation of $76.8 million (2022 brand value). Kolkata Knight Riders have seen 82% growth since 2009.
Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan is the most expensive purchase of KKR in IPL 2023. He was purchased for Rs 1.5 crore.