2016 Kolkata Knight Riders season

Indian Premier League cricket team season

2016 season

Coach

Ground(s)

4th

Most runs

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.

Indian Premier League

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	Pts	NRR
1	Gujarat Lions (3)	14	9	5	18	−0.374	Advanced to Qualifier 1
2	Royal Challengers Bangalore (RU)	14	8	6	16	0.932	Advanced to Qualifier 1
3	Sunrisers Hyderabad (C)	14	8	6	16	0.245	Advanced to the Eliminator
4	Kolkata Knight Riders (4)	14	8	6	16	0.106	Advanced to the Eliminator
5	Mumbai Indians	14	7	7	14	−0.146
6	Delhi Daredevils	14	7	7	14	−0.155
7	Rising Pune Supergiants	14	5	9	10	0.015
8	Kings XI Punjab	14	4	10	8	−0.646

Source: The four top ranked teams qualified for the playoffs

No.	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorecard
1	April 10, 2016	Delhi Daredevils	Kolkata	Won by 9 wickets, MoM - Andre Russell 3/24 (3 Overs)	Scorecard
2	April 13, 2016	Mumbai Indians	Kolkata	Lost by 6 wickets	Scorecard
3	April 16, 2016	Sunrisers Hyderabad	Hyderabad	Won by 8 wickets, MoM - Gautam Gambhir 90*(60)	Scorecard
4	April 19, 2016	Kings XI Punjab	Mohali	Won by 6 wickets, MoM - Robin Uthappa 53(28)	Scorecard
5	April 24, 2016	Rising Pune Supergiant	Pune	Won by 2 wickets, MoM - Suryakumar Yadav 60(49)	Scorecard
6	April 28, 2016	Mumbai Indians	Mumbai	Lost by 6 wickets	Scorecard
7	April 30, 2016	Delhi Daredevils	Delhi	Lost by 27 runs	Scorecard
8	May 2, 2016	Royal Challengers Bangalore	Bengaluru	Won by 5 wickets, MoM - Andre Russell 39(24) & 1/24 (4 Overs)	Scorecard
9	May 4, 2016	Kings XI Punjab	Kolkata	Won by 7 runs, MoM - Andre Russell 16(10) & 4/20 (4 Overs)	Scorecard
10	May 8, 2016	Gujarat Lions	Kolkata	Lost by 5 wickets	Scorecard
11	May 14, 2016	Rising Pune Supergiant	Kolkata	Won by 8 wickets (D/L), MoM - Yusuf Pathan 37*(18)	Scorecard
12	May 16, 2016	Royal Challengers Bangalore	Kolkata	Lost by 9 wickets	Scorecard
13	May 19, 2016	Gujarat Lions	Kanpur	Lost by 6 wickets	Scorecard
14	May 22, 2016	Sunrisers Hyderabad	Kolkata	Won by 22 runs, MoM - Yusuf Pathan 52*(34)	Scorecard
Play-offs
15	25 May 2016	Sunrisers Hyderabad (Eliminator)	Delhi	Lost by 22 runs	Scorecard
Overall record: 8–7. Eliminated in the first stage of the playoffs.

"2016 IPL Points table". ESPN Sports Media. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 21 May 2016.

Home grounds

Captains

Coaches

John Buchanan (2008–09)
Dav Whatmore (2010–11)
Trevor Bayliss (2012–15)
Jacques Kallis (2016–19)
Brendon McCullum (2020–22)
Chandrakant Pandit (2023–Present)

Honours

IPL	2012 2014 2024

Seasons

Rivalries