After having a stunning start to the 2021 Indian Premier League (IPL) season, Kolkata Knight Riders went into a disappointing finish. In the final battle to win the title, (KKR Vs CSK final IPL 2021), CSK beat KKR by 27 runs. However, the team performed exceptionally and had to take a lot of learnings from the 14th season of IPL. This year, in the TATA IPL 2022 Shreyas Iyer will be leading the squad. His brilliant performance in the past is giving a lot of hope to side. Let’s have a detailed analysis of the KKR Team, complete list of KKR players, and KKR match schedule for the TATA IPL 2022.
Determined to change things this time out, the KKR management released as many as 21 players including Shubman Gill, Nitish Rana, Dinesh Karthik (wk), and Eoin Morgan (c).
The franchise now has a massive ₹48 crores to splurge in the IPL Mega auctions 2022.
KKR Purse Value for IPL Mega Auction 2022
| Team | Purse Reaming | Players Retained |
| KKR | 48 CR | 4 |
KKR Team 2022 | List of Players retained and released by KKR in IPL Mega Auction 2022
Kolkata Knight Riders retained players – IPL 2022
| Player | Role | Retained Amount |
| Andre Russell | All-rounder | INR 12 Crores |
| Varun Chakravarty | Bowler | INR 8 Crores |
| Venkatesh Iyer | All-rounder | INR 8 Crores |
| Sunil Narine | All-rounder | INR 6 Crores |
Kolkata Knight Riders list of released players – IPL 2022
- Shubman Gill
- Nitish Rana
- Tim Seifert (wk)
- Rahul Tripathi
- Rinku Singh
- Dinesh Karthik (wk)
- Eoin Morgan (c)
- Kuldeep Yadav
- Pat Cummins
- Lockie Ferguson
- Kamlesh Nagarkoti
- Shivam Mavi
- Sandeep Warrier
- Prasidh Krishna
- Shakib Al Hasan
- Sheldon Jackson
- Vaibhav Arora
- Karun Nair
- Harbhajan Singh
- Ben Cutting
- Pawan Negi
Read | Mumbai Indians Team 2022 | Players List | MI Match Schedule
KKR team 2022 | Complete KKR player List IPL 2022
| Player | Role | Price |
| Andre Russell | All-Rounder | 12 Crores |
| Varun Chakravarthy | Bowler | 8 Crores |
| Venkatesh Iyer | All-Rounder | 8 Crores |
| Sunil Narine | All-Rounder | 6 Crores |
| Pat Cummins | All-Rounder | 7.25 crore |
| Shreyas Iyer | Batsmen | 12.25 crore |
| Nitish Rana | Batsmen | 8 crore |
| Shivam Mavi | Bowler | 7.25 crore |
| Sheldon Jackson | Batsmen | 60 lakh |
| Ajinkya Rahane | Batsmen | 1 crore |
| Rinku Singh | Batsmen | 55 lakh |
| Anukul Roy | All-Rounder | 20 lakh |
| Rasikh Dar | Bowler | 20 lakh |
| Baba Indrajith | Batsmen | 20 lakh |
| Chamika Karunaratne | Bowler | 50 lakh |
| Abhijeet Tomar | Batsmen | 40 lakh |
| Pratham Singh | Batsmen | 20 lakh |
| Ashok Sharma | Bowler | 55 lakh |
| Sam Billings | Batsman/Wicket-keeper | 2 crore |
| Alex Hales | Batsmen | 1.5 crore |
| Tim Southee | Bowler | 1.5 crore |
| Ramesh Kumar | Batsmen | 20 lakh |
| Mohammad Nabi | All-Rounder | 1 crore |
| Umesh Yadav | Bowler | 2 crore |
| Aman Khan | Batsmen | 20 lakh |
KKR match schedule | Details of KKR next match
| Date | Match Details | Venue | Time (IST) |
| Mar-26 | Chennai Super Kings vs Kolkata Knight Riders | Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai | 7:30 PM |
| Mar-30 | Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Kolkata Knight Riders | Dr DY Patil Sports Academy, Mumbai | 7:30 PM |
| Apr-01 | Kolkata Knight Riders vs Punjab Kings | Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai | 7:30 PM |
| Apr-06 | Kolkata Knight Riders vs Mumbai Indians | Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune | 7:30 PM |
| Apr-10 | Kolkata Knight Riders vs Delhi Capitals | Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai | 3:30 PM |
| Apr-15 | Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Kolkata Knight Riders | Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai | 7:30 PM |
| Apr-18 | Rajasthan Royals vs Kolkata Knight Riders | Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai | 7:30 PM |
| Apr-23 | Kolkata Knight Riders vs Gujarat Titans | Dr DY Patil Sports Academy, Mumbai | 3:30 PM |
| Apr-28 | Delhi Capitals vs Kolkata Knight Riders | Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai | 7:30 PM |
| May-02 | Kolkata Knight Riders vs Rajasthan Royals | Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai | 7:30 PM |
| May-07 | Lucknow Super Giants vs Kolkata Knight Riders | Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune | 7:30 PM |
| May-09 | Mumbai Indians vs Kolkata Knight Riders | Dr DY Patil Sports Academy, Mumbai | 7:30 PM |
| May-14 | Kolkata Knight Riders vs Sunrisers Hyderabad | Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune | 7:30 PM |
| May-18 | Kolkata Knight Riders vs Lucknow Super Giants | Dr DY Patil Sports Academy, Mumbai | 7:30 PM |
