Sep 6, 2026
Eden Gardens pitch report: par scores, records and stats in Kolkata
Par at Eden Gardens has climbed 26 runs since 2023, the largest jump at any established IPL ground. What the ball-by-ball record of 107 matches says a...
Kolkata Knight Riders
70 articles tagged with "Kolkata Knight Riders"
Aug 9, 2026
Narine’s four overs cost seven runs, and St Kitts never got going
Trinbago Knight Riders opened their CPL title defence with a win decided by the weather, and by a spell from Sunil Narine that the St Kitts and Nevis...
Aug 8, 2026
Everyone knows where Hardik Pandya is going next, and nobody actually does
Five franchises are said to be circling, Chennai are said to have offered a swap, and Mumbai Indians say nothing is happening. On the evidence so far,...
Jul 31, 2026
Rahane’s retirement leaves KKR a captaincy call, and Rinku Singh is the frontrunner
Ajinkya Rahane’s retirement leaves Kolkata Knight Riders hunting a captain for IPL 2027 with one season left in the current cycle. Rinku Singh is the...
Jul 30, 2026
Rahane signs off at 38, three years after his last Test for India
Ajinkya Rahane announced his retirement from all forms of cricket on Thursday, closing a 12-year international career and an IPL run that ran from 200...
Jul 29, 2026
The IPL is worth 20.6 billion dollars, and this year’s growth came from two boardrooms
Houlihan Lokey’s annual study puts the league up 11.4 per cent, RCB’s brand past 300 million dollars and Lucknow Super Giants flat at zero. The number...
Jul 28, 2026
Ten Doeschate steps away from India’s staff with a KKR return waiting
Ryan ten Doeschate has ended a two-year stint as India’s assistant coach, and the former Netherlands captain is expected back at Kolkata Knight Riders...
May 26, 2026
Angkrish Raghuvanshi ruled out of IPL 2026 after concussion and finger fracture
KKR’s leading run-scorer of the season has been ruled out for the rest of the tournament after a mid-air collision with Varun Chakravarthy at Eden Gar...
May 24, 2026
Rahul 60, Kuldeep three for 29: Delhi close IPL 2026 league phase with a 40-run win at Eden Gardens
KL Rahul’s 30-ball 60 and three-wicket hauls from Kuldeep Yadav and Lungi Ngidi powered Delhi Capitals to a 40-run win over Kolkata Knight Riders in t...
May 24, 2026
The IPL 2026 league phase signs off at Eden Gardens with KKR chasing a 76-run win and DC playing for next season
KKR host DC at 7:30 PM IST in Match 70, with their playoff hope already routed through the earlier MI-RR result and a punishing net-run-rate window th...
May 20, 2026
Five teams, one playoff seat: the IPL 2026 race after KKR beat Mumbai
Rajasthan, Punjab, Kolkata, Chennai and Delhi are all alive for the last spot, but Sunday afternoon in Mumbai is where this is most likely decided.
May 20, 2026
KKR chase 148 at Eden Gardens to stay one defeat away from the IPL 2026 playoff line
Cameron Green and Saurabh Dubey took two wickets each in the powerplay before Rinku Singh and Anukul Roy sealed the chase with seven balls to spare.
May 20, 2026
KKR’s playoff door is one Mumbai-shaped loss from closing at Eden Gardens
KKR enter their home game against an already-eliminated Mumbai Indians on 11 points, with a defeat ending their season and a win still needing PBKS to...
May 18, 2026
Three in, one slot left: how the IPL 2026 playoff race looks after SRH joined the locked top
Royal Challengers Bengaluru, Gujarat Titans and Sunrisers Hyderabad are confirmed in the IPL 2026 playoffs. Punjab Kings, Rajasthan Royals, Delhi Capi...
May 17, 2026
KKR’s playoff math after the GT win still leans on PBKS slipping and a friendlier net run rate
Beating Gujarat Titans took KKR to 11 points from 12, but even a clean sweep of MI and DC only delivers 15 — and the path past PBKS likely comes down...
May 16, 2026
27 sixes in nine matches and four short of Jayasuriya: Finn Allen has become KKR’s playoff lever
Finn Allen’s 35-ball 93 against Gujarat Titans was the second big knock in eight days and lifts KKR’s playoff chances onto a top-of-the-order template...
May 16, 2026
Allen 93, Raghuvanshi 82 not out: KKR halt GT’s surge with a 29-run win at Eden Gardens
Kolkata Knight Riders posted 247 for 2, then squeezed out an in-form Gujarat Titans to win by 29 runs at Eden Gardens and keep their IPL 2026 playoff...
May 16, 2026
Shardul Thakur lines up Pandya’s MI return for the May 20 KKR clash at Eden Gardens
Shardul Thakur says Hardik Pandya is training in Mumbai and is expected back at Eden Gardens on May 20. That gives MI’s captain a clear date after thr...
May 16, 2026
Eden Gardens hosts KKR’s must-win against an in-form Gujarat one win from sealing the playoffs
Match 60 of IPL 2026 sets a five-match-winning Gujarat Titans against an eighth-placed Kolkata Knight Riders at Eden Gardens, with Shubman Gill’s side...
May 14, 2026
Pujara’s blunt verdict on KKR’s playoff hopes is just the math catching up to a two-year drift
After the Raipur defeat, Cheteshwar Pujara called KKR’s playoffs chances ‘very slim’, and the arithmetic, plus a second straight title defence going s...
May 14, 2026
Rinku Singh’s new trigger movement has him unbeaten for four straight innings
The KKR finisher has piled up 207 runs at a strike rate over 170 in his last four innings, with coach Abhishek Nayar pointing at a small walk-across c...
May 13, 2026
Chakaravarthy walks with a crutch and brace as KKR sweat on their must-win at Raipur
The mystery spinner picked up the issue against SRH, aggravated it against DC and is now a serious doubt for KKR’s must-win against RCB. Shane Watson...
May 12, 2026
RCB chase the top spot back from GT as KKR’s must-win streak rolls into Raipur
RCB went into Tuesday top of the IPL 2026 table and came out of it second. Match 57 against an in-form KKR at Raipur is their chance to climb back.
May 11, 2026
MI and LSG out, eight in the chase: where the IPL 2026 playoff math lands after Sunday’s double-header
Two teams went out across the May 10 double-header, four playoff spots remain, and the math now points at six teams who can still get to the 16-point...