Kolkata Knight Riders batting order and playing 11, IPL 2021
KKR most often opened with Shubman Gill and Nitish Rana in IPL 2021, with Rahul Tripathi at No. 3.
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Batting order
Each batter at their most frequent position this season
| Pos | Batter | Positions batted (innings) | Inns | Runs | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shubman GillMoved around | 1 (10), 2 (7) | 17 | 478 | 118.9 |
| 1 | Nitish RanaMoved around | 1 (6), 4 (4), 3 (3), 5 (2), 2 (1) | 16 | 383 | 122.0 |
| 2 | Venkatesh Iyer | 2 (9), 1 (1) | 10 | 370 | 128.5 |
| 3 | Rahul Tripathi | 3 (13), 4 (2), 8 (1) | 16 | 397 | 140.3 |
| 4 | Eoin MorganMoved around | 4 (6), 5 (6), 6 (3), 7 (1) | 16 | 133 | 95.7 |
| 4 | Sunil NarineMoved around | 4 (3), 5 (3), 8 (3), 7 (1) | 10 | 62 | 131.9 |
| 6 | Dinesh KarthikMoved around | 6 (8), 5 (4), 7 (3) | 15 | 223 | 131.2 |
| 7 | Andre RussellMoved around | 7 (4), 6 (3), 4 (1) | 8 | 183 | 152.5 |
| 7 | Shakib Al HasanMoved around | 7 (3), 5 (1), 6 (1), 8 (1) | 6 | 47 | 97.9 |
| 7 | Tim Seifert | 7 (1) | 1 | 2 | 50.0 |
| 8 | Pat Cummins | 8 (5) | 5 | 93 | 166.1 |
| 8 | Tim Southee | 8 (1) | 1 | 3 | 60.0 |
| 9 | Harbhajan Singh | 9 (2) | 2 | 4 | 100.0 |
| 9 | Shivam Mavi | 9 (1), 10 (1) | 2 | 25 | 125.0 |
| 9 | Kamlesh Nagarkoti | 9 (1) | 1 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Lockie Ferguson | 9 (1) | 1 | 18 | 163.6 |
| 10 | Varun Chakravarthy | 10 (2) | 2 | 2 | 50.0 |
| 11 | Prasidh Krishna | 11 (1) | 1 | 0 | 0.0 |
Quick answers
Who opened the batting for KKR in IPL 2021?
KKR most often opened with Shubman Gill and Nitish Rana in IPL 2021, with Rahul Tripathi at No. 3.
Who batted as KKR's finisher?
Dinesh Karthik batted most often at No. 6 (15 innings, 223 runs).
How settled was the KKR top order?
Shubman Gill batted at No. 1 in 59% of their innings; Nitish Rana batted at No. 1 in 38% of their innings.