Two times IPL champion Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) will lock horns with Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in the first match of the 2022 season on March 26 at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.
MI bought the likes of Alex Hales, Pat Cummins, Sam Billings and Mohammad Nabi at this year’s mega auction. They also signed up middle-order batter Shreyas Iyer for a whopping amount of INR 12.25 crore.
Iyer was also named the captain of team KKR for the upcoming IPL T20.
KKR’s IPL 2022 fixtures, match timings and venues:
- March 26: Chennai Super Kings vs Kolkata Knight Riders, 7.30PM, Wankhede Stadium
- March 30: Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Kolkata Knight Riders, 7.30PM, DY Patil Stadium
- April 1: Kolkata Knight Riders vs Punjab Kings, 7.30PM, Wankhede Stadium
- April 6: Kolkata Knight Riders vs Mumbai Indians, 7.30PM, MCA Stadium, Pune
- April 10: Kolkata Knight Riders vs Delhi Capitals, 3.30PM, Brabourne – CCI
- April 15: Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Kolkata Knight Riders, 7.30PM, Brabourne – CCI
- April 18: Rajasthan Royals vs Kolkata Knight Riders, 7.30PM, Brabourne – CCI
- April 23: Kolkata Knight Riders vs Gujarat Titans, 3.30PM, DY Patil Stadium
- April 28: Delhi Capitals vs Kolkata Knight Riders, 7.30PM, Wankhede Stadium
- May 2: Kolkata Knight Riders vs Rajasthan Royals, 7.30PM, Wankhede Stadium
- May 7: Lucknow Super Giants vs Kolkata Knight Riders, 7.30PM, MCA Stadium, Pune
- May 9: Mumbai Indians vs Kolkata Knight Riders, 7.30PM, DY Patil Stadium
- May 14: Kolkata Knight Riders vs Sunrisers Hyderabad, 7.30PM, MCA Stadium, Pune
- May 18: Kolkata Knight Riders vs Lucknow Super Giants, 7.30PM, DY Patil Stadium
KKR squad for IPL 2022:
Shreyas Iyer (captain), Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Venkatesh Iyer, Varun Chakravarthy, Nitish Rana, Pat Cummins, Shivam Mavi, Sheldon Jackson, Ajinkya Rahane, Rinku Singh, Anukul Roy, Rasikh Dar, Baba Indrajith, Chamika Karunaratne, Abhijeet Tomar, Pratham Singh, Ashok Sharma, Sam Billings, Alex Hales, Tim Southee, Ramesh Kumar, Mohammad Nabi, Umesh Yadav, Aman Khan.
