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Kolkata Knight Riders IPL 2024 schedule, phase 1: Full match fixtures l, time, date, venues, squad | Cricket News

insidetrack IndiaFebruary 23, 2024

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Kolkata Knight Riders IPL 2024 Full Schedule: Two-time champions Kolkata Knight Riders will take on Sunrisers Hyderabad in their IPL 2024 opener on March 23 at Kolkata.
The IPL schedule for the upcoming season was partially announced as the BCCI is awaiting the Election Commission of India’s decision on the General Election dates.
KKR finished seventh in the IPL 2023 season under the leadership of Nitish Rana. They will see the return of regular captain Shreyas Iyer after the star batter missed the previous season due to injury.
READ: IPL 2024 – Full Schedule
Here’s the full l of fixtures, venues, and match timings for the Kolkata Knight Riders in phase 1:
Mar 23: Kolkata Knight Riders vs Sunrisers Hyderabad, Eden Gardens, Kolkata (7.30 PM)
Mar 29: Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Kolkata Knight Riders, M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru (7.30 PM)
April 3: Delhi Capitals vs Kolkata Knight Riders, Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam (7.30 PM)
KKR squad for IPL 2024 season
KKR signed up ex-captain Gautam Gambhir as a mentor for the upcoming season. They also broke the bank for Australia seamer Mitchell Starc who is returning to the league after a long hiatus, signing him up with a Rs 24.75 crore bid at the IPL 2024 auction.
Nitish Rana, Rinku Singh, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Shreyas Iyer (c), Jason Roy, Sunil Narine, Suyash Sharma, Anukul Roy, Andre Russell, Venkatesh Iyer, Harshit Rana, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakaravarthy, KS Bharat, Chetan Sakariya, Mitchell Starc, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Ramandeep Singh, Sherfane Rutherford, Manish Pandey, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Dushmantha Chameera, Sakib Hussain.

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