| Club: | Kolkata Knight Riders |
| Season: | 2013 |
| Coach: | Trevor Bayliss |
| Captain: | Gautam Gambhir |
| Ground: | Eden Gardens, Kolkata |
| Comp1: | IPL |
| Comp1 Result: | 7th |
| Most Runs: | Gautam Gambhir (406)[1] |
| Most Wickets: | Sunil Narine (22)[2] |
| Prevseason: | 2012 |
| Nextseason: | 2014 |
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) is a franchise cricket team based in Kolkata, India, which plays in the Indian Premier League (IPL). They were one of the nine teams that competed in the 2013 IPL. They were captained by Gautam Gambhir. Kolkata Knight Riders finished 7th in the IPL and did not qualify for the Champions League T20.
KKR were the defending champions but they had a disappointing IPL season in 2013, as they failed to make the play-offs, losing ten and winning only six out of their sixteen matches. Although the overall performance was disappointing, a few individual performances gained attention, like Sunil Narine who took 22 wickets in 16 matches and Gautam Gambhir who made some good runs. But due to lack of rhythm and perfect combination of players, and bad form of a few players, the KKR could not win a few easy matches and ended up 7/9.
Kolkata Knight Riders finished 7th in the league stage of IPL 2013.
| No. | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Scorecard | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Won by 6 wickets, MoM - Sunil Narine 4/13 | |||||
| 2 | Lost by 19 runs | |||||
| 3 | Lost by 8 wickets | |||||
| 4 | Won by 48 runs, MoM – Gautam Gambhir 53(45) | Score Card | ||||
| 5 | Lost by 4 runs | |||||
| 6 | Lost by 4 wickets | |||||
| 7 | Lost by 5 wickets | |||||
| 8 | Won by 6 wickets, MoM – Jacques Kallis 2/14 (4 overs) and 44 | |||||
| 9 | Lost by 14 runs | [3] | ||||
| 10 | Lost by 7 wickets | [4] | ||||
| 11 | Won by 8 wickets; MoM – Yusuf Pathan 49* (35) | |||||
| 12 | Lost by 65 runs | |||||
| 13 | Won By 46 runs; MoM – Gautam Gambhir 50(44) | |||||
| 14 | Won By 5 wickets; MoM – Jacques Kallis 2/17 (4 overs) and 41(45) | |||||
| 15 | Lost by 7 runs | |||||
| 16 | Lost by 5 wickets | |||||
| Overall record: 6–10. Failed to advance. | ||||||