| Club: | Kolkata Knight Riders |
| Season: | 2017 |
| Coach: | Jacques Kallis |
| Captain: | Gautam Gambhir |
| Ground: | Eden Gardens, Kolkata |
| Comp1: | IPL |
| Comp1 Result: | 3rd |
| Most Runs: | Gautam Gambhir (498) |
| Most Wickets: | Chris Woakes (17) |
| Prevseason: | 2016 |
| Nextseason: | 2018 |
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) are a franchise cricket team based in Kolkata, India, which plays in the Indian Premier League (IPL). They are one of the eight teams that competed in the 2017 IPL edition. They were captained by Gautam Gambhir, while former Knight Riders all-rounder Jacques Kallis was in his third season as the team's head coach.
See main article: List of 2017 Indian Premier League personnel changes. The player auction for the 2017 Indian Premier League was held on 20 February in Bangalore.[2]
The Knight Riders bought the following players at the auction:
In April the side signed New Zealander Colin de Grandhomme as a replacement for Andre Russell who was banned for one year in January 2017 for a violation of doping codes.
| No. | Name | Nationality | Birth date | Batting style | Bowling style | Year signed | Salary | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batsmen | |||||||||
| 9 | Manish Pandey | 10 September 1989 | Right-handed | 2014 | |||||
| 23 | Gautam Gambhir | 14 October 1981 | Left-handed | 2014 (since 2011) | Captain | ||||
| 37 | Robin Uthappa | 11 September 1985 | Right-handed | 2014 | Occasional wicketkeeper | ||||
| 46 | Darren Bravo | 6 February 1989 | Left-handed | 2017 | Overseas | ||||
| 50 | Chris Lynn | 10 April 1990 | Right-handed | 2014 | Overseas | ||||
| 72 | 27 January 1989 | Right-handed | 2017 | ||||||
| 212 | 14 September 1990 | Right-handed | 2014 | Vice-captain | |||||
| All-rounders | |||||||||
| 01 | Rishi Dhawan | 19 February 1990 | Right-handed | 2017 | |||||
| 8 | Chris Woakes | 2 March 1989 | Right-handed | 2017 | Overseas | ||||
| 12 | Andre Russell | 29 April 1988 | Right-handed | 2014 | Overseas | ||||
| 24 | Yusuf Pathan | 17 November 1982 | Right-handed | 2014 (since 2011) | |||||
| 52 | Rovman Powell | 23 July 1993 | Right-handed | 2017 | Overseas | ||||
| 75 | Shakib Al Hasan | 24 March 1987 | Left-handed | 2014 (since 2011) | Overseas | ||||
| 77 | Colin de Grandhomme | 22 July 1986 | Right-handed | 2017 | Replacement signing | Overseas | |||
| 10 May 1995 | Left-handed | 2017 | |||||||
| Wicket-keepers | |||||||||
| 21 | 27 September 1986 | Right-handed | 2015 | ||||||
| Bowlers | |||||||||
| 03 | 4 December 1993 | Right-handed | 2016 | ||||||
| 10 | Trent Boult | 22 July 1989 | Right-handed | 2017 | Overseas | ||||
| 11 | Piyush Chawla | 24 December 1988 | Left-handed | 2014 | |||||
| 13 | Nathan Coulter-Nile | 11 October 1987 | Right-handed | 2017 | Overseas | ||||
| 18 | Kuldeep Yadav | 14 December 1994 | Left-handed | 2014 | |||||
| 19 | Umesh Yadav | 25 October 1987 | Right-handed | 2014 | |||||
| 74 | Sunil Narine | 26 May 1988 | Left-handed | 2012 | Overseas | ||||
| 16 September 1992 | Right-handed | 2017 | |||||||