Franchise XI
Build the all-time Kolkata Knight Riders XI
Kolkata Knight Riders has 353 player-seasons across 19 years of Indian T20 history (2008–2026). Spin their seasons, draft eleven across the club's whole history within the 125 Cr purse, and simulate sixteen matches. Can the all-time Kolkata Knight Riders XI go a perfect 16-0?
The club in the book
Kolkata Knight Riders have won three titles — 2012, 2014, 2024 — a decade apart each time, and each built on the same unfashionable foundation: mystery spin and role clarity. The draft pool tells that story twice over through one man. Sunil Narine appears as the league's most unhittable bowler (24 wickets at an economy of 5.47 in 2012) and then, a dozen years later, as a pinch-hitting opener with 488 runs at a strike rate of 181 in the 2024 title season. No other player in the book has two lives like it.
Around him: Robin Uthappa's 660-run 2014 — the club's highest-rated season — Gautam Gambhir's captaincy-era 590-run 2012, Andre Russell's absurd 510 runs at a strike rate of 205 in 2019, and Varun Chakaravarthy's 21-wicket 2024. The value shelf is real too: Harshit Rana's 19-wicket 2024 costs 0.25 Cr. The 2024 champions are the deepest Kolkata season you can spin.
Player-seasons to know
Robin Uthappa · KKR 2014
660 runs at SR 138 · 10.4 Cr — The top-rated Kolkata season — a title-winning engine
Sunil Narine · KKR 2012
24 wickets at eco 5.47 · 8.0 Cr — The most economical elite season in the pool
Sunil Narine · KKR 2024
488 runs at SR 181 · 7.5 Cr — Same player, reinvented as an opener
Andre Russell · KKR 2019
510 runs at SR 205 · 13.0 Cr — The most violent strike rate at volume in the book
Top all-time Kolkata Knight Riders runs
Pos
Player
Result
Strength
Purse
01
Hemanth Varma
14–2
Strength100.7
Purse₹ 90.66 CR
02
hrits
13–3
Strength96.1
Purse₹ 113.92 CR
03
cricpro_777
13–3
Strength95.4
Purse₹ 91.52 CR
FAQ
How many Kolkata Knight Riders player-seasons are draftable in Play 16-0?
295 playable player-seasons covering all 19 years from 2008 to 2026. The pool carries all three title squads — 2012, 2014 and 2024 — plus both versions of Sunil Narine, the bowler and the opener.
What is the highest-rated Kolkata season in the game?
Robin Uthappa's 2014 — 660 runs at a strike rate of 138 for 10.4 Cr. It edges Varun Chakaravarthy's 21-wicket 2024 and Gautam Gambhir's 590-run 2012 as the best single Kolkata season in the draft pool.
Which Kolkata era is the deepest to draft from?
The 2024 title season rates as the club's deepest roster in the game — Narine the opener, Varun Chakaravarthy's 21 wickets and Harshit Rana's 0.25 Cr breakout in one squad. It is also one of the deepest franchise-seasons in the entire pool.