Kolkata Knight Riders played 13 matches in the 2008 Indian Premier League, winning 6 and losing 7 for 12 points.
The squad numbered 26 players, 19 of them with a confirmed shirt number.
- Played
- 13
- Won
- 6
- Lost
- 7
- Points
- 12
- Highest total
- 222
Squad
| No. | Player | Role | Mat | Runs | Wkts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | Salman Butt | Batter | 7 | 193 | 0 |
| 1 | Sourav Ganguly | Batter | 13 | 349 | 6 |
| 2 | Ashok Dinda | Bowler | 13 | 2 | 9 |
| 5 | Mohammad Hafeez | All-rounder | 8 | 64 | 2 |
| 6 | Wriddhiman Saha | Wicket-keeper | 12 | 159 | 0 |
| 7 | Laxmi Ratan Shukla | All-rounder | 13 | 163 | 6 |
| 8 | David Hussey | All-rounder | 13 | 319 | 2 |
| 11 | Aakash Chopra | Batter | 5 | 42 | 0 |
| 13 | Tatenda Taibu | Wicket-keeper | 3 | 31 | 0 |
| 14 | Ricky Ponting | Batter | 4 | 39 | 0 |
| 14 | Shoaib Akhtar | Bowler | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 17 | Brad Hodge | Batter | 3 | 12 | 0 |
| 21 | Iqbal Abdulla | All-rounder | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | Murali Kartik | Bowler | 6 | 30 | 3 |
| 29 | Ishant Sharma | Bowler | 13 | 11 | 7 |
| 40 | Ajantha Mendis | Bowler | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 42 | Brendon McCullum | Wicket-keeper | 4 | 188 | 0 |
| 45 | Chris Gayle | All-rounder | – | – | – |
| 55 | Umar Gul | Bowler | 6 | 39 | 12 |
| 63 | Debabrata Das | Batter | 6 | 103 | 0 |
| 68 | Ajit Agarkar | Bowler | 9 | 54 | 8 |
| – | Cheteshwar Pujara | Batter | – | – | – |
| – | Ranadeb Bose | Bowler | – | – | – |
| – | Siddarth Kaul | Bowler | – | – | – |
| – | Sourashish Lahiri | Bowler | – | – | – |
| – | Yashpal Singh | Batter | – | – | – |
Shirt numbers for 5 of these players are not recorded in any reliable source for this season. If you have photographic evidence of one, we would like to hear from you.