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Knight Riders Group
Current Teams
	Kolkata Knight Riders (2008-present); X 3 (2012, 2014, 2024); Trinbago Knight Riders (2015-present); X 4 (2015, 2017, 2018, 2020); Trinbago Knight Riders Women (2022-present); X 1 (2022); Abu Dhabi Knight Riders (2023-present); Los Angeles Knight Riders (2023-present)
Defunct Teams
	Cape Town Knight Riders (2017)

Abu Dhabi Knight Riders
League	International League T20
Personnel
Captain	Sunil Narine
Coach	Bharathi Arun
Owner	Knight Riders Group
Chief executive	Venky Mysore
Manager	Wayne Bentley
Team information
City	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Colours	Purple and gold;
Founded	2022; 3 years ago
Home ground	Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi
Capacity	20,000
Official website	www.adkriders.com
	2023 T20 kit
	2023 T20 kit

The Abu Dhabi Knight Riders (ADKR) is a professional Twenty20 franchise cricket team that competes in the International League T20, a men's Twenty20 league hosted by the Emirates Cricket Board.^[2] The franchise is owned by the Knight Riders Group, a sporting subsidiary alliance between the Red Chillies Entertainment and the Mehta Group. ^[3] Their home ground is the Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium in Abu Dhabi.

History

In August 2022, the Emirates Cricket Board (ECB) announced the establishment of the International League T20, a Twenty20 Cricket competition to be started in 2023. The teams for the competition, representing 6 different cities of United Arab Emirates, including Abu Dhabi, were put up on auction in UAE in September 2022. The Abu Dhabi franchise was purchased & revealed by Kolkata Knight Riders, part of Knight Riders Franchise. The team unveiled their logo and jersey in January 2023, through their social media handles.

The Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium in Abu Dhabi (with the two ends of the crease called the North End and the Pavilion End) is serving as the home ground of the Abu Dhabi Knight Riders. It is operated by the Emirates Cricket Board and is the third-oldest cricket stadium in the country. It is also the second-largest stadium in the United Arab Emirates in terms of crowd capacity with the stadium having over 20,000 seats. In 2021, The stadium hosted some matches of the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup as the tournament was shifted to UAE after the original hosts India were unable to host the tournament due to the outbreak of second-wave of COVID-19 among the whole country. The stadium also served as the home ground for the Kolkata Knight Riders during the 2020 and 2021 editions respectively.

Player^[a]	Tenure	Matches	Won	Lost	Tied	NR	Win%	Best Result
Sunil Narine	2023-Present	20	5	14	-	1	26.32	4/8 (2024)
Andre Russell	2024-2024	1	1	-	-	-	100.00	Stand-In
Last Updated: 13 February 2024^[4]

Year	Played	Wins	Losses	Tied	NR	Win %	Position
2023	10	1	8	-	1	11.11	6/6
2024	11	5	6	-	-	45.45	4/6
Last Updated: 13 February 2024

Team	Span	Played	Won	Lost	NR	Win%
Dubai Capitals	2023-2024	5	1	4	-	20.00
Desert Vipers	2023-2024	4	2	2	-	50.00
Gulf Giants	2023-2024	4	1	2	1	33.00
MI Emirates	2023-2024	4	-	4	-	00.00
Sharjah Warriors	2023-2024	4	2	2	-	50.00
Last Updated: 13 February 2024

No.	Name	Nationality	Birth date	Batting style	Bowling style
Batsmens
48	Sam Hain	England	(1995-07-16) 16 July 1995 (age 29)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
	Alishan Sharafu	United Arab Emirates	(2003-01-10) 10 January 2003 (age 21)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
32	Laurie Evans	England	(1987-10-12) 12 October 1987 (age 37)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
Wicket-Keepers
19	Michael Pepper	England	(1998-06-25) 25 June 1998 (age 26)	Right-handed	—
33	Joe Clarke	England	(1996-05-26) 26 May 1996 (age 28)	Right-handed	—
	Andries Gous	United States	(1993-11-24) 24 November 1993 (age 31)	Right-handed	—
All-rounders
74	Sunil Narine (c)	Trinidad and Tobago	(1988-05-26) 26 May 1988 (age 36)	Left-handed	Right-arm off break
	Charith Asalanka	Sri Lanka	(1997-06-29) 29 June 1997 (age 27)	Left-handed	Right-arm off break
	Ravi Bopara	England	(1985-05-04) 4 May 1985 (age 39)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
12	Andre Russell	Jamaica	(1988-04-29) 29 April 1988 (age 36)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium
15	David Willey	England	(1990-02-28) 28 February 1990 (age 34)	Left-handed	Left-arm fast-medium
	Brandon McMullen	Scotland	(1999-10-18) 18 October 1999 (age 25)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
9	Imad Wasim	Pakistan	(1988-12-18) 18 December 1988 (age 36)	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox
Bowlers
82	Josh Little	Ireland	(1999-11-01) 1 November 1999 (age 25)	Right-handed	Left-arm fast-medium
	Ali Khan	United States	(1990-12-13) 13 December 1990 (age 34)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium

Position	Name
CEO/Managing director	Venky Mysore
Team manager	Wayne Bentley
Head coach	Bharat Arun
Physio	Prasanth Panchada
Bowling coach	Ravi Rampaul
Throw down specialist	Saurabh Ambatkar
Strength and conditioning coach	Sagar M.

Knight Riders Group also include the following teams in various T-20 format leagues and championships:

^ The information in the nationality column is according to ESPNcricinfo. This information may not necessarily reflect the player's birthplace or citizenship.