![]() ![]() ![]() Knight Riders recovered from the losing streak, winning each of their next 7 games. ![]() Sunil Narine continued his great run, being the second highest wicket taker. He also scored 40+ runs in 10 consecutive matches. The team changed their batting order, promoting Robin Uthappa as an opener which worked very well as he became the highest run scorer in the tournament with 660 runs. Their poor form continued as they lost two more matches after they were back in India, making it five losses in seven games. However, their performance dipped and they won only 1 out of their next 4 games played there, including a super over tie against Rajasthan Royals, which they ultimately lost on a boundary count. KKR had a good start to the seventh edition in UAE, defeating defending champions Mumbai Indians in the inaugural match. New additions to the side were Robin Uthappa, Manish Pandey, Suryakumar Yadav, Morne Morkel, Umesh Yadav, Piyush Chawla, Vinay Kumar, Chris Lynn along with some other uncapped and foreign players. They bought back Jacques Kallis, Yusuf Pathan, Shakib Al Hasan, Manvinder Bisla and Ryan Ten Doeschate. Knight Riders retained only their captain Gambhir and spinner Sunil Narine as they went into the 2014 IPL auctions. ![]()
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