KKR
The Kolkata Knight Riders are a franchise cricket team representing the city of Kolkata in the Indian Premier League. The franchise is owned by Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan, actress Juhi Chawla and her spouse Jay Mehta.The home of the Knight Riders is Eden Gardens, the largest cricket stadium in India and the second largest in the world by seating capacity.The franchise, which has gained immense popularity due to its association with celebrity owners, qualified for the IPL playoffs for the first time in 2011. This also gave them the eligibility to play in the Champions League Twenty20. They eventually became the IPL champions in 2012, by defeating Chennai Super Kings in the final. They repeated the feat in 2014, defeating Kings XI Punjab.The Knight Riders hold the record for the longest winning streak by any Indian team in T20s (14).
The Kolkata Knight Riders are a franchise cricket team representing the city of Kolkata in the Indian Premier League. The franchise is owned by Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan, actress Juhi Chawla and her spouse Jay Mehta.The home of the Knight Riders is Eden Gardens, the largest cricket stadium in India and the second largest in the world by seating capacity.The franchise, which has gained immense popularity due to its association with celebrity owners, qualified for the IPL playoffs for the first time in 2011. This also gave them the eligibility to play in the Champions League Twenty20. They eventually became the IPL champions in 2012, by defeating Chennai Super Kings in the final. They repeated the feat in 2014, defeating Kings XI Punjab.The Knight Riders hold the record for the longest winning streak by any Indian team in T20s (14).
The leading run-scorer of the side is Gautam Gambhir,while the leading wicket-taker is Sunil Narine.The official theme of the team is Korbo, Lorbo, Jeetbo Re (we will perform, fight and win!) and the official colours are purple and gold. The brand value of the Knight Riders was estimated at $104 million in 2018, second highest among IPL franchises.
KKR HOME GROUND
The home venue of the Knight Riders is the iconic Eden Gardens (with the two ends of the crease called the High Court End and the Club House End). Owned by the Cricket Association of Bengal, it is the largest cricket stadium in India and had a seating capacity of over 90,000.In 2011, the stadium was renovated to meet the standards set by the International Cricket Council for the 2011 Cricket World Cup; reducing its capacity to around 68,000. The renovated stadium includes a new clubhouse and players' facilities, upgrading the exterior wall, cladding the existing roof structure with a new metal skin, and general infrastructure improvements.In 2013, two of the team's home matches were hosted by the JSCA International Cricket Stadium in Ranchi.
KKR 2020 SQUAD
Dinesh Karthik (captain)
Shivam Mavi
Sandeep Warrier
Kuldeep Yadav
Eoin Morgan
Pat Cummins
Harry Gurney
Sunil Narine
Nikhil Naik
M Siddharth
Andre Russell
Lockie Ferguson
Prasidh Krishna
Shubman Gill
Nitish Rana
Siddhesh Lad
Kamlesh Nagarkoti
Rinku Singh
Varun Chakravarthy
Tom Banton
Pravin Tambe
Chris Green
Rahul Tripathi
KKR BOUGHT PLAYERS AT AUCTION
- Eoin Morgan (5.25 Crore)
- Pat Cummins (15.5 Crore)
- Rahul Tripathi (60 lakh)
- Varun Chakravarthy (4Cr)
- M Sidhharth (20 lakh)
- ChrisGreen (20 lakh)
- Tom Banton (1 Crore)
- Pravin Tambe (20 lakh)
- Nikhil Naik (20 lakh)
KKR STRENGTH-
FAST BOWLING
KKR WEAKNESS- INDIAN BATSMAN
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