The Kolkata Knight Riders Team is a cricket franchise and reprsent the Kolkata in IPL 6 (Indian Premier League) and Kolkata Knight Riders is owned by Famous King of Bollywood Shah Rukh Khan’s Company Red Chillies Entertainment in partnership with Bollywood Herione Juhi Chawla and with her husband Jay Mehta from the Mehta Group.
Kolkata Knight Riders: quality proposition but some holes to plug. Largely in keeping with the rejoicing fact that they are the defending champions, Kolkata Knight Riders have retained all but 4 of their players for the 2013 edition. Yet, one wonders if the formula that helped them win in 2012 will hold true this time too.
Kolkata Knight Riders, winners of the 2012 edition of the tournament, will commence their quest to retain the title, on home turf. They will take on Delhi Daredevils in the IPL 2013 inaugural clash of the competition at the Eden Gardens, on 3 April 2013.
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Owner: Shahrukh Khan, Jai Mehta, Juhi Chawla, Red Chillies Entertainment
Captain: Gautam Gambhir
Coach: Trevor Bayliss(Australia)
Fielding coach: Trevor Penney
Team director: Joy Bhattacharjya
Venue: Eden Gardens
IPL Best: 2012 Winner
Current Team Players for IPL 2013:
Total no of Players 22
No of Indian Players 12
No of Overseas Players 10
1. Yusuf Pathan
2. Brendon McCullum
3. Brett Lee
4. Debabrata Das
5. Eoin Morgan
6. Gautam Gambhir (c)
7. Iqbal Abdulla
8. Jacques Kallis
9. James Pattinson
10. Lakshmipathy Balaji
11. Laxmi Ratan Shukla
12. Manoj Tiwary
13. Manvinder Bisla(wk)
14. Mohammad Shami
15. Pradeep Sangwan
16. Rajat Bhatia
17. Ryan McLaren
18. Ryan ten Doeschate
19. Sachithra Senanayake
20. Sarabjit Singh Ladda
21. Shakib Al Hasan
22. Sunil Narine
Maxiumum overseas players: 11
Maximum squad size: 33