Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) is a professional cricket team based in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. The team participates in the Indian Premier League (IPL). Which is the professional Twenty20 cricket league in India. Here are some facts aboutthe Kolkataa Knight Riders:
Captain: KKR’s captain is Shreyash Iyer. This team had so many captains.
Coach: The Kolkata Knight Riders head coach is Chandrakant Pandit. Kolkata Knight Riders had so many coaches, but the latest coach is Chandrakant Pandit.
Home venue: The team’s home matches are played at the 68,000-capacity Eden Gardens Stadium in Kolkata. Kolkata is the home city for KKR, and every time they play their home matches to Eden Garden Stadium in Kolkata,.
Achievements: The Kolkata Knight Riders have won the IPL trophy two times. The first time they won the trophy was in 2012. In 2012, they won the trophy under Gautam Gambhir’s captaincy. Then KKR again won the trophy in 2014 under the same captaincy.
Performance: This team performed very well in the IPL. This is one of the most successful teams in the history of the IPL. Every season, this team performed very well to win the trophy.
Fan Base: The Kolkata Knight Riders have a huge fan base, especially in both Kolkata and West Bengal, and major fans all over the world due to the popularity of their owner, Shah Rukh Khan. Because of Shah Rukh Khan, the Kolkata Knight Riders have a huge fan base. And the important reason is that KKR won two times.
Following are the 2024 players 11:
Rahmanullah Gurbaz
About Rahmanullah Gurbaz
Born: 28 November 2001 (age 22) Afghanistan
Height: 5 ft 8 in
Batting: Right-handed
Role: Opening Batter, Wicket Keeper
National Side: Afghanistan
Venkatesh Iyer
About Venkatesh Iyer
Born: 25 December 1994 (age 29 years), Indore
Current teams: Kolkata Knight Riders (All-rounder)
Height: 1.93 m
2021–present: KKR
Batting: Left-handed
Shreyas Iyer (c)
About Shreyas Iyer
Born: 6 December 1994 (age 29 years), Chembur Mumbai.
Current teams: Kolkata Knight Riders.
Number of centuries: 6
Parents: Santosh Iyer
Runner-up: 2023 India.
Nitish Rana
About Nitish Rana
Born: 27 December 1993 (age 30 years), Delhi
Current teams: Kolkata Knight Riders (Batter)
2023-present: Uttar Pradesh
Batting: Left-handed
Bowling: Right-arm off break
Height: 5 ft 10 inch.
Rinku Singh
About Rinku Singh
Born: 12 October 1997 (age 26 years), Alighad
Current teams: Kolkata Knight Riders (Batter).
Parents: Kanchandra Singh, Vina Devi.
Bowling: Right-arm off break
National side: India
ODI shirt no: 35
Andre Russell
About Sunil Narine
Born: 26 May 1988 (age 35 years), Arima, Trinidad and Tobago
Spouse: Nandita Kumar (m. 2013)
Dates joined: 2012 Kolkata Knight Riders
Parents: Shadeed Narine, Christina Narine.
Nationality: Trinidadian
Bowling: Right-arm leg break.
Mitchell Starc
About Mitchell Starc
Born: 30 January 1990 (age 34 years), Australia.
Spouse: Alyssa Healy (m. 2016)
Dates joined: 2018 Kolkata Knight Riders.
Height: 1.97 m
Siblings: Brandon Starc.
Batting: Left-handed.
Chetan Sakariya
About Chetan Sakariya
Born: 28 February 1998 (age 26 years), Vartej
Current teams: Kolkata knight Riders (Cricket Bowler)
Bowling: Left-arm medium-fast
2022-present: Delhi Capitals
Varun Chakravarthy
About Varun Chakravarthy
Born: 29 August 1991 (age 32 years), Bidar
Current teams: Kolkata Knight Riders (Cricket Bowler).
Bowling: Right-arm leg break
2018–present: Tamil Nadu
2020–present: Kolkata Knight Riders
Vaibhav Arora
About Vaibhav Arora
Born: 14 December 1997 (age 26 years), Ambala
Bowling: Right arm medium-fast
2021, 2023-present: Kolkata Knight Riders
Role: Bowler
Sunil Narine
About Sunil Narine
Full name: Sunil Philip Narine
Born: 26 May 1988 (age 35) Trinidad and Tobago
Batting: Left-handed
Bowling: Right-arm leg break
Role: Bowling All rounder
National side: West Indies 2011–2019
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