Kolkata Knight Riders is a cricket team which represents Kolkata,the city of India in Indian Premier League.It is abbreviated as KKR.KKR is owned by the Bollywwod King Shahrukh Khan in partnership with Juhi Chawla and Mehta Group.Eden Gardens Kolkata is the home ground for KKR.KKR won the IPL title in 2012.

The coach of KKR is Trevor Bayliss.It is captained by the Indian opener Gautam Ghambir.Kolkata Knight Ridershas a good alround side.They didn't started the 2014 season well,but they are now well on track by winning 5 matches in a row.They Qualify for the play offs.Gautam Gambhir,Sunil Narine and Jacques Kallis are the most expensive players for KKR's Franchise.The squad of KKR has following players.

 

Gautam Gambhir
Sunil Narine
Jacques Kallis
Robin Uthappa
Yusuf Pathan
Shakib Al Hasan
Umesh Yadav
Vinay Kumar
Morne Morkel
Piyush Chawla
Manish Pandey
Suryakumar Yadav
Manvinder Bisla
Ryan ten Doeschate
Kuldeep Yadav
Veer Pratap Singh
Chris Lynn
Andre Russell
Sayan Mondal
Patrick Cummins
Debabrata Das

W.V. Raman is the batting advisor of KKR.KKR has the leading run scorer in this edition of IPL,Robin Uthapa.Robin Uthapa and Gautam Ghambir Opens the batting for KKR.Yousuf Pathan,Andre Russel and Shakib ul Hassan are the big hitters for KKR.Jacques Kallis(the legendery South African Batsman),Ryan ten Doeschate and Manish Pandey are the other Batsman for KKR.Overall,KKR has a good batting order.

The Great legendery,left arm Seam Bowler of the World,Wasim Akram is the Bowling coach and mentor for KKR.KKR has the one of two great spinners of the world Sunil Narine.He is the leading wicket taker this season.KKR also has good Fast Bowling attack.Morne Morkel,Umesh Yadav and R Vinay Kumar are the fast Bowlers for KKR.

Robin Uthapa also serves as wicketkeeper for KKR.Vijay Dahiya is the assistant coach for KKR.Venky Mysore acts as Chief Operating Officer & Managing Director.Joy Bhattacharya is the director of the team. Andrew Leipus is the Physiotherapist. Adrian Le Roux is the Physical Trainer of KKR. Shahrukh Khan is the Brand ambassador of the team.Nokia is the official sponsors for KKR.