Kolkata Knight Riders

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Kolkata Knight Riders


Captain: Gautam Gambhir
Coach: Trevor Bayliss
City: Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Colours:

Owner: Shahrukh Khan (Red Chillies
Entertainment)
Juhi Chawla, Jai Mehta(Mehta
Group)
Founded: 2008
Home ground: Eden Gardens
(Capacity: 80,000)
Indian Premier
League wins:
2 (2012, 2014)
CLT20 wins 0
Official website: kkr.in
Kolkata Knight Riders (Bengali: , often abbreviated asKKR)
is a cricket franchise representing Kolkata in the Indian Premier Leagueand
owned by Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan's company Red Chillies
Entertainment in partnership with actress Juhi Chawla and her husband Jay
Mehta from the Mehta Group. The team is currently captained by Gautam
Gambhir and coached by Trevor Bayliss, a former Australian cricketer. The
bowling legend, Wasim Akram is the team's bowling consultant and
mentor.Sourav Ganguly, who was the team's Icon Player for the first three
seasons, captained the side in the first and third seasons of the tournament
whileBrendon McCullum led the team in the intervening period. The team won its
first title in 2012 by defeating defending champions Chennai Super Kings by 5
wickets at their home ground in Chennai. They won their second title by beating
Kings Eleven Punjab by 3 wickets in the final of IPL 7.
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The official theme of the team is Korbo, Lorbo, Jeetbo Re (We will do, We will
Fight, We will Win) and the official colors are purple and gold. The brand value of
the Kolkata Knight Riders was estimated at $57.5 million in 2011, ranking third
amongst all ten teams.
[2]
Although the team has gained immense popularity due
to its association with celebrity owners, it was surrounded with controversy and
poor on-field performance through the first three years of the tournament.
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The
team's performance, however, improved from the fourth season as it qualified for
the IPL playoffs and made it to the Champions League Twenty20. They
eventually became the IPL champions for the first time in 2012 and repeated the
achievement in 2014, defeating Kings XI Punjab in the final.
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KKR is also the
most successful IPL team along with CSK to win 2 IPL titles.
The leading run-scorer of the side is Gautam Gambhir,
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while the leading
wicket-taker is Sunil Narine.
[4]
The home of the Kolkata Knight Riders is Eden
Gardens, the largest cricket stadium in India and the second largest in the world
after Melbourne Cricket Ground.
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