Kolkata Knight Riders, IPL 2023 KKR Team Squad, Players List, Coach, Captain, Home Ground, History, Retained Players List

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Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) 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 Knight Riders play at the Eden Gardens stadium.

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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. They 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.

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The side’s all-time leading run-scorer is Gautam Gambhir, while their 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.

Franchise history

In 2007, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) created the cricket tournament Indian Premier League, based on the Twenty20 format of the game. Eight teams participated in the inaugural tournament held in April – June 2008. The teams representing the eight different cities of India were put up on auction in Mumbai on 20 February 2008. The team representing Kolkata was eventually bought by Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan’s company Red Chillies Entertainment in partnership with actress Juhi Chawla and her husband Jay Mehta for a price of $75.09 million, equal to approximately ₹2.98 billion at that time. Sourav Ganguly, former captain of the Indian national team, a native of West Bengal and the current President of BCCI, was named the Icon player for the team. The name of the team is a reference to the popular 1980s American television series Knight Rider.

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In June 2015, the team’s ownership group bought a stake in the Caribbean Premier League’s Trinidad and Tobago Red Steel, and renamed it the Trinbago Knight Riders in 2016. In December 2020, the team also made an investment in the upcoming American T20 league Major League Cricket.

In 2021, the Knight Riders Group CEO, Venky Mysore, announced their entry into the South African T20 league with Cape Town Knight Riders and signalled intentions to invest in ECB’s new competition format, The Hundred.

Home ground

Seasons

Indian Premier League (2008 – Present)

Season	League standing	Final standing
2008	6th out of 8	League stage
2009	8th out of 8	League stage
2010	6th out of 8	League stage
2011	4th out of 10	Playoffs
2012	2nd out of 9	Champions
2013	7th out of 9	League stage
2014	2nd out of 8	Champions
2015	5th out of 8	League stage
2016	4th out of 8	Playoffs
2017	3rd out of 8	Playoffs
2018	3rd out of 8	Playoffs
2019	5th out of 8	League stage
2020	5th out of 8	League stage
2021	4th out of 8	Runners-up
2022	7th out of 10	League stage

Champions League Twenty20 (2008 – 2015)

Season	League standing	Final standing
2008	Cancelled
2009	DNQ
2010
2011	5th out of 10	Group stage
2012	6th out of 10	Group stage
2013	DNQ
2014	2nd out of 10	Runners-up
2015	Defunct

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