Kolkata Knight Riders is a cricket franchise representing Kolkata in the Indian Premier League and 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 while Brendon 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.
The leading run-scorer of the side is Gautam Gambhir, while the leading wicket-taker is Lakshmipathy Balaji. The home of the Kolkata Knight Riders is Eden Gardens, the largest cricket stadium in India. It is also one of the largest stadiums in Asia, together with Salt Lake Stadium and May Day Stadium.
KKR Players Player List 2013 IPL
|
Name
|
Nationality
|
Age
|
Batting Style
|
Bowling Style
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brad Haddin (Wicket-keeper) | Australia | 35 | Right-hand | - |
| Brendon McCullum (Wicket-keeper) | New Zealand | 31 | Right-hand | Right-arm medium |
| Brett Lee | Australia | 36 | Right-hand | Right-arm fast |
| Debabrata Das | India | 26 | Right-hand | Right-arm leg break |
| Eoin Morgan | England | 26 | Left-hand | Right-arm medium |
| Gautam Gambhir (Captain) | India | 31 | Left-hand | Right-arm leg break |
| Iqbal Abdulla | India | 23 | Left-hand | Slow left arm orthodox |
| Jacques Kallis | South Africa | 37 | Right-hand | Right-arm medium-fast |
| James Pattinson | Australia | 22 | Left-hand | Right-arm fast-medium |
| Lakshmipathy Balaji | India | 31 | Right-hand | Right arm medium-fast |
| Laxmi Ratan Shukla | India | 31 | Right-hand | Right-arm medium |
| Manoj Tiwary | India | 27 | Right-hand | Right-arm leg break |
| Manvinder Bisla (Wicket-keeper) | India | 28 | Right-hand | - |
| Pradeep Sangwan | India | 22 | Right-hand | Left-arm medium-fast |
| Rajat Bhatia | India | 33 | Right-hand | Right-arm medium-fast |
| Ryan McLaren | South Africa | 29 | Left-hand | Right-arm medium-fast |
| Ryan ten Doeschate | Netherlands | 32 | Right-hand | Right arm medium-fast |
| Sachithra Senanayake | Sri Lanka | 27 | Right-hand | Right-arm off break |
| Sarabjit Ladda | India | 26 | Right-hand | Right-arm leg break |
| Shakib Al Hasan | Bangladesh | 25 | Left-hand | Slow left arm orthodox |
| Shami Ahmed | India | 22 | Right-hand | Right-arm medium-fast |
| Sunil Narine | Trinidad and Tobago | 24 | Left-hand | Right-arm off break |
| Yusuf Pathan | India | 30 | Right-hand | Right-arm off break |
