Kolkata Knight Riders is the Kolkata based franchise of the Indian Premier League Twenty20 cricket tournament. The team was bought by Bollywood actor ShahRukh Khan's Red Chillies Entertainment in partnership with Juhi Charla Mehta and her husband, Jai Mehta. The team is led by Sourav Ganguly, who is also the Icon Player for the team, and coached by John Buchanan.
No |
Kolkata IPL Team |
Country |
Batting Style |
Bowling style |
| 1 |
Sourav Ganguly(C) |
India |
Left-hand batsman |
Right-arm medium pace bowler |
| 2 |
Mashrafe Bin Mortaza |
Bangladesh |
Right-hand batsman |
Right-arm fast medium bowler |
| 3 |
Ishant Sharma |
India |
Right-hand batsman |
Right-arm fast bowler |
| 4 |
Chris Gayle |
West Indies |
Left-hand batsman |
Off-break bowler |
| 5 |
Brendon McCullum |
New Zealand |
Right-hand batsman |
Wicketkeeper |
| 6 |
David Hussey |
Australia |
Right-hand batsman |
Off-break bowler |
| 7 |
Ricky Ponting |
Australia |
Right-hand batsman |
Right-arm off-break bowler |
| 8 |
Ajit Agarkar |
India |
Right-hand batsman |
Right-arm fast medium bowler |
| 9 |
Murali Kartik |
India |
Left-hand batsman |
Slow left-arm orthodox bowler |
| 10 |
Tatenda Taibu |
Zimbwea |
Right-hand batsman |
Wicketkeeper |
| 11 |
Siddarth Kaul |
India |
Right-hand batsman |
Right-arm medium pace bowler |
| 12 |
Iqbal Abdulla |
India |
Left-hand batsman |
Slow left-arm orthodox bowler |
| 13 |
Brad Hodge |
Australia |
Batsmen |
|
| 14 |
Aakash Chopra |
India |
Batsmen |
|
Coaches |
| 1 |
John Buchanan |
Australia |
Head Coach |
|
| 2 |
Matthew Mott |
Australia |
Assistant Head Coach |
|
| 3 |
Andrew Leipus |
Australia |
Physiotherapist |
|
| 4 |
Adrian Le Roux |
Australia |
Physical Trainer |
|
| 5 |
Michael Buchanan |
Australia |
Physical Trainer |
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