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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

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Group)

Founded: 2008

Home ground: Eden Gardens

(Capacity: 80,000)

Indian Premier

League wins:

2(2012,2014)

CLT20wins 0

Official website: kkr.in

Kolkata Knight Riders(Bengali:, often abbreviated asKKR)is acricketfranchise representingKolkatain theIndian Premier Leagueandowned by Bollywood actorShah Rukh Khan's companyRed ChilliesEntertainmentin partnership with actressJuhi Chawlaand her husbandJayMehtafrom theMehta Group.The team is currently captained byGautamGambhirand coached byTrevor Bayliss,a former Australian cricketer. Thebowling legend,Wasim Akramis the team's bowling consultant andmentor.Sourav Ganguly,who was the team'sIcon Playerfor the first threeseasons, captained the side in the first and third seasons of the tournamentwhileBrendon McCullumled the team in the intervening period. The team won itsfirst title in 2012 by defeating defending championsChennai Super Kingsby 5wickets at their home ground inChennai.They won their second title by beatingKings Eleven Punjab by 3 wickets in the final of IPL 7. [1]

The official theme of the team is Korbo, Lorbo, Jeetbo Re(We will do, We willFight, We will Win) and the official colors are purple and gold. The brand value ofthe Kolkata Knight Riders was estimated at $57.5 million in 2011, ranking thirdamongst all ten teams.[2]Although the team has gained immense popularity due

to its association with celebrity owners, it was surrounded with controversy andpoor on-field performance through the first three years of the tournament.[2]Theteam's performance, however, improved from thefourth seasonas it qualified forthe IPL playoffs and made it to theChampions League Twenty20.Theyeventually became the IPL champions for the first time in2012and repeated theachievement in2014,defeatingKings XI Punjabin the final.[1]KKR is also themost successful IPL team along with CSK to win 2 IPL titles.

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The leading run-scorer of the side isGautam Gambhir,[3]while the leadingwicket-taker isSunil Narine.[4]The home of the Kolkata Knight Riders isEdenGardens,the largest cricket stadium in India and the second largest in the worldafterMelbourne Cricket Ground.[5]

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