Kolkata Knight Riders

Kolkata Knight Riders

This team seems to have it all – star power, utility, flashers, scroungers, pace and spin. The Knight Riders have also been brisk in marketing and promotions, leading the way for everyone else. In Sourav Ganguly, they also have a charismatic leader and they definitely appear one of the stronger teams in the fray. The one thing that would work against them is the number of key players who would return to play Test cricket for their respective nations.

Batsman Sourav Ganguly (Captain) Ricky Ponting Chris Gayle Salman Butt Aakash Chopra David Hussey Cheteshwar Pujara Debabrata Das Rohan Banerjee Yashpal Singh All Rounders Ajit Agarkar Mohammad Hafeez Laxmi Ratan Shukla Bowlers Ishant Sharma Shoaib Akhtar Umar Gul Murali Kartik Saurasish Lahiri Siddarth Kaul Iqbal Abdulla Wicket Keepers Brendon McCullum Tatenda Taibu Prasanta Saha

Coaches

Head Coach - John Buchnan Assistant Coach - Matthew Mott Physiotherapist - Andrew Leipus

Franchises

Franchisee: Red Chiilies Entertainment Franchise cost: $79.09 Millions