Profile
Founded: 2008
City: Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Captain: Gautam Gambhir
Coach: Jacques Kallis
Colours: Purple and gold
Owner: Shah Rukh Khan (Red Chillies Entertainment), Juhi Chawla, Jay Mehta (Mehta Group) Ignatius Fernandes
Home ground: Eden Gardens, Kolkata (Capacity: 68,000)
Indian Premier League wins: 2 (2012, 2014)
Official website: www.kkr.in
The team
With Bollywood legend Shah Rukh Khan as the figurehead, the Knight Riders is on of India’s biggest franchises. For the 2016 season they bought six pacers in the form of all-rounders Colin Munro, Jason Holder, John Hastings and Rajagopal Sathish as well as bowlers Ankit Rajpoot and Jaydev Unadkat.
