Team profile: Kolkata Knight Riders

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.