KOLKATA KNIGHT RIDERS IPL 2021
The Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) are a franchise cricket team representing the city of Kolkata in the Indian Premier League (IPL). The franchise is owned by Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan, actress Juhi Chawla and her spouse Jay Mehta. The Knight Riders play at the iconic Eden Gardens stadium.
The franchise, which has gained immense popularity due to its association with celebrity owners, qualified for the IPL playoffs for the first time in 2011. They became the IPL champions in 2012, by defeating Chennai Super Kings in the final. They repeated the feat in 2014, defeating Kings XI Punjab.The Knight Riders have the record for the extensive winning streak by any Indian team in T20s
Kolkata Knight Riders Squad 2021l
Players retained:
| Eoin Morgan | Captain / Batsman | Dublin, Ireland |
| Nitish Rana | Batsman | Delhi, India |
| Pradish Krishna | Bowler | Bengaluru, India |
| Snadeep Warrier | Bowler | Thrissur, India |
| Shivam Mavi | Bowler | Noida, India |
| Kamlesh Nagarkoti | Bowler | Brmer, India |
| Lockie Ferguson | Bowler | Aukland, New Zealand |
| Pat Cummins | Bowler | Westmead, Australia |
| Kuldeep Yadav | Bowler | Kanpur, India |
| Varun Chakravarthy | Bowler | Bidar, India |
| Sunil Narine | All-Rounder | Arima, Trinidad and Tobago |
| Andre Russell | All-Rounder | Kingston, Jamaica |
| Dinesh Karthik | Wicket-Keeper | Chennai, India |
| Rinku Singh | Batsman | Aligarth, India |
| Rahul Tripathi | Batsman | Ranchiu, India |
| Tim Seifert | Wicket-Keeper | Whanganui, New Zealand |
| Shuman Gill | Batsman | Fazilka, India |
Players Additions:
| Shakib Al Hasan | All-Rounder | Magura District , Bangladesh |
| Sheldon Jackson | Wicket-Keeper | Bhavnagar, India |
| Vaibhav Arora | Bowler | India |
| Karun Nair | Batsman | Jodhpur, India |
| Harbhajan Singh | Bowler | Jalandhar, India |
| Ben Cutting | All-Rounder | Sunnybank, Australia |
| Venkatesh Iyer | All-Rounder | Indore, India |
| Pawan Negi | Bowler | Delhi, India |
The Kolkata Knight Riders were probably the hushed teams at the IPL 2021 auction. There weren’t numerous players who they bid for through the day. But, late in the day, KKR went on a purchase splurge making some really important purchases.
tThe two-time champions Kolkata Knight Riders bring back some old players who had represented them in the past during the IPL 2021 player auction. Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan is back in the team, and so is Sheldon Jackson. Kolkata Knight Riders also brought vetaran Harbhajan Singh and India International Karun Nair. Ben Cutting was their second overseas player bought in the auction.