- The franchise of team KKR(Kolkata Knight Riders) is owned by Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan, actress Juhi Chawla and her spouse Jay Mehta.
- League - Indian Premier League
- Captain(Present) - Shreyas Iyer
- Coach(Present) - Brendon McCullum
- Owner - Knight Riders Group
- Got Founded -24 January 2008; 14 years ago
- Indian Premier League wins- 2 (2012, 2014)
- Check Out Official Website- kkr.in
Team and Franchise Story
In 2007, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) created the cricket tournament Indian Premier League(IPL), based on the Twenty20 format of the game, eventually bought by Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh khan’s company Red Chillies Entertainment in partnership with actress Juhi Chawla and her husband Jay Mehta.
In 2021, the Knight Riders Group CEO, Venky Mysore, announced their entry into the South African T20 league with Cape Town Knight Riders and signaled intentions to invest in ECB’s new competition format.
According to Forbes in 2022, the valuation of Kolkata Knight Riders stands at $1.1 billion.
Victory Parade Of KKR - 2012
Champions Moment
In 2012, battle between Chennai Super Kings Vs Kolkata Knight Riders. The game started out terribly for KKR. Chennai set up a big total of 190/3 off 20 overs for their opposition.
But the satisfactory result of IPL 2011 boosted KKR’s confidence further and they managed to achieve the best result possible in 2012. The championship win cast away all negative fans and converted them into supporters of the King’s army. That year, Kolkata Knight Riders bought the mystery spinner Sunil Narine and the explosive batsman Brendon McCullum.
Victory Parade Of KKR - 2014
Champions Moment
In 2012, it was the final battle between Kings XI Punjab Vs Kolkata Knight Riders. Where KKR elected to field first. Kings XI Punjab set up a big total of 199/4 off 20 overs for their opposition.
Kolkata batsmen played the aggressive role and completed the chase with nine wickets to spare, mostly thanks to the third consecutive fifty from their captain, Gambhir. Earlier, Knight Riders were able to restrict Kings XI to 149 despite a swift 72 from Sehwag. At 10 overs mark, Kings XI were sitting pretty well at 85/2 but suffered a collapse in next 10 overs making only 64 and losing six wickets.
After KKR chased the total successfully with three balls to spare losing seven wickets in the process and secured their second IPL trophy.
The Team Kolkata Knight Riders qualified for the Champions League T-20 in 2012, and 2014.
4 times – PlayOffs(2011,2016,2017,2018)
1 time – Runners-up(2021)
8 time – League Stage.
MEET THE KOLKATA KNIGHT RIDERS SQUAD - IPL 2022
| Andre Russell | All-Rounder | 12 Crores |
| Varun Chakravarthy | Bowler | 8 Crores |
| Venkatesh Iyer | All-Rounder | 8 Crores |
| Sunil Narine | All-Rounder | 6 Crores |
| Pat Cummins | All-Rounder | 7.25 crore |
| Shreyas Iyer | Batsmen | 12.25 crore |
| Nitish Rana | Batsmen | 8 crore |
| Shivam Mavi | Bowler | 7.25 crore |
| Sheldon Jackson | Batsmen | 60 lakh |
| Ajinkya Rahane | Batsmen | 1 crore |
| Rinku Singh | Batsmen | 55 lakh |
| Anukul Roy | All-Rounder | 20 lakh |
| Rasikh Dar | Bowler | 20 lakh |
| Baba Indrajith | Batsmen | 20 lakh |
| Chamika Karunaratne | Bowler | 50 lakh |
| Abhijeet Tomar | Batsmen | 40 lakh |
| Pratham Singh | Batsmen | 20 lakh |
| Ashok Sharma | Bowler | 55 lakh |
| Sam Billings | Batsman/Wicket-keeper | 2 crore |
| Alex Hales | Batsmen | 1.5 crore |
| Tim Southee | Bowler | 1.5 crore |
| Ramesh Kumar | Batsmen | 20 lakh |
| Mohammad Nabi | All-Rounder | 1 crore |
| Umesh Yadav | Bowler | 2 crore |
| Aman Khan | Batsmen | 20 lakh |