Kolkata Knight Riders

Owner	Red Chillies Entertainment	Founded	2008
CEO	TBA	Head Coach	John Buchanan
President	TBA	Team Value	US$75.09 million
Captian	Sourav Ganguly	Icon Player	Sourav Ganguly

Team Profile

Kolkata Knight Riders is the franchise representing Kolkata in the Indian Premier League. The team will be led by Sourav Ganguly, also the Icon Player for the team and coached by John Buchanan. The name of the team was revealed on March 10, 2008 with an official team unveiling ceremony on March 11, 2008.

Shah Rukh Khan has contracted Rani Mukherji and Bipasha Basu for his Kolkata Knight Riders.

Franchise

Kolkata Knight Riders is a franchise of the eight team Indian Premier League. It was bought on January 24, 2008 by Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan's Red Chillies Entertainment in partnership with Juhi Chawla and her husband, Jai Mehta.

Current Team

Name	Age	Nationality	Playing Role	Bidding Price
Sourav Ganguly	35	India	All Rounder	Icon Player
Ishant Sharma	19	India	Bowler	US$ 950,000
Chris Gayle	28	West Indies	All Rounder	US$ 975,000
Brendon McCullum	26	Australia	Batsman / WK	US$ 700,000
David Hussey	30	Australia	Batsman	US$ 675,000
Murali Kartik	31	India	Bowler	US$ 425,000
Ricky Ponting	33	Australia	Batsman	US$ 400,000
Ajit Agarkar	30	India	All Rounder	US$ 350,000
Ajantha Mendis	24	Sri Lanka	Bowler	N/A
Brad Hodge	34	Australia	All Rounder	N/A
Moises Henriques	22	Australia	All Rounder	N/A
Angelo Mathews	21	Sri Lanka	All Rounder	N/A
Mashrafe Bin Mortaza	25	Bangladesh	Bowler	N/A
Aakash Chopra	31	India	Batsman	N/A
Iqbal Abdulla	19	India	All Rounder	N/A
Cheteshwar Pujara	21	India	Batsman	N/A
Yashpal Singh	27	India	Batsman	N/A
Laxmi Ratan Shukla	27	India	All Rounder	N/A
Sourasish Lahri	27	India	Bowler	N/A
Rohan Banerjee	20	India	Batsman	N/A
Debabrata Das	22	India	Bowler	N/A
Wriddhiman Saha	24	India	Wicket-keeper	N/A
Ashoke Dinda	24	India	All Rounder	N/A

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